# Docker for Windows 10

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-10/20424>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Tags:** docker, windows\
**Created:** [August 16, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-10/20424 "2016-08-16T09:00:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![abmavhungu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@abmavhungu](https://forums.docker.com/u/abmavhungu)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-10/20424/1 "2016-08-16T09:00:44Z")

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I am always getting this error: Running pre-create checks…  
Error with pre-create check: "This computer doesn’t have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"  
Looks like something went wrong… Press any key to continue…  
Please help. Thank you  
AB Mavhungu

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**Author:** ![usmanurrehmanahmed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/usmanurrehmanahmed/32/12824_2.png) [@usmanurrehmanahmed](https://forums.docker.com/u/usmanurrehmanahmed)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-10/20424/2 "2016-08-16T16:52:15Z")

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You need to enable hardware virtualization in BIOS settings. Please follow the instruction here,

> **[Step-By-Step: Enabling Hyper-V for use on Windows 10](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2015/09/08/step-by-step-enabling-hyper-v-for-use-on-windows-10/)**
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> Virtualization provides a plethora of solutions from making the most of an organization’s hardware investment to running specific applications in other OS offerings. Windows 8 was the first Windows client operating system to include hardware...