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VB 4.1.16
Host: 8GB RAM
Host: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 With All Patches

Created a Windows 8 32 bit and a Windows 8 64 bit machine.

Both CPU sections have:
- <CPU count="1" hotplug="false">
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="true" exclusive="false" />
<HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true" />
<HardwareVirtExVPID enabled="true" />
<PAE enabled="true" />
<HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="true" />
<HardwareVirtForce enabled="false" />
</CPU>

Rest are defaults.

Tried installing both 32 bit and 64 bit. The CD boots and goes through the entire install process. Then it reboots the VM. The boot from CD countdown runs. It boots from the virtual drive and I get a black screen with Windows in big white letters. Nothing happens after that.

Both machine definitions and the x64 log are attached (three file limit).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have exactly the same problem - whether running 64bit guest on 64bit host or 32bit guest on 32bit host with virtual CPU at 100% indefinitely.

Please continue discussion of Windows 8 in the dedicated discussion forum.