Windows 8?

[Andre.Ziegler]

Which build should we use? The latest trunk build or 4.2 Beta1?

[misha]

I have an issue which is not Win8 related. I've installed a Win7 VM in the latest trunk build and when I get an UAC prompt the Win 7 bootlogo is shown for a short time in the secure desktop. Aero Glass is enabled in the VM settings (256MB RAM).

This should be solved with 4.2 Beta 1 Host VBox installation + Guest Additions from here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 64#p232447 .
Could you give it a try and let me know whether the issue is gone for you?

[misha]

Which build should we use? The latest trunk build or 4.2 Beta1?

The 4.2 Beta1 build is more resent than the latest trunk build posted here, so you should use 4.2 Beta1, note however that 4.2 Beta1 Guest Additions had some issues which are now fixed with the resent Guest Additions test build posted here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 64#p232447 .

So you should use 4.2. Beta 1 VBox HOST installation + VBox Guest Additions from here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 64#p232447 .

[frosh]

Hello everybody!

I faced a weird problem. I can't install W8 guest on W7 host. Virtual machine doesn't boot from very first time.
I created new virtual machine, mounted iso, started machine and it didn't boot. Reset - nothing. One more - installation started. First reboot and all over again. Reset - nothing; one more and more and more and I gave up. It always hangs on black screen with W8 logo.
64bit edition (PAE/NX is disabled) is installed fine, but 32bit (PAE/NX is enabled) isn't managed. Installation on real hardware works well.

Any suggestions?

Logs are attached.

[misha]

Sorry, I have installed Mountain Lion and no longer have the log files for the previous kernel panic. I will try to find any more problems and report them here.

So you don't have those Kernel Panic issues with Mountain Lion, do you?

[Andre.Ziegler]

I have an issue which is not Win8 related. I've installed a Win7 VM in the latest trunk build and when I get an UAC prompt the Win 7 bootlogo is shown for a short time in the secure desktop. Aero Glass is enabled in the VM settings (256MB RAM).

This should be solved with 4.2 Beta 1 Host VBox installation + Guest Additions from here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 64#p232447 .
Could you give it a try and let me know whether the issue is gone for you?

ok, I'll test this this evening.

[hawkeye62]

The new build allows me to drag the window size to what ever I want. Thanks for the effort.

BUT, I no longer have the ability to use a bridged network adapter. When I select bridged, an error message says the adapter can't be found. If I select NAT, I can connect to the internet, but not to my local network. Prior to this latest build, I could select bridged and my actual hardware adapter would show up in the window. I could browse my local network, write and read to shared folders, etc.

Thanks for any help, Jim

I installed 4.2 Beta 1 and the guest additions. I have the same problem, my hardware network adapter is not detected, sol I cannot select bridged mode and I cannot access my local network. Release 4.1.18 worked just fine.

Regards, Jim

Update: I uninstalled 4.2 Beta 1 and re-installed it and Guest Additions. Everything now works correctly.

Thanks, Jim

[Andre.Ziegler]

I have an issue which is not Win8 related. I've installed a Win7 VM in the latest trunk build and when I get an UAC prompt the Win 7 bootlogo is shown for a short time in the secure desktop. Aero Glass is enabled in the VM settings (256MB RAM).

This should be solved with 4.2 Beta 1 Host VBox installation + Guest Additions from here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 64#p232447 .
Could you give it a try and let me know whether the issue is gone for you?

ok, I'll test this this evening.

ok, I've tested it and it works fine. Thanks

Now the Windows copy/past issue sucks. I can copy/past text between my Win7 host and Ubuntu VM, but not to Windows VMs.

[lexxx]

Windows 8 rtm 9200 performs very slow on vbox 4.1.16.

[misha]

The new build allows me to drag the window size to what ever I want. Thanks for the effort.

BUT, I no longer have the ability to use a bridged network adapter. When I select bridged, an error message says the adapter can't be found. If I select NAT, I can connect to the internet, but not to my local network. Prior to this latest build, I could select bridged and my actual hardware adapter would show up in the window. I could browse my local network, write and read to shared folders, etc.

Thanks for any help, Jim

I installed 4.2 Beta 1 and the guest additions. I have the same problem, my hardware network adapter is not detected, sol I cannot select bridged mode and I cannot access my local network. Release 4.1.18 worked just fine.
..

We've reproduced and are aware of this problem. Both host-only and bridged networking drivers do not get installed properly as well as a host reboot is requested due to VBox installer issues.
See also https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 15&t=50775 and https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 15&t=50809 .
This issue should be fixed soon hopefully (all our developers are currently busy with some other urgent stuff), and we'll let you know as soon as it is fixed.
The issue araises only when installing on top of some previous VBox version, so, like you say, a workaround is to uninstall VBox and then install it again.

[misha]

Windows 8 rtm 9200 performs very slow on vbox 4.1.16.

Windows 8 rtm is not officially released, is it? In any way Windows 8 support was significantly enhanced for VBox 4.2 BETA1,
so I would try VBox 4.2 BETA1 HOST installation and use latest test build Guest Additions available here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 64#p232447 (these additions test build contains several fixes to the issues found in 4.2 BETA1 Additions).

[misha]

..Now the Windows copy/past issue sucks. I can copy/past text between my Win7 host and Ubuntu VM, but not to Windows VMs.

I'd suggest you to create a new topic in the "Beta Feedback" forum https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=15 to get more attention to this issue and to not mix it with Win8-specific things.

[lexxx]

misha,
for end-user maybe not officialy released.
VBox 4.2 BETA1 has too many bugs for now. I think i will wait.

[misha]

misha,
for end-user maybe not officialy released...

So where did you get it from?

[frosh]

Aren't there any ideas about https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic ... 25#p232486.
There is the same problem with W8 RP on 4.2 beta1 and W7SP1 x86 and WXPSP3 x86 hosts.