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Drive boots on physical machine but doesn't on any virtual machine
Some time ago I got a request of making a fairly old (Windows 7 64bit) machine into a virtual machine. I was given a hdd clone of the machine in question however when this drive is used in VirtualBox ...
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AMD GPU pass-through doesn't work on Windows 7 (even though NVIDIA works)
I have a multi-gpu VM setup (Nvidia GTX 970 and AMD RX 6600) with Windows 7, Windows 10, macOS virtual machines. I pass GPU directly to a guest operating system (isolate from host-os and pass them ...
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How to access Host devices on Windows 7 VM (Hyper V)
I am running Windows 7 with XP mode as a VM on a Windows 11 Host. How do I get the Windows 7 VM and XP Mode to access the Windows 11 Host devices?
Note* Enhanced Session Mode (ESM) IS NOT supported on ...
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Migrating Old Windows XP and 7 machines to VMs to improve security
I work for a manufacturing company which has all kinds of equipment that runs older operating systems. Some have computers that run full blown Windows XP and Windows 7, while others run embedded ...
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(Windows 7 virtualbox) Crashes After I Enable 3D Accelation And Change Resolution
I installed windows 7 on Oracle Virtualbox. I Can't change the resolution. When I try, it shuts down and restarts windows 7. It works when 3D acceleration is off.
(I have guest additions)
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windows 7 ip forwarding not work
i have windows 7 on vmware player and network mode is host only
this vm have two network
1 : 192.168.10.200 for wifi connection
2 : 192.168.220.2 for host only connection to my pc
i have ping in both ...
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Windows 7 VM in Windows 10 Pro Hyper-V: after years, network no longer works
I created a Windows 7 VM in Windows 10 Pro perhaps 5 years ago.
It worked fine for many years.
I rarely use this VM (maybe once every two or three months, sometimes longer) and very few changes have ...
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Run Win7 disk partition image with Virtualbox
So, i cat'ed my windows partition into a file (plain cat /dev/sdx > win7.bin).
mount -o loop -t ntfs mounts the image correctly and lets me read/write everything.
Now the question is: could i run ...
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VBoxVGA works, but VBoxSVGA for VirtualBox
I am trying to run Windows 7 as a guest in a VirtualBox on my Kubuntu 20.04 host. When I use VBoxVGA as graphic controller, this works. However, I would like to use 3d acceleration; thus, I need ...
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VMWare Workstation Pro 15.0 rolling back setup on Windows 7
I'm trying to install VMWare Workstation Pro 15.0 32-bit version on my 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 machine but it always rolls back setup.
I tried rebooting, deleting vmkbd3 key from the ...
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Is there way to create a virtual machine image from current machine?
I have a PC that has windows 7 installed and I'd like to upgrade it to windows 10. Since there is various old software installed in the current system, to prevent them from not running on the new ...
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"Unable to connect to the MKS: Too many socket connect attempts" when trying to launch a virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.1
I am trying to launch a virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.1. Host: Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. Guest: Microsoft Windows 10. I get the error message "Unable to connect to the MKS: ...
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With mouse integration turned off, both my mouse and touchpad get randomly stuck on invisible randomly placed lines while in a guest OS?
I've had this issue with the same Windows 7 VM on two different host machines. Without any apparent rhyme or reason, regardless of whether I'm using my mouse or touchpad, the child-OS's cursor will ...
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Trouble resizing virtual box VHD disk
I'm new to VirtualBox and VMs in general. I need to resize my current disk from 32G to 60G so I can fit one last piece of software on it. My host is Windows 10 and my guest is Windows 7. This is the ...
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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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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
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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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Running windows 7 on a macbook pro through VirtualBox too slow
I have a Macbook Pro, mid 2015, Intel I7 2.2GHz 16GB RAM, Solid State Hard Drive. I have installed Virtual Box running Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2019.
It runs fine, but too slow.
the settings on ...
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Hyper-V: Cannot press any key to boot from installation media
I am running Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (version 1803, 64-bit). I'm trying to create a Windows 7 SP1 virtual machine for running some legacy software.
When the virtual machine starts up, it asks ...
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VMware import issue with Win7 Evaluation copy
When I try to import the Win7 Evaluation copy (the ovf file) that I downloaded from Microsoft's site, first I get the following warning:
The import failed because D:\WinVM\WinDev1903Eval.ovf did not ...
