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Unable to open Win7 VM when connected thru VPN

Posted: 18. Nov 2013, 18:41
by kevinjt44
I am unable to open a VM when connected thru VPN, but I am able to open the same VM, when I RDP in from a local PC to the remote PC that has VB on it (i.e. LanDesk) and the VM opens just fine, w/o error.

Is this an issue on my end with VirtualBox, or is this something that simply doesnot work with VirtualBox period. I am connected from a test laptop through Cisco AnyConnect VPN and a Verizon 4G AirCard to the PC that has the VB VM on it. I can open the VirtualBox Manager but when i click on the green arrow to start the VM (Win732), I get the following error:

  • Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows 7 32bit for Argus

    Cannot Open host device 'D:' for readonly access. check the permissions of that device (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

    Details:
    Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
    Component: Console
    Interface: IConsole {db7ab4ca-2a3f-4183-9243-c1208da92392}



I get no errors when I RDP into this same desktop from say RDP or LanDesk...

Ideas, comments, fixes anyone?

Kevin


*** UPDATE ***

Figured it out from another post - simply run VirtualBox Manager as an administrator and this open is the app up normally - the VM then allows you to run it without errors.