Windows 10 under Big Sur fails on startup with NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

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cah329a
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Windows 10 under Big Sur fails on startup with NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

Post by cah329a »

After uninstalling VirtualBox, restarting the Mac, and installing 6.1.22 I still cannot start my Windows 10 virtual machine. Nasty window pops up with:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.
Log attached. Thanks for any assistance.

Cindy Harris
Pittsburgh, PA
MacBook Pro 2018
Big Sur 11.3
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Re: Windows 10 under Big Sur fails on startup with NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

Post by granada29 »

Many others have had this problem. Some have been able to get it sorted out, others not so fortunate. I suggest you take a look at the existing topic Installation fails on 10.13.x, 10.14.x (rc=-1908).

You probably should start at the last page of posts and work backwards.
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