Windows 11 Hyper-V Paravirtualization and a Windows Vista Guest BSOD

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TylerJaacks
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Windows 11 Hyper-V Paravirtualization and a Windows Vista Guest BSOD

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I have a Windows 11 Pro Host machine running VirtualBox 6.1.30 r148432. Running a Windows Vista guest machine results in a BSOD in the guest during installation. I know that this version of Windows has limited support but I have software that only runs on Vista that I need to run and I would really like to make this work so I don't have to move the dreaded VMware. Here is a screenshot of the BSOD that I get.

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I have tried running it in minimal paravirtualization it made the machine run through the installer longer but it then gave a BSOD. It is weird as I have no problem running Windows XP, DOS, or even OS/2 but it is impossible to get past the install screen in Windows Vista.

Specs
  • OS: Windows 11 21H2 22000.34
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    RAM: 32GB
    GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti
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Re: Windows 11 Hyper-V Paravirtualization and a Windows Vista Guest BSOD

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Unfortunately you failed to provide the only log we care about - the VM log. Make sure the VM is fully shut down, then right click it in the manager UI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (no other file) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.
TylerJaacks
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Re: Windows 11 Hyper-V Paravirtualization and a Windows Vista Guest BSOD

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scottgus1
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Re: Windows 11 Hyper-V Paravirtualization and a Windows Vista Guest BSOD

Post by scottgus1 »

To me, there's nothing wrong in the operation of Virtualbox in the log.

Hyper-V is enabled in the host OS. Tri disabling it to see if the OS will install. See HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM (Hyper-V is active)
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