VirtualBox Acceleration option grayed out in windows 7 please help

[Thor159]

I am having problem in my virtualbox. The acceleration tab in system is totally grayed out. Unable to use it. Its disabled. My host is Windows 7 32-bit.
How can I make the Acceleration tab to work.

and also want to give my guestOS Ubuntu(32 bits) 2 cores and it is also grayed out.

please help me fixing these 2 things.

 

[JQB45]

Which CPU do you have in the Host System? I need to know the actual hardware of your PC.

 

[Thor159]

Intel Pentium Dual Core G2030 3.00 GHz

4 GB RAM 1333 MHz

GIGABYTE H61M-S motherboard

 

[JQB45]

Make sure you have enabled VT-x in the UEFI BIOS.

 

[Thor159]

If I enable VT-x in BIOS will there be any security issue?

Any virus or malware attack?

I heard about that turning it on is a security concern. So manufacturer disable it by default.

Is it safe to turn VT-x on??

 

[JQB45]

It is true that VT-x can cause security concerns, any half way decent anti-virus software and firewall should protect you.

http://x86vmm.blogspot.com/2006/08/blue-pill-is-quasi-illiterate.html
http://superuser.com/questions/419209/are-there-any-pros-cons-to-enabling-virtualization-on-my-computer

If you want the acceleration tab options you will have to enable the feature.

 

[Thor159]

Thanks for helping.

 

[JQB45]

You're Welcome.