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E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 22. Mar 2021, 08:27
by YooHoo
I am getting the following error when I try to run a VM session. It also fails with the same error with headless start. I set hypervisorlaunchtype to off in BCDEdit.
My machine is on Windows 10.0.17134.1425. I installed the Orac VM vbox manager 6.0.24 with admin right and also running it with admin right also.
I would appreciate any help on this.
Thank you in advance.


The virtual machine 'TEST_VM' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\yoohoo\VirtualBox VMs\TEST_VM\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'.


Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component:
MachineWrap
Interface:
IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976}

Re: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 22. Mar 2021, 20:01
by scottgus1
You definitely have something hacking your dll's, and there's a "SentinelOne" security/nanny-ware installed, that might be doing it. See Diagnosing VirtualBox Hardening Issues

Re: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 22. Mar 2021, 20:06
by mpack
For future reference: please zip your complete log files. A partial log such as that provided is usually not very good for the job.

Re: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 23. Mar 2021, 03:03
by YooHoo
Actually, SentinelOne is the antivirus software my company uses and as far as I know, none of my co-workers have this problem.

Re: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 23. Mar 2021, 17:25
by scottgus1
YooHoo wrote:as far as I know, none of my co-workers have this problem.
Interesting. If your co-workers are running Virtualbox under SentinelOne without trouble, and your PC is having trouble, I'd recommend going to your boss & the IT dept and have them figure out what is happening. If you can't work because of this, your boss will get it fixed.

FWIW it could be some other software that is causing this. Some causers of hardening trouble don't show themselves in the hardening log.

Re: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 31. Mar 2021, 04:35
by YooHoo
The problem was resolved after IT Helpdesk person updated my laptop from Windows 10.0.17134.1425 to the latest version(10.0.19041.804).

Re: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

Posted: 31. Mar 2021, 14:21
by scottgus1
That's good. A complete reinstall of the whole PC has sometimes enabled coexistence.