[Solved] I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

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Theraphosidae
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[Solved] I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

Post by Theraphosidae »

Hello everyone. I can't install Windows Vista in VirtualBox. When I start the setup, a blue screen appears after "Windows is loading files" text.
Blue Screen Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Can you suggest any solution for this problem?
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Re: I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

Post by scottgus1 »

Things on the host OS might cause this.

Start the VM from full normal shutdown, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the VM from within the VM's OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the VM with the Power Off option set.

Right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show Log. Save the far left tab's log, zip it, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
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Re: I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

Post by Theraphosidae »

Windows Vista-2022-07-11-13-10-30.zip
(26.6 KiB) Downloaded 20 times
Log
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Re: I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

Post by mpack »

Hyper-v is enabled.
00:00:03.936680 HM: HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM: VT-x is not available
00:00:04.052264 NEM: info: Found optional import WinHvPlatform.dll!WHvQueryGpaRangeDirtyBitmap.
00:00:04.052342 NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeHypervisorPresent is TRUE, so this might work...
See HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM (Hyper-V is active).

I would also recommend 2 CPU cores and 64MB graphics RAM.

Where did this ISO come from? The IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is a driver error, typically caused by trying to load a buggy driver for hardware that doesn't exist. This could happen if this Vista was originally bundled with branded OEM hardware (e.g. Dell, HP). But let's first see if removing Hyper-v from the equation helps.
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Re: I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

Post by Theraphosidae »

It worked! Thank you!
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Re: [Solved] I cannot install Windows Vista in VirtualBox

Post by mpack »

Thanks for reporting back.
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