In my earlier post “Detect XP Mode support” I wrote about a utility that checks the system for virtualization support. I have just found a similar one from VMWare that helps detecting if your CPU supports running virtual 64 bit guest operating systems.
The VMWare Guest Check utility can be downloaded from here
The following message appears when your system does not support running 64 bit guest operating systems:
The following message appears when your system does support running 64 bit guest operating systems: