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Drag&drop form host to guest does not work on virtualBox
I have a w10-64bits machine and I have also a w8-64bits guest machine on virtual box. Even if I have checked the bidirectional option for drag&drop I cannot move any file from host-to-guest. When ...
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Will Windows 8 take up less space than Windows 10?
I need to run a Windows virtual machine on my Mac, it doesn't really make much difference to me if I use 8 or 10, so would just like to use whichever will take up less space on my hard drive.
I found ...
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windows 8 can't see "Replace or Skip Files"
I have a Windows 8 machine, and I'm trying to copy a folder from c:\ drive to a network mapped folder.
On the taskbar, I see that there's a “Replace or Skip Files” confirmation popup.
BUT I can't ...
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VirtualBox to share clipboard and files
I use VirtualBox 5.2.6 on Windows 10. There is an Ubuntu virtual machine, from which I would like to access to host's clipboard and files.
I tried to use
Machine>Settings >> General>Advanced>...
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Windows 8 is using DHCP but not getting a new address
In the properties window of both IPv4 and IPv6 (accessed from Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections), "Obtain an IP address automatically" are selected, but ipconfig shows the IPv4 ...
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Issue in sharing a folder between Windows 8 host and CentOS running in a VM through virtualbox
I have a Windows 8 machine and I am running a CentOS 6.7 virtual machine through virtualbox. I want to share a folder present in Windows 8 host machine with VM but I am having some issue. Here is what ...
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Change Screen Resolution windows 8.1 in VIrtualBox
I have installed windows 8.1 in Virtual box., I need to change Screen resolution like 1920*1080 , BUt my system show only upto 1366*660 I follw this link to change the resolution.http://www....
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Possible to play 'split-screen' using Virtual Machine?
My question is, on either Windows 8 or Ubuntu 16.04, is it possible to 'isolate' a keyboard and mouse to a virtual machine, hence possibly creating a 'split-screen' experience across 2 monitors?
I ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu guest does not start under windows 8
I have a virtual machine with Ubuntu as guest os. It runs fine until today. Now it is not starting anymore. But I can not figure out why.
It stops here:
00:00:36.174538 GUI: UIFrameBufferPrivate::...
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Is it legally possible to install Windows 7/8/10 Home/Pro into a VM on a rented virtual server [closed]
I'm planning on build an infrastructure for myself and possibly sharing it with others, which includes a few server applications which I currently run on my own PC.
git server : GitBlit runs on linux ...
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Why does my hostname resolve to IP of virtual nic and not the physical one?
I've got Virtual Box installed in my Windows 8 computer, and as such I have a few virtual network adapters
My problem is that when I do ping sedtdev1510 or programatically resolve the IP , from the ...
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Does Upgrading to Windows 10 affect my Virtual Box installation?
I am running an XP virtual machine in Virtual Box 4.3.12 on a 8.1 Windows 64 bit host.
If I upgrade to Windows10, will my virtual machine survive?
I know there are similar thread on similar ...
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How to set network location for VirtualBox Host-Only Network adapter on Windows 8 between private/public?
I have configured a Windows Server 2008 guest on VirtualBox v5.0.10 on a Windows 8 host laptop. They work fine and ping each other on bridged mode, IP address are served by a wireless router.
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wifi is not connecting after Virtual box installation in windows 8
I installed virtual box in windows 8 32 bit through my wifi connection.
After i started virtualbox, my system is still connected to wifi, but not accessing to internet, it is recieving no bytes but ...
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How to solve the error “Code: 0x0000000A” while installing Windows 8.1 with enabled VT-x
I am using VirtualBox 5.0.0 for Windows hosts
I have same problem as described here but my VT-x is enabled in BIOS.
But my virtual box thinks other way.
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Does a VM created in Oracle VM VirtualBox take away memory and disk space from the host computer?
I have a 32-bit Windows 8.1 operating system. However, I only have 20 GB on my C Drive. I do not want to use it all up and don't know if in creating a VM, it will take away space from MY computer's ...
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Unable to extract prebuilt virtualbox with Windows 8
I went to this site, http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/windows/
to download prebuilt Virtual Box, with IE 10, Windows 8.
