For those of you wondering whether your processor can support 64 bit, virtualisation or D.E.P support, here is a link to download a tool which is fast and easy.
Download the tool
Put it in your pendrive
Pop it on the computer to test
Run it.
Viola...
http://www.grc.com/securable.htm <--- Download it here.
Nice... this tool comes in handy since most the newly released product support only X64 bit and if you are totest it out on a virtual machine you will definitely have to install it on a Hyper-V machine. to install Hyper-V your computer should support virtualization on the hardware level..
If you are planning to XP mode on Windows 7, again you will have to look for harwae virtualization and this particular tool is really awesome due to its GUI interface :)
Thanks man :)
Akfash Latibu