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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, ...
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Virtual machine with status aborted : VERIF_FILE_NOT_FOUND
I have a Windows virtual machine that worked fine until I went to Setting and shared a directory then the machine changes its status to aborted and when I try to launch it with this status "...
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Ubuntu guest (running in VMware player) freezes on Windows Host
I am trying to run Osboxes Ubuntu 20.4 guest image on Windows 10 Home 22H2 (both 64 bit) host using VMware Workstation 17 Player. My host configuration is Core i7 1065G7, 16GB RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD.
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Windows freezes when formatting a USB as a virtual box
I'm trying to format a USB on Windows 10. When I try and format the USB Windows freezes? I'm also doing this on Windows in a Virtual Box, with a MacBook Pro (2015 intel i7) running Monterey as the ...
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VBoxManage gives error importing appliance
I was following along in a RHCSA labs course and ran into the following error I can not seem to get past. I know someone else who successfully ran through the installation so I am curious what is ...
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try to install ubuntu 22.04
my laptop:Dell inspirsion
OS: Windows 10
Ram:8GB
I try installing in VBOX.
I enable Hardware Virtualization in BIOS.
My problem is that I can't open ubuntu 22.04. The result shows in the image below. ...
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64bit apps on a 32bit OS with a 64bit cpu [closed]
This question is a little bit stupid, but i wanna know. I wanna have 32bit windows in a vm beacuse it takes less space and it runs faster. Would it be posibble to run 64bit apps in a VM running 32bit ...
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macOS Monterey Virtualbox VM start error
I have tried setting up a macOS virtual machine for a bit and I have ended up with:
I have followed this tutorial on YT, and used all the same settings and commands. Is there any way I can fix it?
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VirtualBox Spoofing CPU Frequency
I would like to spoof as much information about my host (Windows 10 x64) on my guest (Windows 10 x64) as possible in VirtualBox. I'm already spoofing the CPU brand string using this. However, applying ...
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Create a Stable Virtualized Windows OS on Ubuntu
How can I create a virtualized windows (preferably W10) OS on Ubuntu? I want to just purchase a license and have a VM that I can keep indefinitely.
Basically, I just want to have a full Windows OS ...
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Virtual Old Printer
I have a recipe printer. It is working fine on Windows 8.1, but on windows 10 it is not working well. I tried to connect with its support team and they told me the firmware is old and can not be ...
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Is it possible to convert the Windows partition of a dual boot setup into a VirtualBox VM?
I have a computer with the following dual boot setup:
Hard drive 1:
\_ Linux
\_ Bootloader (grub)
Hard drive 2
\_ Windows
What I want to do is turn the Windows installation into a Virtual Box ...
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What is Windows doing with my harddisk after boot and before login?
I'm playing around with Win10 VM live snapshots, to minimize startup times for my CI-runners.
The idea is to have a pre-booted snapshot that can be launched within seconds.
So I'm preparing an image (...
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Can you sync a dual boot Linux system and with a windows virtual machine?
I have a laptop setup with dual boot enabled so that I have the choice to choose windows or Linux on startup. I also have virtual box installed on both OS’s. I know this is sort of a lazy question, ...
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Migrate OS and files from one VM to another (Oracle VirtualBox)
I recently created a VM for work, Windows 10, 6GB RAM, 50GB harddrive. In this VM there are configurations for forward proxies in IIS and some other complex configurations I really do not want to have ...
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Install VirtualBox Extension Pack in VM RHEL 8
VirtualBox is installed on my Windows 10 operating system. And I installed RHEL8 in VirtualBox. How can I configure VirtualBox's Extension Packs in virtual RHEL 8? Thank you to those who helped.
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Will Windows run slowly if in a VM?
so I was thinking about switching my main OS to Ubuntu so I could get my foot in the door with linux and start experimenting around with it a bunch. However, I know if I do that a lot of games will be ...
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"Why did my pc restart" error Windows 10 VM Virtualbox
When I installed clean Windows 10 on my VM, it kept restarting until I had the problem, "Why did my pc restart", I was looking for clues that recovery needs to be restored to factory ...
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Can't ping gateway or access outside internet from Ubuntu guest on Windows 10 host
Using Virtualbox Version 6.1.16 r140961 (Qt5.6.2) on Windows 10 Home host. When using Bridged Adapter mode on a Ubuntu 20.10 server vm.
