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I know this has been asked before but all I can find in this forum, the FAQ, and Wiki, is that the answer was "no" up until an earlier version. However, I can not get it to start the vdi VM without getting a BSOD shortly after the VM starts to boot. If the account is logged in as an administrative account, then it works fine.

I have the Virtual Machine default location located on a D partition next to the c: partition. The xml and log files are kept under the My Documents folder of the logged in user, if this helps. I am using an XP host with vbox version 2.1.0 and am trying to run a XP guest os.

I would like to setup a vbox VM guest for the kids to use and not interfere with the host machine. Therefore, I would like to be able to open a vbox vm from a limited account, not an admin account. Is this possible?

If this information is located elsewhere, I would appreciate a link to it.

Thanks.

The BSOD you get is about unmountable_boot_medium right? If so, it means that VB has no write access on the file. To fix that, you need to modify the NTFS ACL to allow your limited user full permissions on the location where the VDI files are located. This can be done by opening the properties of the drive or folder and select the security tab. On XP Home, this is only available if you disable Simple File Sharing (also needed on Pro) and then boot to Safe Mode (not needed for Pro).

Thank you Sasquatch, I will give it a try.