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Hi Everyone

This is my first post. I am new to the security field and trying to get a lab up and running on my laptop. I was told VirtualBox was the way to go. A few weeks ago I installed 4.3.14 and was not able to get it to start. I got that weird error that I saw many other encountered. I was happy to see that 4.3.16 was released yesterday and started the download before I went to bed. I got home from work today ready to get the party started. I installed 4.3.16 and left the check box selected so that VirtualBox would start after installation was complete. VirtualBox did not start so I rebooted and tried again. No Dice. I then uninstalled VirtualBox, disabled Comodo FW, and BitDefender. Re-installed but still could not get it to start. I am at a loss. I searched this forum and the web and could not find an answer. I am not sure how or where I could have gone wrong. But when in doubt and you can't find an answer I find it's good to ask the experts. I am running Win7 Home Premium x64. I downloaded this file: VirtualBox-4.3.16-95972-Win

I went through the Windows Logs and found an Application Error 1000 with the following info:

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 9/10/2014 10:00:37 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: SKYNET
Description:
Faulting application name: VirtualBox.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x540f1cbe
Faulting module name: VirtualBox.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x540f1cbe
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000015c98
Faulting process id: 0x1310
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfcd642ca9f53f
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
Report Id: 6c2c8f2a-3957-11e4-b152-08edb94fd4fc

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You might want to consider falling back to 4.3.12 just to get up and running.

Also, right-click the installer and use "Run as Administrator", and make sure you don't have your OS set to automatically disregard unsigned drivers (set it to ask you if you want to install them.)

Thanks for the suggestion VickersNick.

scottgus1 thank you also. I use the "Run as Administrator" to install. I have not checked the setting for unsigned drivers. I will do that when I get home.

Thanks again