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setup steps pitfalls: virtualization help button verified on 1.0.560

John Lauer ·73547d8ffa ·16d ago ·parent a99e682
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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Each video was recorded on a test PC with the build named in its caption, sped u | You click No on the permission prompt (or miss it over remote desktop) | "One quick permission to turn on WSL2" with a button to ask again | Waits for you; the button asks again | Not yet | | GitHub is blocked on your network | "Couldn't download WSL2: this PC can't reach github.com" | Names the network problem instead of blaming your Windows edition | Not yet | | WSL2 still missing after the install and restart | Manual steps for an admin PowerShell | Stops instead of restarting in a loop | Not yet |-| No hardware virtualization (BIOS setting off, an older or locked-down laptop, or a virtual machine without nested virtualization) | 1.0.555: "This PC can't run Hydrogen's workspace yet", two sentences, and a How to turn on virtualization button | Checks before installing WSL2 when Windows can tell (no hypervisor running and virtualization off in firmware); otherwise stops at the first workspace build with the same message, and brings the card to the front | [video](no-virtualization.mp4) |+| No hardware virtualization (BIOS setting off, an older or locked-down laptop, or a virtual machine without nested virtualization) | "This PC can't run Hydrogen's workspace yet", two sentences, and a How to turn on virtualization button that opens Microsoft's how-to in front (verified on 1.0.560, including a 1024x768 screen) | Checks before installing WSL2 when Windows can tell (no hypervisor running and virtualization off in firmware); otherwise stops at the first workspace build with the same message, and brings the card to the front | [video](no-virtualization.mp4) | | Windows 10, or Windows 11 before 22H2 | The installer says "Adom Hydrogen needs Windows 11, version 22H2 or newer" with the PC's version and build | Stops before installing anything. Before 1.0.555 the gate let Windows 11 21H2 through (build 22000), which then failed in setup, and named the wrong reason | [video](windows10.mp4) | | Restart later | Setup waits; a gentle reminder every few minutes | Never forces a restart; finishes after whatever restart you choose | Not yet | | Edge says "Restore pages: Microsoft Edge closed unexpectedly" after the restart | A bubble over the Adom sign-in page | Nothing yet: the restart closed Edge, and Edge offers to restore it. Harmless, but confusing at the one moment we need the user | `hd-vm-test.sh` (seen 2026-10-06) |