The instructions say extract with 7-zip.
When I try to extract, it asks for ...
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How to convert Windows 8.1 live machine to bootable .vhd and run it in VirtualBox?
I tried converting my PC using disk2vhd several times with no success. I check all partitions including hidden system partitions and create single .vhd file from it. I did it before with Windows XP ...
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Is it possible to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox from .vhd created by disk2vhd?
I want to upgrade my Windows 8.1 machine to Windows 10, but first I need to do complete refresh of the PC. As it's hard to remember everything for backup (like settings in various programs etc) I ...
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How to Get an existing Windows XP Mode Virtual Machine on Windows 8.1
I have a new computer with Windows 8.1 From my old PC with Windows 7 I have a folder with "Windows XP Mode.vhd" file ~120GB. I want to run this VM on my new Windows 8.1
Is any way to do it ?
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Stopping a Windows Update KB3045999 from installing indefinitely on Windows 8?
I have a Windows update I would like to stop from installing. Every day I come back into my office and Windows Update has re-installed it, and every day I uninstall it. It's getting to be kind of ...
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Trying to create a Big Endian environment using solaris 10 SPARC VM in Windows8 Host
I need a Big Endian system for testing.
I am planning to create a Solaris Virtual Machine by installing
Oracle Solaris 10 SPARC(http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris10/downloads/...
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Creating a DHCP server on a Virtual Machine
i have a Windows 8 machine with PFsense in virtual box.
The host have the following nics:
Wi-fi
Ethernet
I have 3 network adaptares on the virtual Machine:
Wan (Bridged adapter through host's wi-fi)...
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VirtualBox: killed by Windows Update
My VirtualBox environment on Windows 8 has suddenly died since I rebooted after a Windows Update overnight. Existing virtual machines that were working perfectly yesterday won't boot, either through ...
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How to reliably set up communication between the VirtualBox guest OS and host OS?
I have a VirtualBox (Windows 8 guest on a Windows 8 host) with NAT networking set up. I would like to set up the guest system to emit Growl messages that would be picked up by a service on the host.
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Virtualbox guests are upsampled & blurry due to DPI scaling from Windows Host, and disabling it has no affect
I have 4k laptop, so DPI scaling is what Windows uses for apps that don't automatically scale.
Rightclicking VirtualBox > Properties > Compatibility > Disable DPI Scaling should do the trick. However,...
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Oracle Virtualbox problems in setup
I have Windows 8 Pro and I was trying to install oracle virtualbox Version 4.3.12. for the genymotion emulator . While installing the installation bar goes till copying files and then suddenly it ...
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Installing laravel and homestead on windows 8
For the past few days I have been having a few problems trying to install laravel. I've finally made some bit of progress today when I figured out that I need to have vt-x enabled but I'm still having ...
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Cannot run VirtualBox after crash, acceleration not available
I know that has a lot of topic like this, I've tried them a lot as well but my problem is not solved. My laptop has Core i3 and I used to use VBox just a few days before. When RAM got up to 99% my ...
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How to make Win + L work in Virtualbox guest OS when Windows 8 is a host?
I'm using Virtualbox on Windows 8 machine. My guest OS is Linux with Awesome WM. My problem is that my mod key is set to WIN. This causes problem with WIN + L, as it doesn't go to guest OS. It gets ...
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How can I trigger the touch keyboard in the guest in VirtualBox full screen mode on an Windows 8.1 Surface host?
Running VirtualBox on a Windows 8.1 Surface host, I am running a Windows XP guest with guest additions installed.
When I have my Virtual Box machine in windowed mode I can tap the touch keyboard icon ...
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How to convert a host Windows 8 into guest?
I have Windows 8 running as host along side Ubuntu on my laptop, I want to convert my Windows 8 installation into a virtual machine so that I can get rid of Windows as a host and just run it as a ...
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Windows 8 Installation on VirtualBox Driver Issue
I am trying to install Windows 8 from an ISO on VirtualBox 4.2.13 (on Win 7).
After I click install, It starts processing before showing a message that it can't find some drivers.
What drivers could ...
