error installing the fix 2-Nov-2017 for Linux guests on Windows hosts

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AIdave
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error installing the fix 2-Nov-2017 for Linux guests on Windows hosts

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I have been encountering a very slow Virtual Box experience with a Linux guest (Cinnamon 18.2) on a Windows 10 host machine. At times it would even freeze and require a shutdown of the physical host. I ran the memory diagnostics on my memory and everything seems fine. The announcement of a fix 2-Nov-2017 sounded good; but when I try to install it I keep getting an error message stating the guest additions were not installed; but I have removed Virtual Box and reinstalled it and the
"VirtualBox 5.2.0 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms" already a couple of times already. Any ideas? Is the guest additions download something different from the extension pack? If so, where is the download?

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Output folder: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions

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Version: 5.2.1 (Rev 118918)
No previous version of Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions detected
Detected OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Checking for installation requirements for Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 ...
Verifying file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll" ...
Verification of file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll" successful (Vendor: Microsoft Corporation, Architecture: amd64)
Verifying file "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\d3d8.dll" ...
Verification of file "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\d3d8.dll" successful (Vendor: Microsoft Corporation, Architecture: x86)
Verifying file "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\d3d9.dll" ...
Verification of file "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\d3d9.dll" successful (Vendor: Microsoft Corporation, Architecture: x86)
Output folder: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions
Extract: DIFxAPI.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxDrvInst.exe... 100%
Extract: VBoxVideo.inf... 100%
Extract: VBoxVideo.cat... 100%
Extract: iexplore.ico... 100%
Output folder: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions
Stopping VBoxService ...
Stopping VBoxService via SCM ...
Stopping VBoxService done
Stopping VBoxTray ...
Stopping VBoxTray done
Output folder: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions
Extract: VBoxVideo.sys... 100%
Extract: VBoxDisp.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxMouse.sys... 100%
Extract: VBoxMouse.inf... 100%
Extract: VBoxMouse.cat... 100%
Extract: VBoxGuest.sys... 100%
Extract: VBoxGuest.inf... 100%
Extract: VBoxGuest.cat... 100%
Extract: VBoxTray.exe... 100%
Extract: VBoxControl.exe... 100%
Extract: VBoxWHQLFake.exe... 100%
Output folder: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Extract: VBoxService.exe... 100%
Output folder: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions
Extract: VBoxVideoW8.cat... 100%
Extract: VBoxVideoW8.sys... 100%
Extract: VBoxVideoW8.inf... 100%
Extract: VBoxDispD3D.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLarrayspu.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLcrutil.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLerrorspu.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLpackspu.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGL.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxD3D9wddm.dll... 100%
Extract: wined3dwddm.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxDispD3D-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLarrayspu-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLcrutil-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLerrorspu-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLpackspu-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLpassthroughspu-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGLfeedbackspu-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxOGL-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: VBoxD3D9wddm-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: wined3dwddm-x86.dll... 100%
Extract: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\VBoxSF.sys... 100%
Extract: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VBoxMRXNP.dll... 100%
Extract: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\VBoxMRXNP.dll... 100%
Extract: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VBoxHook.dll... 100%
Installing drivers ...
Output folder: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions
Installing guest driver ...
Executing: "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxDrvInst.exe" driver install "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest.inf" "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\install_drivers.log"
Installing driver ...
INF-File: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest.inf
(1) ENTER:  DriverPackageInstallW
(1) Installing INF file 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest.inf' (Plug and Play).
(1) Looking for Model Section [VBoxGuest.NTamd64]...
(1) No matching devices found in INF "C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\vboxguest.inf_amd64_3bdbe22fbaf00af2\vboxguest.inf" on the Machine.
(1) No drivers installed. No devices found that match driver(s) contained in 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\vboxguest.inf_amd64_3bdbe22fbaf00af2\vboxguest.inf'.
(1) RETURN: DriverPackageInstallW  (0xE000020B)
ERROR (e000020b): Unknown error!

Execution returned exit code: 2
Error excuting ""C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxDrvInst.exe" driver install "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest.inf" "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\install_drivers.log"" (exit code: 2) -- aborting installation
Error excuting ""C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxDrvInst.exe" driver install "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest.inf" "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\install_drivers.log"" (exit code: 2) -- aborting installation
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