Windows 10 guest hangs on Installing mouse driver with GA

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klepp0906
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Windows 10 guest hangs on Installing mouse driver with GA

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I'm trying to set up a VM with a macrium image for some testing and no matter what I try the minute i mount and begin installing guest additions it gets to about 75% and hangs.

Installing mouse driver ...
Executing "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxDrvInsta.exe" dri...

and thats all I can see due to the size of the window and the fact I cant resize it due to a seemingly hard-hang at that point.

Is this a me thing or a known thing or a thing with a workaround? :P
scottgus1
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Re: Windows 10 guest hangs on Installing mouse driver with GA

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Might happen if there are other drivers in place from wherever the Macrium image came from.

Where did that image come from?
klepp0906
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Re: Windows 10 guest hangs on Installing mouse driver with GA

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scottgus1 wrote:Might happen if there are other drivers in place from wherever the Macrium image came from.

Where did that image come from?
I created it ala viboot from my own personal backup. It's going to be (hopefully) used heavily to help facilitate the windows 10 > 11 transition assuming I can get it to function.

Anything I can do to work around it?
scottgus1
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Re: Windows 10 guest hangs on Installing mouse driver with GA

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klepp0906 wrote:viboot from my own personal backup
I'll assume this means a physical PC. So:
scottgus1 wrote:other drivers [are] in place
Uninstall all drivers for physical hardware inside the VM's OS before installing the Guest Additions. Web-search how to do this.

The 'hardware' in the VM will be different than the physical PC, so the OS will require re-activation with a different license.
klepp0906
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Re: Windows 10 guest hangs on Installing mouse driver with GA

Post by klepp0906 »

scottgus1 wrote:
klepp0906 wrote:viboot from my own personal backup
I'll assume this means a physical PC. So:
scottgus1 wrote:other drivers [are] in place
Uninstall all drivers for physical hardware inside the VM's OS before installing the Guest Additions. Web-search how to do this.

The 'hardware' in the VM will be different than the physical PC, so the OS will require re-activation with a different license.
/facepalm I probably should have thought of that.

I'll give it a go, thank you for the suggestion
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