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Thursday, January 19, 2023
The Windows version of the early VirtualBox 7.x.x installers no longer include the Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable Package as part of the installer. This is due to a license change by Microsoft that changes how this can be packaged with other software. It is expected that Oracle will release an updated Windows VirtualBox... More
Thursday, January 5, 2023
VirtualBox can take advantage of some of the capabilities of your host computer's GPU to improve performance. However, enabling this feature can often cause problems. In particular, new version upgrades of VirtualBox often has 3D acceleration problems. These problems usually get ironed out as further updates are released. This issue has been... More
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
VirtualBox technical support is provided by the SCS Technical Staff. In order to provide effective support, please include the following items in your email so that we have as much information as possible. WARNING: To be provided technical support, you must first: Have thoroughly reviewed the technical support articles found on our Virtual Machine... More
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Computing Devices not Supported by SCS Many courses offered by the School of Computer Science, especially undergraduate courses rely heavily on Virtual Machines and other forms of virtualization. Given this, it is required that you have access to a personal computing device which supports virtualization, while completing your program in the SCS.... More
Thursday, January 28, 2021
This article covers the steps for importing a Virtual Machine into VirtualBox. If you have not yet installed VirtualBox, you can do so using the Install VirtualBox Guide. To import one of the SCS Virtual Machines as a guest into VirtualBox, follow these steps: Download the Virtual Machine for your course from our Course... More
Video and written instructions for installing VirtualBox: Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox: Download and install the latest VirtualBox for your host from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox Visual C++ Redistributable Error This issue has... More
Friday, November 22, 2019
What is LVM Partition Check Existing Space Extend LVM using the script Extend LVM manually What is LVM Partition Most of our standard images for OpenStack and VirtualBox virtual machines use LVM (Linux Logical Volume Manager) to provide the disk volume for the operating system, as well as additional storage volumes (if applicable). LVM... More
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Symptoms of the VirtualBox macOS Security and Access Problems Cause of the Problem Solutions to the Problem Accessing Security & Privacy Settings SOLUTION 1: Allow Identified Apps to Access the System SOLUTION 2: Modify VirtualBox Permissions SOLUTION 3: Clean Re-install of VirtualBox Still Experiencing Problems? Symptoms of the VirtualBox... More
Friday, September 13, 2019
This guide shows you how to set up a folder which will be shared between your host machine and your guest machine. For more information on transferring files between virtual machines, click here. For a video tutorial on Windows, click here. Setting Up the Shared Folder Select the guest machine you wish to share... More
Sometimes when VirtualBox is updated, or when a Virtual Machine is imported, a non-optimal Graphics Controller may be enabled in the Display Settings for the Virtual Machine. All of our Virtual Machines are designed with the VMSVGA Graphics Controller, which should typically provide the most stability and the best performance. To apply this VMSVGA... More
Is your virtual machine not launching, providing some kind of error, or has very poor performance? This may be caused by your operating system or motherboard settings. This issue can take many forms, so if you are experiencing any problems, you should start by checking your system's virtualization settings. Processor Virtualization must be enabled... More
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Why You May Need a VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter What is a Virtual Network / Adapter? Setting Up a Virtual Host-only Network Adding a Host-Only Adapter to a Virtual Machine Find and Test your Host-Only Network IP Why You May Need a VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter Sometimes you would like to be able to network between... More
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