If you need to installing this features with the full GUI mode then jump to method 2 Method 1: Install from Terminal This guest additions installation step applies only on a GUI-less server. Install Virtualbox Guest Additions Windows Install VirtualBox Guest Additions
This link will directly download the offline installer. But, at this time… After some time spent on Google, we collect some vBoxGuestAdditions installation file with many version. We have never realized how difficult it is to find the VirtualBox Guest additions download page. This executable file is also compatible for windows 7 and windows 8 version.
I wonder if this is a Windows 7 32/64 issue but I lack the knowledge to debug this issue myself.On below you will find the installation file of VirtualBox for Windows 10 64 bit and 32 bit. But the virtual machine is not enabling the Guest Additions. Same thing.Ĭhecking the guest harddisk, I see " VirtualBox Guest Additions" directory with 19 files inside the "C:/Program files" directory. I repeat install (it goes fine) and reboot.
Host integration is not working and VirtualBox says that there are not guest additions running in the guest. with no " VirtualBox Guest Additions", Nothing seems to happen.
Install finishes correctly and prompts to reboot. I disabled Security Esencials and Windows Defender too.Īfter rebooting one more time, I install " VirtualBox Guest Additions". I insist that windows works fine, although harddisk performance is not stellar. I reboot Windows 7 guest and everything works fine except sound (disabled) and network (drivers uninstalled). I proceed to uninstall most HP, Adobe, etc, crap, even the ATI video driver, the WIFI driver, etc. After messing around a bit with "fdisk" and "grub", I am successfully booting Windows 7 as a guest.
I upgraded my host OS and I don't want to dual boot anymore (Ubuntu/Windows 7), so I copied the relevant harddisks partitions to a VDI image. I have been running a Windows XP guest without problem for the last eight years. My host is a 8GB Ubuntu 16.04 running VirtualBox 5.1.26. NOTE: I already raised this issue in the forum.