Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Create a guest session. Shared folders. This driver acts as a hardware 3D driver and virtualbox guest additions windows 10 64 bit to the guest operating system that the virtual hardware is capable of 3D hardware acceleration. Tried also uninstall old guest additions in first place and then new one but did not help. For other guest operating systems, or if automatic start of software on a CD is disabled, you need to do a manual start of the installer. The usual mount rules winrows.
 
 

# ( Windows guest addition installation aborted) – Oracle VM VirtualBox

 
Guest: MS Windows 10 EDU build , bit. Host: Linux Mint MATE, bit. When trying to install guest additions, the installation in MS Windows The Oracle VM VirtualBox Windows Guest Additions are designed to be installed files and drivers for the corresponding platform, either bit or bit.

 

How to install Guest Additions for Windows 10 on VirtualBox – Pureinfotech

 

VirtualBox is free virtualization software that allows us home users to play with multiple operating systems within our main computer. By creating a virtual machine, we can run guest software, i. You could run Linux within Windows or the other way round. We can also use different versions of Linux within Linux or Windows within Windows.

Virtualization is massive right now. It allows individuals and enterprises to run several functions on a single computer, rather than forcing someone to find the space and the money to have more than one.

So rather than building a separate computer to run a different operating system, you only need one. At an enterprise level, rather than running a backup server, a separate mail server, and a separate SharePoint server, each can run in its own virtual instance on a single physical host machine. Two terms you need to learn right away to be able to work with VirtualBox are host and guest. Guest refers to the operating system you will be running within the box. For instance, if you want to run Linux within Windows, then Windows would be the host and Linux would be the guest.

VirtualBox is free and fairly simple to use. However, there are a few configuration tricks you will need to know in order to get the best out of it. One of these is configuring VirtualBox to run a bit guest operating system.

Loading a bit OS is simple, but running x64 takes a little more work. VirtualBox should now set up your guest as directed. It could take a few seconds or a few minutes depending on your computer and required settings. All other defaults should be acceptable, but feel free to explore and configure as you see fit. Luckily, VirtualBox has a very comprehensive user manual. A new window will appear asking you to select a start disk. Your operating system of choice will perform the usual installation process and will eventually load into its desktop.

Depending on your computer, this could take longer than it usually would as your computer is not only running the host and VirtualBox itself, it is also running a virtualized installer. Once loaded into your new bit guest, you can install apps, programs, and whatever you want to make it work how you want. When you have it running perfectly, navigate to the Machine menu at the top of the virtualization screen and click Take Snapshot.

This takes an image of your guest so you can quickly restore a working version should you need to. VirtualBox is a great way to explore new operating systems without committing to one or reconfiguring a perfectly good computer. I think it is an excellent piece of software and use it regularly to see how destructible Windows 10 is.