[Solved] Windows 7 freezes after a while

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MInacio
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[Solved] Windows 7 freezes after a while

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I am a bit new on VMBox. I have a VHD from an old pc running Windows 7.
I have Windows 10 as a host. I have installed the Extension pack and have a folder connected to the VMBox which is allocated in an external drive.

I have the VMBox with the default settings. It runs smoothly and works fine until it freezes and restarts. Sometimes it takes longer to freeze, other times it does not even make it to the desktop.

Could someone help me fix this problem?

I attach the logs. After it froze, I terminated the VMBox.

Thank you
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mpack
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: PUEL
Guest OSses: Mostly XP

Re: Windows 7 freezes after a while

Post by mpack »

Try giving 2 CPU cores to the Win7 VM.

Increase graphics RAM to 128MB.

Update VirtualBox, then update the Extension Pack and the Guest Additions.

You have Hyper-v enabled. See HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM (Hyper-V is active).
MInacio
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Re: Windows 7 freezes after a while

Post by MInacio »

mpack thank you so much for your suggestions!

It has been working without any problems now!
mpack
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Re: Windows 7 freezes after a while

Post by mpack »

Congratulations, I'm glad the suggestion worked. I'll mark the topic as solved.
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