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Hello, I get a critical error each time I attempt to launch a Win8 VM on Virtual Box 4.2.4 on Win 7 64. I have tried different drive types (VHD, VDI) and different locations for the virtual drive. each time is the same. I have also allocated more memory for the VM, but the same problem exists. See below for the log info. Any help determining cause is appreciated.

00:00:03.783804 Host RAM: 6127MB total, 4085MB available
00:00:03.839804 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000100000000 (4 294 967 296, 4 GB)

00:00:13.983833 Console: VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=HostMemoryLow message="Unable to allocate and lock memory. The virtual machine will be paused. Please close applications to free up memory or close the VM"
00:00:13.983952 Changing the VM state from 'RUNNING' to 'GURU_MEDITATION'.

Memory overcommit

The error code shows up whether I use 4096 or 2048. There is 4GB available, why would 2048 state host memory low? Note using a setting of 1024 allows OS to boot, but I don't know how useful it will be.

I have no idea (I'm not there to check). All I know is if you see a host low memory error you have to lower the ram allocated to the guest or shut things off on the host.