VM won't start

[joelbon]

I have installed Windows 7 and Windows xp on a VM in a Vista Home Premium Host. I am using virtualbox 2.1.0 I got this error once before when I upgraded from a previous version of Virtualbox, but I reinstalled my host os and everything seemed to work fine. I installed two vm machines and after I installed nero 8 on the host, this message came up:

Unknown error creating VM (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496a53e}

[joelbon]

I uninstalled Nero 8 and tried to run the vm again with no luck. I got the same error. Apparently, that was not what caused the error.

[joelbon]

Some of the things I have tried are:

I checked the permissions in safe mode under the Administrators acct. All groups have full control.

I unmounted the dvd/cd drive. Saw a post that having pass through enabled was causing a problem. This didn't help.

Removed usb support. This didn't help.

I made a copy of the .vdi and opened virtual box in my administrators account. This didn't help.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

[joelbon]

The last thing I tried and now will give up without some advice is to uninstall and reinstall vbox. This also did not help.

[dmcgraw]

Did you try the workaround posted on this bug ticket?

http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2863

It is the VBoxManage command about 2/3 of the way down the ticket.

Dave

[joelbon]

I finally got the command to work without any errors but I still get the error.

I finally just uninstalled v2.1.0 and installed v2.0.6. Everything is working now.

When will the next release come out? I truly love this program and think that everyone that works on it and all the people that answer questions on this forum are just FANTASTIC!!

[baf]

Version 2.1.2 is out NOW.

[joelbon]

I just downloaded and installed v2.1.2 and so far it works Great! Thanks to all who contributed for their time and effort!