Win10 Guest runs out of processor capacity

[Makarios]

I'm slightly frustrated.

My new install WIN10 guest is hanging up.

(I'm running a Linux Mint Host, installed on a HP Z book i7 with 4 CPU's and 16gb ram) the win 10 VM has 2 CPU's and 8gb ram allocated to it.

As a newbie, I constantly keep my eye on the Windows taskmananger and the system Monitor in Linux

When I look at my windows task manager, then the processor is often reaching high %'s .

One in particular is Virtual box Guest additions service...from time to time its reaching 50% of my processor.

2nd issue is I've allocated 8 gb ram to the Windows 10VM, and according to windows taskmaster its only using 2gb thereof?

Any guidance please

[scottgus1]

Windows # often takes a day to stabilize itself after install and run updates. You should try leavung the guest running all day and night.

If this doesn't help, start the guest from full normal shutdown, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the guest from within the guest OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the guest with the Power Off option set.

Right-click the guest in the main Virtualbox window's guest list, choose Show Log. Save the far left tab's log, zip it, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.

[Makarios]

I have now picked up that its the Virtual Guest tray thats the culprit.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=98284

In the above post I have documented the issue plus I've added the log there.