I am unable to ping the gateway from the guest. I can ping from ...
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Export VirtualBox machine as 2nd OS
I have a Windows 10 as main OS and VirtualBox Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine in it. PC has only one internal hard drive. I'm not satisfied the virtual machine perfomance, so I'm looking for the way to ...
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Unable to install virtualbox on Windows 10
Windows shows this error message when trying to install virtualbox
Downloaded virtualbox from this official link
Windows Specifications
Edition Windows 10 Enterprise Insider Preview
Version 2004
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Windows10 VM on Windows10 Host Freezes/BSOD IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL
I got a new SSD for my laptop. I copied my VMs to my new Windows 10 installation on this device.
I believe the guest OS is Windows 10 version 1909 as was the host on the installation on the old SSD. ...
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How to enable Bluetooth in Windows Guest on VirtualBox
Would it be possible to enable Bluetooth in Windows Guest on VirtualBox? If so, how? I'm not find a lot of information about this. I've already installed both the Guest Addition and the Extension Pack,...
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VirtualBox - Guru Meditation
I'm facing a problem with this scenario using latest versions of:
VirtualBox: Version 6.1.6 r137129 (Qt5.6.2)
Host: Windows 10 Home (Version 19035.1) (virtualization is enabled in the BIOS and Hyper-...
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Automatically pausing a Virtualbox VM if it receives no KB/mouse input
I am running a Windows 10 guest on my Macbook Pro MacOS 10.12.
In order to conserve the resources and battery of the host, I'd like to be able to pause the guest if the guest receives no keyboard or ...
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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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VirtualBox error - VM boots, but Windows 10 won't start
I'm trying to run Windows 10 using VirtualBox on a Debian 9 machine. When trying to set up the VM, I couldn't choose the 64-bit version of Windows 10 in the menu, so I downloaded the 32-bit ISO ...
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Windows server 2008 R2 180 days activation in Virtualbox
I have a testing machine that needs Windows server 2008 R2 running in virtualbox.
My issue is that every time I try to activate windows I get the error "security error 0x80072F8F"
I set the clock ...
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Enable Windows 10 Sandbox on an old CPU (one that doesn't support SLAT)
I know that you can't enable windows 10 sandbox on a CPU that doesn't support SLAT.
My actual question is that is there a way to bypass it? either by virtual box or any other VM's.
Like if you could ...
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Windows 10 install: 'Something went wrong'
I'm trying to install Windows 10 Home using VirtualBox on my Mac (although I shouldn't think the issue will be Mac related).
I think I've installed it anyway, but whenever I start up the machine it ...
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Run Application requiring Opengl 3.3 inside Virtualbox Virtual Machine (Windows Host and Windows Guest)
I have a program that I would like to run in a virtual machine (not on my host), but it entirely refuses to run without opengl 3.3. I would like to be able to run this program without it crashing ...
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VirtualBox 6.1.2 upgrade on Windows (host)
Opening the VirtualBox application, pops up the upgrade dialog:
Unfortunately, the URL (https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.2/VirtualBox-6.1.2-135662-Win.exe) is broken. Following it (and ...
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How to take screen shot of a window in focus in Virtual Box?
The host is running Windows 10. I want to install Windows 10 in virtual Box and take screenshots of the installation screen.
Note that at this point, I can't installed guest editions. I can take ...
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Windows Datacenter 2016 GUI edition - Can not add my other windows 2016 servers to the domain. Error DNS name not found?
I am in a Windows Server Administration class.I am using virtualbox. I'm having trouble adding users to my domain. I have two networks, a NAT network and an internal network. Both are configured ...
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BSOD (SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION) on Win 10 when using VMware or Virtual Box
I've been working with VMware on Windows 10 for several years now. But now there's the problem that I get a BlueScreen when I start "Windows XP 64 Bit". But Android-VMs (Nox Player) and Linux-VMs ...
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Windows 2000 VirtualBox VM doesn't work properly above 32MB video memory?
I have VirtualBox 6.0.8 on a Windows 10 x64 host. I created a new Windows 2000 x86 VM, with Guest Additions installed. Video memory is maxed out at 128MB. I tried to increase the VM's resolution to ...
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