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Old 06-10-2014, 23:38   #1
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virtualbox on windows 8.1

tried installing windows XP in virtualbox but i have problems.

virtualbox on windows 8.1 falls asleep after 10 minutes or something.
i can't wake it up by pressing anything on the keyboard. i have to restart the computer. how do i fix the problem?

also connecting to internet is a problem in virtualbox. try fixing virtualbox internet connection
it disconnect internet from windows 8 if i mess with the setting in virtualbox.

also can't find my USB external hard drive and DVD RW drive.
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Old 08-10-2014, 09:44   #2
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Virtual Box on windows 8.1 problems

correction First post didn't make much sense since my English is poor.
am going to try again.

i get problems with Virtual Box on windows 8.1

1st problem in Virtual Box is after 10 minutes in virtual Box the screen goes blank. i press everything on the keyboard to wake it up but nothing happens. so only thing i can do is restart the computer.

2nd problem is no internet connection. if try to get internet connection in Virtual Box my windows 8.1 connection gets dis-connected.

3rd problem can't view my USB external hard disk drive or DVD ROM.

can anyone help me?
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Re: virtualbox on windows 8.1

1st problem: Try going to power options and disable the 'turn off screen after 10 minutes' function

2nd problem: Did you set up Virtualbox in NAT networking mode.

3rd problem: Did you even connect them to the virtual machine?
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Re: virtualbox on windows 8.1

i format my hard drive again.
install windows 8.1 and install virtual box
installing windows XP running very slow.

how can i speed up the installing of windows xp?
its takes few hours. just installing last time i did on windows 8.1.

P.S. on windows 7 it was booting and installing was very fast.
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Old 20-10-2014, 14:15   #5
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Re: virtualbox on windows 8.1

Why not just use Hyper-V which is built into Windows 8.1?
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Re: virtualbox on windows 8.1

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Why not just use Hyper-V which is built into Windows 8.1?
hyper-v really isn't that good, even at enterprise level. for the home user, virtualbox is a much better VM host.
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Re: virtualbox on windows 8.1

Hyper-V and AMD is ticked and selected.
still running slow.
my internet goes off on the windows 8.1
inside my virtual box i install windows xp internet works fine.
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