Hi,
I have an issue running setup exe file on guest. I have bought a new notebook, so I installed Ubuntu and VirtualBox. Than, I created a VM with Windows 10 and run Visual Studio 2019 setup EXE from the official location. After the UAC Window appears, the VirtualBox completly freezes. First, the guest freezes. Then, VirtualBox too. I can force quit it, but on next run of VirtualBox, VirtualBox freezes again. I have to restart the host.
Host:
HP EliteBook 640 G9, Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, 64-bit, 64 GB RAM
VirtualBox 6.1.38
Guest Additions 6.1.38
Guest: Windows 10 64-bit, clean installation.
Interresting notes:
I have a dualboot on host - Ubuntu and Windows 11. On Windows 11, this issue does not appear.
On the old notebook (HP ProBook 440 G7, Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, installed from the same source USB, 64-bit, 32 GB RAM), with the same version of VirtualBox, the same Windows 10 ISO file for guest..., the issue does not appear.
Any idea, what should i try to solve this issue?
Thank you in advance
Nas
VirtualBox freezes during SW installation on guest
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Re: VirtualBox freezes during SW installation on guest
'Tis an Ubuntu host and Windows guest, so moved from Linux Guests.
Re: VirtualBox freezes during SW installation on guest
Thanks and sorry for wrong topic
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Re: VirtualBox freezes during SW installation on guest
Technically it's the wrong entire website, because the OP is using the Ubuntu fork of VirtualBox, rather than the real thing.
But... first thing I would try is increase the number of guest vCPUs to 2.
But... first thing I would try is increase the number of guest vCPUs to 2.
Re: VirtualBox freezes during SW installation on guest
You are a genius, it seems your tip really solved it! Thank you.
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Re: VirtualBox freezes during SW installation on guest
Glad to help. I suspect that the VM didn't really lock up, people just aren't using to running on a single core any more - they don't expect the OS to get laggy when the one and only core is busy, which used to be a common experience.