Windows 10 Technical Preview

[loukingjr]

Anyone know if it's possible or how to install the GAs in Windows 10? Running 4.3.16.

[nreiter]

If anyone figures it out, I'd sure like to know too.

[Gerhard G.]

VBox 4.3.16 refuses to install the guest additions on the Windows Technical Preview (which internally is Windows version 6.4).
I hope the next VBox release will bring some improvement...

[nreiter]

Give them time, I'm sure they will have a version of the Guest Additions that supports Windows 10. Other than the GA, Windows 10 runs fine under the current version of VB.

[loukingjr]

Actually it runs much better than I expected. I can stream audio, video, Netflix etc.

[socratis]

Guys, 1) it just came out yesterday, 2) VirtualBox devs didn't have it on their hands, so 3) please don't start complaining about this-or-that working or not, can't happen...

[loukingjr]

Guys, 1) it just came out yesterday, 2) VirtualBox devs didn't have it on their hands, so 3) please don't start complaining about this-or-that working or not, can't happen...

I assume by "guys" you are not including me. Especially right after I said how well it runs.

[socratis]

No Lou, but the forums have been flooded with Windows 10 "installation problems" and I really would like people to understand that "Hey what's wrong?" for a 1-day released not-yet-completed OS is not yet appropriate.

Would you mind starting a thread with something like "Windows 10 how-to" (or something like that) so we can send people to a specific thread? Where you can edit the first post and keep it up-to-date?

[loukingjr]

No Lou, but the forums have been flooded with Windows 10 "installation problems" and I really would like people to understand that "Hey what's wrong?" for a 1-day released not-yet-completed OS is not yet appropriate.

Would you mind starting a thread with something like "Windows 10 how-to" (or something like that) so we can send people to a specific thread? Where you can edit the first post and keep it up-to-date?

not particularly. I haven't been on the site nearly as much as I used to. nothing to do with the forum. I'm just busy with other things. perhaps someone else will.

btw, I realize this is somewhat my fault. I never expected the GA's to install. I was just curious if someone had found a workaround.

[japzone]

No Lou, but the forums have been flooded with Windows 10 "installation problems" and I really would like people to understand that "Hey what's wrong?" for a 1-day released not-yet-completed OS is not yet appropriate.

Would you mind starting a thread with something like "Windows 10 how-to" (or something like that) so we can send people to a specific thread? Where you can edit the first post and keep it up-to-date?

not particularly. I haven't been on the site nearly as much as I used to. nothing to do with the forum. I'm just busy with other things. perhaps someone else will.

btw, I realize this is somewhat my fault. I never expected the GA's to install. I was just curious if someone had found a workaround.

I force installed Guest Additions in Windows 10 using

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VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64.exe /force

but the Driver failed to load and I had to rollback. So obviously some work needs to be done. Oh well. Patience is a virtue.

[Gerhard G.]

Guys, 1) it just came out yesterday, 2) VirtualBox devs didn't have it on their hands, so 3) please don't start complaining about this-or-that working or not, can't happen...

Sorry if I was misunderstood as being complaining, I merely intended to provide the information that earlier posters had asked for.

[Kukrapoc]

I was just curious if someone had found a workaround.

Hi.
I'm new to all this (virtualization).
I've successfully installed a Win10 guest on my Win7 pro host.
I see that no folder sharing is possible without GuestAdditions.
I managed to exchange files between the two machines via TeamViewer.
Thats my workaround.

I also had issues with screen size.
Found an answer here:
http://superuser.com/questions/495670/h ... ull-screen

Now everything works really well.

[nreiter]

If you use Bridged Networking you can access shared folders anywhere on the network. I can access my NAS and all other computers from the Windows 10 guest VM. I do miss the shared clipboard and the higher resolution display settings. I believe I need the guest additions for those.

[nreiter]

I also had issues with screen size.
Found an answer here:
superuserdotcom/questions/495670/how-can-i-get-windows-8-and-virtualbox-to-use-my-full-screen

Thanks for that reference. I now have Windows 10 running full screen at 1920x1080

[dscribe]

Just a general update to any who have not noticed: VB 4.3.18 is out and has some tweaks for Windows 10. It is now working OK (a few graphics glitches sometimes) for me.