Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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fritz269
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Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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Been trying to get this to work but I actually need this today. I have win 8.1 guest on mac book pro with yos 10.10.1 and cannot get the sound to work on the host. Any suggestions/help please?
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Re: Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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The sound should work.
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Re: Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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Ok
VirtualBox 4.3.12 r93733

Guest Win 8.1 Pro
Intel(R) Core(TM) i&-3635QM CPU @ 2,40GHz 2.44GHz
RAM 4.00 GB
System Type 64 bit

Host
OS Yosemite 10.10.1
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP101.00EE.B05
SMC Version (system): 2.3f35
Serial Number (system): C02KN5LDFFT0
Hardware UUID: CAA0E5FB-0C13-594B-AECB-F800E31320B7

Still cant figure out the problem
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Re: Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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you need to post the vbox.log file
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Re: Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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the audio settings for a Windows 8.1 guest should be set to:
Host Driver: CoreAudio
Controller: Intel HD Audio
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Re: Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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Ok, found the Intel HD driver and problem fixed. Just took a little fiddling with it.
Thank you!!!
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Re: Sound wont work on windows 8.1 guest

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welcome.
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