windows 7 guest not working on windows 10 host
Posted: 25. Mar 2021, 19:27
Hello there!
I have the same vbox image (windows 7, sys infos down below and in attachment) in 2 different hosts (same vbox Version 6.1.18 r142142 (Qt5.6.2), both windows 10, different builds, sys infos down below and in attachment.
VM works only in one host.
When the VM starts it freezes after Windows login prompt (and it's already very laggy both in input and in windows logo anymation in the view itself), sometimes after couple of minutes i get a BSOD.
Trying in safemode everything seems fine (manage to perform login and manual shutdown).
I've searched both this forum and online for things like "virtualbox extremely slow", "virtualbox high CPU usage", and performed already some of the actions with no luck (i.e. using single processor indeed makes the VM overall visibly faster, but still freezes after login).
I've both enabled and disabled Hyper-V and I don't see any visible change.
I've both enabled and disabled paravirtualization and again I don't see any visible change.
I've trying taking a look at the logs but I've no idea what I'm looking for to be honest.
I've attached couple of logs coming from different runs:
thank you
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working host sys infos:
broken host sys infos:
guest sys infos:
I have the same vbox image (windows 7, sys infos down below and in attachment) in 2 different hosts (same vbox Version 6.1.18 r142142 (Qt5.6.2), both windows 10, different builds, sys infos down below and in attachment.
VM works only in one host.
When the VM starts it freezes after Windows login prompt (and it's already very laggy both in input and in windows logo anymation in the view itself), sometimes after couple of minutes i get a BSOD.
Trying in safemode everything seems fine (manage to perform login and manual shutdown).
I've searched both this forum and online for things like "virtualbox extremely slow", "virtualbox high CPU usage", and performed already some of the actions with no luck (i.e. using single processor indeed makes the VM overall visibly faster, but still freezes after login).
I've both enabled and disabled Hyper-V and I don't see any visible change.
I've both enabled and disabled paravirtualization and again I don't see any visible change.
I've trying taking a look at the logs but I've no idea what I'm looking for to be honest.
I've attached couple of logs coming from different runs:
- working host - 2 processors - clean startup to shutdown.zip = logs coming from the working host machine: startup, login, wait until startup finishes, click shutdown from windows menù, all working fine
- broken host - 1 processor - normal mode - startup, login, stuck after login, BSOD, restart, force shutdown.zip = logs from the broken host machine: startup, stuck after login prompt, BDOS after couple of minutes of host high CPU usage, wait until boot process hit the "start windows normally" view, force shutdown (poweroff)
- broken host - 1 processor - safemode - clean startup to shutdown.zip = logs from the broken host machine: startup, choose safemode in boot process, login, wait until startup finishes, click shutdown from windows menù, all working seemingly fine
thank you
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working host sys infos:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ---
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model B450 AORUS PRO
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU Default string
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor, 3600 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F3f, 06/12/2018
SMBIOS Version 3.2
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product B450 AORUS PRO-CF
BaseBoard Version x.x
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Off
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume4
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.844"
User Name ---
Time Zone W. Europe Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16,0 GB
Total Physical Memory 16,0 GB
Available Physical Memory 11,4 GB
Total Virtual Memory 22,5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 13,3 GB
Page File Space 6,50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
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OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ---
System Manufacturer HP
System Model HP EliteBook 840 G6
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 6XD48EA#ABZ
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz, 1992 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date HP R70 Ver. 01.07.02, 29/10/2020
SMBIOS Version 3.1
Embedded Controller Version 82.102
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer HP
BaseBoard Product 8549
BaseBoard Version KBC Version 52.66.00
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.1171"
User Name ---
Time Zone W. Europe Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16,0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15,8 GB
Available Physical Memory 10,2 GB
Total Virtual Memory 19,8 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9,91 GB
Page File Space 3,98 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Running
Virtualization-based security Required Security Properties Base Virtualization Support, Secure Boot, DMA Protection
Virtualization-based security Available Security Properties Base Virtualization Support, Secure Boot, DMA Protection, UEFI Code Readonly, SMM Security Mitigations 1.0, Mode Based Execution Control
Virtualization-based security Services Configured Credential Guard, Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity, Secure Launch
Virtualization-based security Services Running Credential Guard, Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity
Windows Defender Application Control policy Enforced
Windows Defender Application Control user mode policy Off
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
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OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ---
System Manufacturer innotek GmbH
System Model VirtualBox
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor, 3593 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date innotek GmbH VirtualBox, 01/12/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.24545"
User Name ---
Time Zone W. Europe Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) Not Available
Total Physical Memory 10.0 GB
Available Physical Memory 8.31 GB
Total Virtual Memory 11.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9.09 GB
Page File Space 1.46 GB
Page File D:\pagefile.sys