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Black Screen Issue Running Windows 10 VM on MacBook Air M2 using VirtualBox
I recently acquired a MacBook Air M2 and installed VirtualBox to run a Windows 10 virtual machine.
However, upon launching the VM, I encounter a persistent black screen. Despite the VM running, I'm ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu webserver 404 error on one host but works fine on other hosts
I have prepared a VM webserver with Ubuntu server to allow a client to view his 2 retired websites on his PC.
The host is Windows, the VM is configured with port forwarding, and this all worked ...
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How can I configure VirtualBox so that my guest has a 1920x1080 resolution while being full screen?
Environment: I use VirtualBox 7.0.12. Both the host OS and the guest OS run Windows 10. VirtualBox Guest Additions are installed.
Problem: my host has a 3840x2160 resolution. I want my guest to have a ...
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Linux guest in VirtualBox restarts session after Win11 host wakes from sleep
I've recently transferred my VM from an old Win10 laptop to a new Win11 one and encountered very annoying issue: If I close my laptop, making it go to sleep, and when wake it up after some time, my ...
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How to convert multiple img files to a vdi?
I have a .vdi file which contains 3 .img files as seen in this picture:
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I have extracted these .img files and modified them, now I'm trying to convert them back to a .vdi file.
If call the ...
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How to use ExpressVPN inside virtual box using "Bridged Adapter"
ExpressVPN has an option called split tunnel which can connect only certain applications to the VPN network, I have tried it and it worked, but the problem is:
1- I must turn on the VPN on my desktop ...
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Taskhost Process has high CPU when using VirtualBox
I am running a Ubuntu VirtualBox-VM on my Windows 10 host machine.
After the VM is running for some time (not at the beginning), the process taskhostw.exe uses much of the CPU. I normaly use ssh to ...
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Multi Machine Vagrant Setup Only Creates One VM of Two
The below VagrantFile should create 2 VM's, however when running vagrant up only 1 VM goes up (this appears to be semi randomly selected between the 2). After whichever VM goes up first, I get a ...
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Can I access Windows host details from inside a Virtual Box Ubuntu host?
I have an application running inside an Ubuntu VM and I need to validate that it's running on only a specific computer (Windows host). Can I somehow get info from it (such as a Mac Address or a unique ...
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Virtualbox temporary macOS virtual machine
I know macOS virtualisation is not allowed on non-Apple made hardware but I really need to access encrypted data from my old MacBook backup that I can't open from Windows. Is there any way to install ...
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Why is my VHD actual/physical size bigger than the virtual size?
I have a Windows VM, It uses the VHD format as the hard drive and I set the VHD to dynamically allocated. Initially, I set the virtual size to 80GB, and then recently I changed my mind and resized it ...
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How to use fingerprint authentication with VM in virtual box on Windows host
I have a laptop with fingerprint. It's running Windows 10.
I want to install another Windows in a VM in virtualbox and want to protect the data in that VM of virtualbox.
Virtualbox provides password ...
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Applying Custom Resolution to VirtualBox VM causes VM to Abort on Startup
I am running Windows 11 Pro 22H2, hosting a virtual machine running Windows 10 Home. VirtualBox's UI shows 1920x1200 as the largest guest resolution. I've attempted to change the resolution to match ...
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Accessing physical disk from VirtualBox: Access Denied
I am trying to run a VirtualBox machine from a physical disk.
I read that I have to run
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\...
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Can OCS Inventory installed on the host get the list of softwares installed on a Virtual Machine?
Suppose OCS Inventory is installed on a Windows host to inventoriate installed programs, but there is at least one Virtual Machine installed, like Oracle VM Virtual Box, with a guest OS, let's say, ...
