title: VirtualBox - Kernel requires an x86-64 cpu but only detected an i686 cpu
body: <p>Intel i5-2410M CPU running at 2.30 GHz running a Windows 7 64-bit operating system.</p>
  
  <p>I have VirtualBox 4.13 installed.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to run <code>ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso</code> but I get an error </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>this kernel requires an x86-64 cpu but only detected an i686 cpu</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I even enabled the Intel Virtualization in the BIOS settings and then tried to use the image again but I still get the same error.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any other reason why I can't use the image?</p>