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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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(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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Hyper-V is not found on windows 7 bios
I'm currently using Windows 7 Home OS with 2GB RAM and cores and I was trying to install x64 Ubuntu on most recent version Oracle VirtualBox for college assignment. All I got is the following occured ...
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Directx version is 11 but DDI version is 9Ex? [closed]
I am using windows 7 as my VirtualBox VM. So today I do a clean install of Windows 7 on my VM. Set up browsers, install extra software, etc... Then I tried to install the Directx End-User Runtime, but ...
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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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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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Is it safe to change registry names from VBOX to something else in Virtualbox?
I'm trying to make a stealthy Windows 7 VM on an Ubuntu host but in the registry there are many keys and values which have "VBOX" written (see screenshot attached). Therefore, is it safe if ...
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Cannot copy large VirtualBox image from local NTFS disk
I have a large (15.7 Gigabyte) VM image that I want to backup from my laptop.
It resides on a NTFS partition (windows 7; 64bit).
When I'm trying to copy the file using the "Windows Explorer",...
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Error when creating W7 iso from disk - "access denied"
I need to create a W7 VM on Virtual Box. Virtual Box requires an .iso image of the OS to be installed.
To create the .ios image, ive loaded a W7 install CD i have into a USB CD enclosure (as i dont ...
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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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Windows 7 stuck on loading screen
I am installing Windows 7 using UEFI in Virtualbox and it is stuck on the "Starting Windows" screen. When I used legacy bios, it works normally. What is happening and how do I get it to work?...
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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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VBox, Win7 guest, Debian host, audio input not working at boot 99% of the time
People have been complaining about audio issues with virtualbox for ages. Crackling sound and similar audio output issues can generally be linked to the problem of having a precise clock despite a ...
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Can't ping default gateway (Gaia, Check Point) from Windows 7 machine in VirtualBox
I'm trying to set up a virtual network according to the topology in the CCSM Lab Setup Guide (Check Point training) with the following subset of VMs giving me trouble. All of this is being run in ...
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Windows 7 update to Windows 10 failure - iissetup.exe Exit Code: 340
I am trying to update a VirtualBox VM running Win7 bit to Win10. I am running the media creation tool in this VM, and it proceeds for a while but eventually fails; I put the log from SetupDiag.exe ...
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Why wouldn't VirtualBox 6 let me resize the virtual screen?
Virtualbox 6 doesn't let me resize the virtual screen. What could explain this issue?
The "scale to 100%" stay selected even though I tried to manually select other resolutions.
Using ...
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Swapping machine OS with VM OS
For several months I've been playing around on VirtualBox with Linux Mint 20.0 installed on it and have tweaked the OS just the way I now want it.
This VB resides inside of main bare metal Windows 7 ...
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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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Windows 7 gust in VirtualBox dead slow, on windows 10 host
I added win7 image as disk in VirtualBox and when I start it, first screen loads normal:
but after that this "Starting Windows" screen loads literally frame by frame, and it doesn't finish:
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Windows 7 VM error VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND cmd
i have a windows 10 host and windows 7 guest, but every time i enter this command with or without the -partitions argument i get errors
for context, i'm using an elevated PowerShell and an elevated ...
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VirtualBox / VMware virtual machine SHALL NOT have access to local network?
Hi i am using windows 7 VM on both hypervisor virtual box / vmware .what i want is that the VM has access to internet but cannot access the local network how can i achieve this in any 1 of them ...
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smbclient stopped working, returns NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
No config changes on the VM or host occurred; results from Google and SE didn't solve issue
I have been using a script to backup some stuff from a Debian VM onto a Windows 7 host (the Debian VM sits ...
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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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Mouse not detected in windows 7 virtual machine
I have a gaming mouse with programmable buttons and led-lights. I want to customize the mouse with some software which came with the mouse. I got it in cd-form, but I downloaded it from the store's ...
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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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How to cumulative update Windows SP1 fresh installation in Virtual Box to the latest update till Jan 2020
I sometimes work with Windows 7 in Virtual Box and install it using SP1 ISO. Now my goal is to install all updates till the end of support using an offline and fast method.
How do I achieve this?
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virtualbox is showing only 32 bit options and base OS is 64 bit what to do? [duplicate]
Model: HP Compaq 6910p, Windows 7 ultimate. Virtualbox is only showing 32 bit options and the base OS is 64 bit, what to do? Also bios is asking for setup password which I don't know.
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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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Stop Safe Mode In Windows 7 on Virtualbox
I would like to update the video card settings to allow aero mode on Windows 7 in Virtual Box but on the installation it says windows is in safe so aero mode won't work.
How do I take it out of safe ...
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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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VirtualBox Snapshots and Details panes keep disappearing
I have a relatively small but persistently annoying issue with VirtualBox Manager. If I activate either the Snapshot pane (Machine Tools -> Snapshots), the Details pane (Machine Tools -> Details) or ...
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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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VirtualBox/Net-Framework: Software [WISO Mein Geld 365] runs slow, unresponsive and has renderung issues
I am running Windows7 (guest) on VirtualBox on my Linux (openSUSE Tumbleweed) pc (host). I use this mainly for an accounting and homebanking software software (Wiso Mein Geld 365), which i cannot ...
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Virtual Machine client slow and crashing
Admittedly I am working VirtualBox quite hard with this idea. I have a 32 Intel core (64 HT core), 128 GB workstation running CentOS 7. I am looking to run Windows in virtual machines, ideally in 16 ...
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Virtualbox and Serial Port permissions for Windows10
I am using Windows10[HostOS]. I wanna create a virtual environment(windows7[GuestOS]) on Oracle VirtualBox(Ver5.2.18 r124319). However, I get the following error.
How can I check this permission?
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Why doesn't VirtualBox shared files show up as network share?
I have a virtualbox instance running with Windows 7 as the guest and macOS as the host. I'm sharing my coding directory bin to the guest and have access to it:
As you can see the share is in the ...
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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 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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How to get OpenGL support on VirtualBox 5.2.8?
I am trying to run a program, but I am struggling with getting getting the program to run because it requires OpenGL 2.0, and I have OpenGL 1.1.0. Is there any fix to this problem? I have updated ...
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vagrant up doesn't work with laravel/homestead
Trying to vagrant up laravel homestead with provider virtual box, but get an error
Progress: 40%There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagr
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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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VirtualBox doesn't capture USB drive
I created a new Virtaul Box running 32 bit Windows 7 but the USB capture doesn't work.
When I capture the USB flash drive, it does set the check mark on it as captured but it never shows up in ...
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Installing a math software on Oracle Virtualbox
I am new to the Oracle Virtualbox world and linux. I am currently in need to install the software here https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~latte/software.php in Oracle Virtualbox running linux and I use ...
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