VM Will not start.

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Patrickq1236
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VM Will not start.

Post by Patrickq1236 »

Hello, I've used Virtual Box in the past. But not for a while. This week for a class I need to set up a virtual machine. I was able to create one and install windows on it. but now for whatever reason I can't get it to start up at all. Whenever I press start it just kind of does nothing, then a popup comes up that says "Creating process for virtual machine "MyVMhere" (GUI/QT) (1/2)" and just hangs there. it will sit like that for hours. Now I've tried this on more than one machine, my main PC and my laptop. Both of which do the same. I'm not sure how to get this working.
scottgus1
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Re: VM Will not start.

Post by scottgus1 »

If you installed version 4.3.14 or later, take a look here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=62615 especially the first post in red.
and here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=63556


Roll back to 4.3.12 or earlier to get Virtualbox working again, or use the latest build to help troubleshoot the glitch.


Also please consider "Minimum info needed for assistance" viewtopic.php?f=24&t=48476
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