Cannot Login to Windows 10 VM

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strj500
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Cannot Login to Windows 10 VM

Post by strj500 »

VirtualBox 5.1.28
Windows 10 Pro

When I boot up the system, it arrives at a normal looking screen appears with time and date, then if I attempt to login (move the time and date in a direction or ctrl-alt-del), a dimmed version of the screen appears, there's no login prompt. I've tried blindly putting the password in, I've tried playing with the on-board keyboard, no success. Eventually it will go back to the date and time screen.

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
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Re: Cannot Login to Windows 10 VM

Post by socratis »

  • Follow a "start the VM from cold-boot" / "observe error" / "shutdown the VM" cycle.
  • With the VM shut down completely (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
  • Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response (see the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form).
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