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VMware Workstation 15 Copy/Paste from Windows 7 Guest to Manjaro Linux Host is not working
When I try to Copy/Paste from a Windows 7 guest OS to the Manjaro Linux Host OS, I get the following error:
Screenshot 1
I then searched for that directory in the file system of the Host OS, I found ...
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Fail to resize Ubuntu VDI, using virtualbox on windows7
I am trying to resize storage of my Ubuntu on Windows 7 with VirtualBox. The current storage configuration is dynamic 10 GB
Command used:
.\VBoxManage modifyhd "C:\Users\Administrator\VirtualBox VMs\...
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Does a virtual machine inherit the security features of its host?
I have a question about virtual machines.
If I run a Windows 7 or 10 virtual machine inside a Linux host, will the Windows machine inherit the security of the Linux host, or should I take all the ...
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Windows Virtual PC says CPU is not compatible with x64 mode, but Virtual PC is run in a 64 bits OS system [duplicate]
I'm trying to install a WindowsXP 64 bits in Windows Virtual PC. Windows Virtual PC complains:
Attempting to load an x64 operating system, however this CPU is not
compatible with x64 mode. Please ...
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Windows 10 Setup won't load in VirtualBox (No VT-X)
Alright, I got a Windows 10 ISO finally (hooray!), but when I try to load it up in VirtualBox, I knew VT-X was disabled, but I continued as I you don't need it for x86 machines. But... All that ...
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Cuckoo Sandbox doesn't generate memory.dmp
I have a problem with Cuckoo Sandbox and its memory dump it should generate in order to be able to analyse it with Volatility.
My issue is:
Cuckoo's log files telling me that a memory dump has ...
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Possible alternatives to dual-booting and virtualization?
I am primarily a Linux user (Linux Mint). I am also a college student at an online school. My school requires that I install a remote access client (LogMeIn or GoToMeeting) so they can proctor me ...
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UAC dialog kills my VirtualBox
After recent Virtual Machine updates, none of my VirtualBox operates normally. They start up fine until I need to install something. I have narrowed it down to UAC dialog. Once it comes up (which ...
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No sound in Windows 7 Virtualbox VM running on Linux Host
When I install one of the 90-day Windows 7 trial VMs for Virtualbox on an Ubuntu 16.04 host, everything works fine except sound. The Device Manager shows an unknown audio device, but can't find any ...
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How can I use two keyboards and two mice to control two different programs on the same computer as if they were on separated machines?
I need to run two programs, each on a different display ( primary and secondary display ) on the same windows 7 machine. How can I use two USB keyboards and two mice to control these two programs ...
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Is it possible to run a 64-bit program WITHOUT creating a Virtual Machine with an OS?
I want to install Premiere Pro CC, but since I have a 32-bit laptop, I can't, so the only solution is a virtual machine.
Before I start these are my PC's specs (not great but they do the job):
Intel ...
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Lost files after running chkdsk /f :e
I have a laptop with Ubuntu as the main OS. Inside Ubuntu I use VMware Workstation on which I have a Windows 7 VM. Inside this Win7 VM I used a USB drive to store some important data. I moved the ...
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Windows 7 Activation with Virtual Hardware [closed]
I'm looking for a type of hypervisor that has full hardware virtualization so that a Windows 7 activation will never become invalid in the future.
I've read that some hypervisors use the host system'...
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Wondering how much space would I need for reinstalling Windows on my PC?
I'm planning to reinstall my OS on my computer - upgrading and putting a new SSD drive (as c drive) and installing on it Windows 7 ultimate x64 (and than mt current 1TB drive would become designated ...
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Can I create a Parallels Virtual Machine instance from an existing PC?
I have a laptop running Windows 7 Pro where I am not the admin. (The company did the setup and gave me the machine) I also have my personal laptop that is a Macbook Pro and I have Parallels installed. ...
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Access Site on localhost from a vmware
I have setup a LAMP stack on my home os, and i want to test out some stuff, from vmware. I have windows 10 as my home os, and windows 7 installed on vmware. The site is reacheable on my home os, as ...
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Oracle VM box and Windows Machine Network issue
I have Oracle Virtual box with Centos 7 Os image in Windows Machine.
My Windows Machine is restricted with someone of websites ( Example shopping, Games and Entertainment )
I'm not able to access ...
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