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Cannot access Ubuntu Samba share from Windows 10
Host: Windows 10
Guest: 2x Ubuntu 16.04
VM: Virtualbox
Networking: host-only adapter
I cannot use bridged mode because my company's network won't assign an IP address to the VMs.
I set up Samba on ...
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Is a lightweight VM OS possible?
I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10 and spend about an even amount of time between the two.
I found myself wishing there was something that wouldn't need a restart but didn't have the large overhead of ...
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Fortinet / VM connectivity issue
I have a Windows 10 NUC. I run Fortinet on it so that I can work on my company's LAN remotely. On this Windows 10 machine I run VirtualBox, and I use an Ubuntu 16.04 VM. I'm using the NAT setting ...
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Virtual Box OS stuck with blank screen
I want to run Linux OS on my Windows machine as guest OS. To make it run, I have installed Oracle Virtual Box and Ubuntu ISO file. And I have configured it as follows:
Ubuntu version: ubuntu-18.04.2
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Trouble mounting USB devices to Windows 10 VirtualBox VM
I am experiencing issues connecting USB devices to my Windows 10 VM on VirtualBox.
My host is a Dell Inspiron 15 laptop running
a fully up-to-date Kubuntu 19.0 (Disco Dingo).
I have also installed ...
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VirtualBox, Host: Ubuntu 18.04, Guest: Windows 10, resizing screen
I have just installed Windows 10 in a VirtualBox VM using Ubuntu 18.04 as a host OS.
I would like to resize the VM screen (in the VirtualBox window) so that it can fit the entire host's screen. How ...
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Ubuntu Guest on Windows 10 host, How to get maximum performance from Guest?
I am in situations where I have Windows 10 as the main OS and I can't remove it or dual boot it. I had an Ubuntu 18.04 running in a virtualbox and I am using that for almost everything. Since its a vm,...
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Horrid stuttering with a Virtual Machine
I am using Ubuntu and VirtualBox and making a virtual machine with windows 10. When watching a video the audio was horrid. It sounded like it was stuttering and slowed down. So i checked with playing ...
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Virtual box VM max resolution 1600x1200
I am completely new to virtual machines and just set up a virtual Windows 10 with virtual machine on my ubuntu desktop. The problem is that my monitor is 1920x1080, but the max resolution in the ...
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Can't select started VMWare Player 15.0.2 VM window
I switched from VirtualBox to VMWare this week. My work computer has a 1080p monitor and my personal laptop has a 4K screen.
Everything is working fine on my work computer. CTRL + ALT to release KMB ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 + VirtualBox 5.2.22 - VM hangs/freezes when I press printscreen button
I am running Virtualbox 5.2.22 on Windows 10. The VM is a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1 with 6 processors, 8GB of RAM, and 128 Video RAM. Guest additions is installed. If I press the printscreen ...
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VirtualBox Windows 10 with Ubuntu guest is too slow without 3d Acceleration
I have been using virtualbox in windows 10 with ubuntu guest for a while, the virtual machine options had enabled '3d acceleration' and everything was working fine. Nevertheless the screenshots that I ...
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Display resolution of Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox is too high
I feeling I have an opposite effect than most other people that install Ubuntu as a guest OS because I saw many were having trouble with the window being to small after the installation/restart. After ...
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VirtualBox Windows 10 Host and Ubuntu 12 Guest networking not working
I was running this very same guest on windows 7 till last week, now i upgraded to windows 10 and the guest is not able to connect anymore.
VBOX version 5.2.18
The weird thing is that i have another ...
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How to compact / shrink a Dynamically Allocated virtual box vmdk file on a ubuntu guest after deleting a bunch of files?
I have a very old virtual box with ubuntu 14 guest installed. Its currently taking up over 50GB and I just deletect 35GB of data on this virtualbox, but since the hard drive is Dynamically allocated ...
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