I have VirtualBox 4.3.18 running on a Windows 7 Pro Host. My guest is Windows 10 Technical Preview, and I cannot get the Guest Additions to install. The installer starts, seems to make some progress, but then the guest screen goes black, sometimes with a green stripe across the top, then reboots. After the reboot, the Guest Additions are not installed.
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Cannot install Guest Additions in Windows 10 TP
Cannot install Guest Additions in Windows 10 TP
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Re: Cannot install Guest Additions in Windows 10 TP
PS, both host and guest are 64 bit versions.
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Re: Cannot install Guest Additions in Windows 10 TP
Make sure that 3D acceleration is enabled in the guests settings -> display.
Re: Cannot install Guest Additions in Windows 10 TP
Thanks PerryG, it is now working.
It was a wild ride though. When I first turned on 3d acceleration, then restarted and tried to install the Guest Additions, the screen went black as before, but it hung there for several minutes without rebooting. When I shut it down and tried to restart it, it wouldn't boot up. I had to "renew my PC" which wiped all the data clean and reinstalled Windows 10. But then after that the Guest Additions installed.
It was a wild ride though. When I first turned on 3d acceleration, then restarted and tried to install the Guest Additions, the screen went black as before, but it hung there for several minutes without rebooting. When I shut it down and tried to restart it, it wouldn't boot up. I had to "renew my PC" which wiped all the data clean and reinstalled Windows 10. But then after that the Guest Additions installed.