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Running android emulator for games in a windows 10 VM on a windows 10 host
I am trying to get a setup where I'm running a game that is FAIRLY gpu intensive on an android VM within a VM on my local machine. I've looked into options like Virtualbox / VMWare Workstation, but ...
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VirtualBox keeps giving error when I try to start a new machine
So I am running Windows 7 (the 64-bit version) with a 64-bit processor (I checked) right now and have downloaded and installed VirtualBox. I want to run Kali Linux on it so I created my first virtual ...
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Running Windows 7 virtual machine without VT-x [closed]
I have a Laptop with Intel Core i7-8665U processor running Windows 10.
I need a Windows 7 virtual machine. I tried VMWare Player. It says that I need to activate VT-x in the BIOS. Since this is a ...
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Windows 7 Virtual Machine - "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically"
I have a Windows 7 virtual machine on my ubuntu machine. I use it to do my homework and assignments in Visual Studio. But recently I've got this problem on the win7 virtual machine - "Startup Repair ...
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Windows installation is stuck at initial loading screen
My Windows installation on VirtualBox is stuck on the initial setup screen. I checked that virtualization is enabled and the ISO image works fine in Hyper-V VMs on the same machine. I googled some ...
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Trying to virtualize Windows 7 Embedded into a VMWare Workstation 15 makes unbootable image
I'm trying to virtualize the OS from our DVR running Windows 7 Embedded Standard so that I can have a copy of it in my VMWare Workstation 15. Here's the steps I took:
Downloaded and ran Disk2vhd on ...
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Boot Windows guest from VDI with EFI
Goal: create a VirtualBox machine to boot my current Windows 7 installation in both Windows and Linux hosts.
Resources I read several questions here and this guide.
What I did:
make a vhdx clone of ...
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Windows 7 virtual machine on Windows 10, unsafe?
If you set up a virtual machine with Windows 7 running, on a Windows 10 host, and do not connect the VM to the Internet, is there still a security risk?
More specifically, if I have 2 networks ...
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Would a network level WAN-blocked Win7 VM host be sufficiently secure with a WAN-enabled VM guest?
I have a client who is adamant about avoiding Windows 10. For the time being, they've accepted using Windows 7 with the network interfaces disabled, but they're looking for options to continue with ...
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Windows 7 host for Windows 7 guest on Windows Virtual PC
I have Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) and Windows Virtual PC (version 6.1). I made my virtual PC and I wanted to install Windows 7 Professional (32-bit, because I read you cannot install 64-bit on ...
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A Windows 7 machine hosting a Windows 10 virtual machine after the Windows 7 end of life
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How much of a protection against Windows 7's zero-day vulnerability after its 'end of life' (scheduled for January 2020) would I get if I
host a Windows 10 virtual machine ...
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Is it expected that VM VirtualBox cannot manage more than 16 cores?
I have configured a 32 core (dual Intel Xeon Processor E5-2698 v3) with 128GB RAM, running CentOS 7 as the host OS.
When running VM VirtualBox with a Windows 7 Professional client, specifying any ...
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Oracle VM VirtualBox starts VM when open Remotesession (via RDP)
I am running Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.0.11 on a Windows 7 host. When I open a remotesession (via RDP) to the Windows 7 host, the guest VM starts sometimes (VM starts in background without GUI).
I have ...
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Moving VM from hard drive to SSD
A hard drive was replaced with a much faster SSD. The contents of the hard drive, including a Windows 7 VM for VMware Workstation were copied over. Is there anything that must be done so the VM and ...
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Installation Error of Sysmon on Windows 7 VM - Sysmondrv Driver and StartService Issue
I hope you are doing well.
My issue is that I need to download and install Sysmon and need to perform scripts from the Invoke-Adversary emulation scripts (https://github.com/CyberMonitor/Invoke-...
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