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VirtualBox network stops working

I have VirtualBox 6.1 running on Windows 10. It is running virtual machine with Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS. It can work couple of weeks without any issues, but sometimes VM completely looses network. It ...
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VirtualBox returning error when making a VM on MacOS Big Sur

I am trying to make a VM in VirtualBox on my 16 inch Intel MacBook Pro. I go through the setup of making the virtual machine (defining the OS, allocating RAM and Storage, etc.). Once that is all ...
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Shared virtual machine

I have installed VirtualBox 6.1 on Kubuntu 20.04.2 I would like to create a virtual machine shared among different host users. The users have no needs to launch this vm simultaneously. I have tried to ...
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VirtualBox VM not assigning IP to second network adapter

For some background, I have one VM that must stay host-only with no internet access. My second VM needs both a bridged network adapter (or whichever would be best) for internet access and a host-only ...
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Oracle VBox inaccessible after change of name of user folder on Windows 10

Yesterday I changed name of my user file and name of account from "Król" to "Sotel" on Windows 10. Now my oracle vbox is inaccessible and shows error: Runtime error opening 'C:\...
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Virtual box ubuntu VM with 2 network adapters

I am running an ubuntu server 20.04 LTS image on a virtual box VM without a lot of wisdom here. There is 2 Python apps/scripts that each require a separate network adapter if running both scripts on ...
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Why does Virtualbox's screen fail to redraw?

After some inactivity on the host, typically after allowing the screensaver (on the host) to trigger, when I log back in (still on the host), and try to start interacting with my VM in Virtualbox ...
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Running Ubuntu on Oracle VM VirtualBox - UI is unusable, Images don't display, can't access any OS settings

I had Ubuntu running fine a few minutes ago, but then a sudden error caused the virtual machine to exit to Windows. When I rebooted, I got a shrunken, mostly blue screen with "Activites" at ...
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Will Windows run slowly if in a VM?

so I was thinking about switching my main OS to Ubuntu so I could get my foot in the door with linux and start experimenting around with it a bunch. However, I know if I do that a lot of games will be ...
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After Ubuntu kernel upgrade in Virtual Box Genymotion Virtual machine Host-Only Adapter is missing, attempt to create a new one is unsuccessful

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 My Virtual Box was running perfectly fine. But then I upgraded my kernel and rebooted the computer. Now when I am trying to start my Virtual Machine I am getting the following ...
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How can I increase the size of a lubuntu virtual machine in VirtualBox?

I am using VirtualBox 6 on Windows 10. I have used the Virtual Media Manager to increase the size of my lubuntu virtual machine. However, I cannot access that additional space within the virtual ...
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Windows update made VirtualBox VM disappear and now I can't enable shared folders or second screen in Ubuntu

Today I had Windows 10 update itself. I use Windows 10 as the VirtualBox VM host. When starting VirtualBox after the Windows update, I noticed VirtualBox didn't show my VMs anymore! With the help of ...
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Virtualbox on Linux without windows manager and win 7 as guest

is there a possibility for having a host system without gui (e.g. ubuntu server) and have a windows 7 guest fully working? The guest system should not be working in headless mode, I need a full ...
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Can you install a Reddit clone site on a Virtual Machine?

I'd like to set up a Reddit clone website. I see this: https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/reddit-install-script-for-Ubuntu I'm not used to servers or anything. Is this line We recommend ...
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Export VirtualBox machine as 2nd OS

I have a Windows 10 as main OS and VirtualBox Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine in it. PC has only one internal hard drive. I'm not satisfied the virtual machine perfomance, so I'm looking for the way to ...
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