[SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by mpack »

Please keep the discussion on topic. The topic is running Win8.1, not how to run VBoxManage.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by musashi77 »

Lenh51 wrote:When I run the command suggested, I get this message:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextra
data Win 8.1 VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
VBoxManage.exe: error: Code CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005) - Server execu
tion failed (extended info not available)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or
failed to start.

C:\windows\system32>
Try putting the computer name quotes eg "Win 8.1".
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

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Lenh51 wrote:When I run the command suggested, I get this message:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextra
data Win 8.1 VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
VBoxManage.exe: error: Code CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005) - Server execu
tion failed (extended info not available)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or
failed to start.

C:\windows\system32>
put Win 8.1 inside quotes i.e. "Win 8.1"
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by Pmhpmh »

Works, many Thanks for the help
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by JAB Creations »

I've tried the following and none of these work...
C:\MEDIA\OFFICE\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe setextradata win81ie11 VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1

C:\MEDIA\OFFICE\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe setextradata "win81ie11" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1

"C:\MEDIA\OFFICE\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe" setextradata win81ie11 VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1

"C:\MEDIA\OFFICE\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe" setextradata "win81ie11" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
...a little help please? I've renamed it "win81ie11" to keep it dead simple. Dynamic structure is great but useless without a static example. I also updated to the latest version of VirtualBox though I'm willing to download an older build if others have had success that way.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by mpack »

"Doesn't work" contains no useful information.

"C:\MEDIA\OFFICE" is not the normal path to the VirtualBox program folder.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by Lenh51 »

A few of you replied to my post with:

put Win 8.1 inside quotes i.e. "Win 8.1"

I have done that and still get the same error message.

Any ideas?

Thanks
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by Petr Vones »

Unfortunately Guest additions does not work and VirtualBox crashes on guest reboot:

Faulting application name: VirtualBox.exe, version: 4.2.14.0, time stamp: 0x51c45cbc
Faulting module name: MSVCR100.dll, version: 10.0.40219.1, time stamp: 0x4d5f034a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000003c1b0
Faulting process id: 0x61c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce743a54aeef1f
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\MSVCR100.dll
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by Sreeram »

I tried the command i am getting the same error..
C:\Windows\system32>"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextra
data "blue" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
VBoxManage.exe: error: Code CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005) - Server execu
tion failed (extended info not available)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or
failed to start.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by loukingjr »

try this...
find the Windows 8.1 .vbox file
make a copy in case
open the .vbox file with a text editor
paste <ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B" value="1"/> as the last line in the <extra data> section.
save

if it breaks, revert to the copy.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by JAB Creations »

loukingjr wrote:try this...
find the Windows 8.1 .vbox file
make a copy in case
open the .vbox file with a text editor
paste <ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B" value="1"/> as the last line in the <extra data> section.
save

if it breaks, revert to the copy.
THAT WORKED! Yeah VirtualBox is one of the programs that keeps dumping settings folders/files directly in to the My Documents folder. >__> It's an XML file so I opened it up with an editor and pasted it as the last element as you stated and it booted like a charm! Thanks! :)
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

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welcome :)
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by birdie »

VirtualBox 4.2.16, which has been released today, contains a fix for this issue.

Make sure to select "Windows 8.1" when selecting a guest OS type.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by doomy »

Sreeram wrote:I tried the command i am getting the same error..
C:\Windows\system32>"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextra
data "blue" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
VBoxManage.exe: error: Code CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005) - Server execu
tion failed (extended info not available)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or
failed to start.
Make sure you set the Windows type to 8.1 64-bit. You have to scroll down a bit to see it. This error means you're installing 64-bit version in 32-bit vbox.
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Re: [SOLVED] Installing Windows 8.1 64 preview in VirtualBox

Post by birdie »

doomy wrote:Make sure you set the Windows type to 8.1 64-bit. You have to scroll down a bit to see it. This error means you're installing 64-bit version in 32-bit vbox.
There's nothing wrong with that and such a configuration is fully functional here.
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