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Convert Windows 8 VirtualBox to Bootcamp Partition
I have installed Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine in Virtual Box a while ago. For performance reasons, I want to create a bootcamp partition from the VDI to avoid re-installation.
Is this possible? And ...
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Bitlocker and virtualbox 64bit
I have a new laptop in which i activated BitLocker without having a TPM chip.
Prior to doing that I installed virtualbox and enabled VMM(?) in bios, I dont remember the exact name of it but it was ...
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Converting Windows 8 to VirtualBox Virtual Machine
I'm working on converting a brand new Windows 8 install (came preloaded on a new laptop) into a virtual machine I can open with VirtualBox with Ubuntu as the base OS.
I first installed Ubuntu onto a ...
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Installing VB Guest Additions for Windows 10 Crashes Windows 10
After successfully installing Windows 10 on Virtual Box, I tried to install VB Guest additions on Windows 10 (using the Windows 8 compatibility trick). Though this resulted in a crash midway the ...
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Windows 8.1 Task Manager network usage and Virtualbox
My question is related to this question:
How to make windows task manager to show network usage?
but I can't post there, because my reputation is 1.
I have Virtualbox 4.3.16 (Latest) installed on ...
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Remapped keys (with xmodmap) in Linux host stopped working in VirtualBox Windows guest
I've used the following xmodmap script for years to swap my Left Ctrl and Caps Lock keys in Linux:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = ...
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Error 0x0000005D installing Windows 8 on Virtual Box
I'm trying to install Window 8 on a VirtualBox but when it starts I get an error message:
You have to restart your PC
Along with the errorcode 0x0000005D.
After searching on the internet I ...
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Change the color of the cursor in Sublime Text
I'm using Sublime Text the dark theme. The problem is that my cursor is also black and I can't see where it is with my background being black. How can I change my cursor color without change any color ...
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Use Windows 8 Pro 64-bit OEM licence in VirtualBox [duplicate]
My notebook came with Windows 8 Pro. It never booted Windows, I erased it and installed Fedora on it.
I have to use a Windows system now, and I'd like to run the Windows 8 Pro inside Virtualbox on ...
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Ubuntu VirtualBox VM locks up frequently on Win8 host
Using the same exact Vagrantfile to build an Ubuntu 12.04 x64 VM on both MacOS and Win8, I noticed that the VM locks up frequently (at least once per minute) on Windows. At first I thought it might be ...
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Intermittently, WiFi internet stops working when connected to VirtualBox host-only adapter with no internet connection
I have a virtual network set up between an Ubuntu VM and my Windows 8.1 laptop, hooked into the Host-Only network adapter. This provides an Apache server and DNS for this specific connection. This ...
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Viewing Xubuntu desktop in full screen under Virtualbox on Windows 8
I have Virtualbox 4.3.12 installed on Windows 8. I have installed XUbuntu 14.04 as guest OS under Virtualbox.
It runs fine. However, I faced some issues:
How to share files between the host and guest ...
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How to recover previous "current state" from VirtualBox *after* restoring from snapshot?
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Win 8.1 (host OS) Laptop running Virtual Box. Ubuntu 10.04 Guest machine inside Virtual box. 6 month old snapshot of guest machine and "current state" in use. User was having problems with ...
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How can I connect integrated webcam with virtualbox
I am trying to use a Windows XP VM for VirtualBox on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I have tried the usual attaching USB device but I get an error saying "USB device is busy with previous request". My webcam ...
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Switching windows licenses during windows upgrade
I have a PC with a valid Windows 7 (box installation) license. On this PC, I have a virtualbox with a non-valid windows 7 license. I installed this for testing, but since I am going "productive" now, ...
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No Linux variant works on my Virtual Box - System freezes after booting
No Linux variant works on my Virtual Box - System freezes after booting..
I'm currently running Windows 8 on a new laptop with Intel Haswell and Nvidia Maxwell architecture. Also the system has 8 GB ...
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Running Windows install on real HW through Linux VirtualBox Host
Assume a box with both Linux and Windows installed on real hardware. Is there any way of booting the Linux and starting the Windows system via VirtualBox or some other virtualization framework from ...
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