Questions tagged [virtual-machine]
A virtual machine is an emulation of a guest operating system, running on virtualized hardware within a host operating system.
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VirtualBox Windows 10 Host and Ubuntu 12 Guest networking not working
I was running this very same guest on windows 7 till last week, now i upgraded to windows 10 and the guest is not able to connect anymore.
VBOX version 5.2.18
The weird thing is that i have another ...
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Does using NETSTAT command in VM host show connections from an active VM guest?
I understand this is a kind of dumb question.
EDIT: I mean, if you run NETSTAT in a OS which HOSTS a VM, will the command return the guest VM's connections?
The logic says that all connections ...
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Linux/Google Cloud VM Instance give permissions to SSH key user
I created an SSH key to connect my google VM instance to FileZilla. But I get permission errors.
For example, I want to replace the index.html.
But I get:
How do I get my SSH key user to have full ...
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Unable to create Virtual Switch - HyperV
Trying to use HyperV for the first time.
I have installed the 'feature' and rebooted. Now when I open Hyper-V and try to create a VM I go through the whole process and then it fails on
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Completely isolating my VM from my host machine
I'm scam-baiting fake tech support people (like the ones who ask you to go to 7/11 and buy $200 Google Play gift cards for payment after running netstat and saying that you've been hacked). Most of ...
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Using a VPN inside a virtual machine
If I use VPN software (on a gust windows VM) to connect to a certain server (not via port 80), can the server see the host IP? I have an expressVPN subscription, planning to use it with virtualbox. ...
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Wondering how much space would I need for reinstalling Windows on my PC?
I'm planning to reinstall my OS on my computer - upgrading and putting a new SSD drive (as c drive) and installing on it Windows 7 ultimate x64 (and than mt current 1TB drive would become designated ...
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Cant access my websites inside virtualbox after the last Windows 10 update
Host: Windows 10 (updated)
Guest: Ubuntu 14.04.5
Virtualbox: 5.2.12 r122591 (Qt5.6.2)
After the windows update I tried to access my virtual machine and it kept giving me random errors. After of ...
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Hyper-V to Physical
How do I go about converting a Hyper-v VM to a physical hard drive. I created a Windows 10 vm and now want to create a physical system out of it. I attached a secondary hard drive on the host system ...
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Unable to make VM use public IP with macvtap/KVM/libvirt
I am running dedicated server with few KVM VMs on it. I had success in the past getting separate public IPv4 address attached to one VM using macvtap driver and it works just like totally independent ...
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VirtualBox with bridged network won't started [VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND]
I have a problem with starting my virtual machine (with WinXP on it) with bridged network. On normal NAT connection everything went fine.
I searched a litte bit around and found possible soulutions ...
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VirtualBox: Bridged Connection Not Working with .ova - High Sierra
I just bought my first Macbook today (long time Windows user) but I am running into issues loading in the .OVA of Rapid 7's "Hackazon" vulnerable web app into VirtualBox and getting a bridged ...
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No 64bit option for installing linux on VirtualBox
I'm trying to install Kali Linux on Virtual Box. It used to work, until I messed up Kali, so I just uninstalled Kali, but kept Virtual Box.
Now I re-download Kali, I'm trying to install it, it doesn'...
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Accessing Virtual Box Machines from Host Machine
My Host Machine's OS is Windows and I am using Oracle Virtual box. I have 3 virtual machines: Kali Linux, Metasploitable and Windows 10.
Problem 1 : I have a site hosted in Metasploitable. If I use ...
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How to get fullscreen to work in VMware Player for OSX guest?
I have installed OSX High Sierra as guest OS on VMware Player 14 (Host OS - Win 10).
I have successfully installed OSX and installed VMware Tools on it as well.
The only problem I'm facing is -
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VirtualBox and VBoxVmService networking
I'm running ssh server on VirtualBox-ed Slackware 14.2 on Windows host. I've set up NAT networking with port forwarding with 4191 port configured as a host port.
I've installed and configured ...
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Lower case letters do not work when trying to access a VirtualBox VM through TeamViewer
There is a remote Windows 10 computer that I access through TeamViewer from my local Debian 8. Everything works fine. On the remote Windows machine I launch a VirtualBox VM with Linux (Debian 9) ...
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Failure to resize a virtualbox volume
I want to increase the size of my virtual machine. Having read these
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11659005/how-to-resize-a-virtualbox-vmdk-file
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How can I make a V2P transition from a VMware disk image to a disk partition?
I have a Windows 10 virtual machine under VMware Workstation Player on Linux. The disk is stored under VMware’s default file format.
How can I copy / adapt / write the file system contents from the ...
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How can I activate Mint 3D acceleration on a virtualbox machine?
I do have a Linux Mint 18.3 VM hosted on a window 10 machine.
My VM can not boot when 3D acceleration is set into the virtualbox machine settings. It stays stuck on an empty command line screen.
If ...
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Debian in Parallels VM installed with no GUI
I installed Debian with Parallels VM in the macBook Pro. I selected the Graphical installation but not it starts as the command line. I entered as root and run the command tasksel that opens this ...
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Connect two VMs with static IPs in VirtualBox
I've got two instances of Ubuntu Server running in VirtualBox, mimicking a cluster we're putting together. I'll be using static IPs and communicating with SSH/MPI, which works on the real machines, ...
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Does VirtualBox Seamless Mode use RDP, or some other protocol?
I am considering the use of VirtualBox's Seamless Mode to support a legacy app which we need to use. This app requires XP and doesn't support any newer operating systems. I have XP licenses available, ...
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Is it possible to always work in a virtual machine / create full machine backups (not tied to particular hardware?)
I've recently had a hardware failure with my personal machine and need to temporarily use a different computer while waiting for parts etc. Setting this up for me to work (often coding) productively &...
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How do I migrate a VMWare Fusion virtual machine to Azure?
I have (had) an instance of VMWare Fusion installed on my MacBook Air but the licensing has expired and I'd prefer not to renew if I can host these vm's on Azure. They take up a lot of space, I pay ...
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How to set a virtualbox differencing disk to immutable
i have a shared disk in virtualbox (called multi-attached in gui) i want to keep it shared but make vm disk sharing it immutable after i've made some changes to it is this possible in virtualbox?
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Assign second physical ethernet port to VM
I have a motherboard with two physical ethernet ports. Obviously, my computer is connected to my network by one of them.
Is it possible to dedicate the other one to a virtual machine so that it is ...
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What is the most powerful server I can plug into a standard home outlet?
I need to run a home business, a CRM software, and other back office apps. I want to place all of these on VM's, using ESX/ESXi. (or HyperV)
Since I need SQL, and other services I need at least 128 ...
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VMware with Windows 10 not recognising keyboard input running on Ubuntu 16.04 host
I am trying to migrate my Windows 10 machine into a virtual machine which I can run under Ubuntu 16.04 which is my preferred OS. I used VMware vCenter Convertor to move all my files and the OS into ...
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VirtualBox at boot/startup how to
In the lab of my college, when I start a computer, after the boot it appears a screen with virtualbox logo that ask to my wich os i want to start and I can choose windows or linux.
If i login in any ...
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raw partition as mounted vmdk not detected by windows installer in virtualbox
(Arch newbie here) I am running Arch 4.10, and would like to install Windows 10 in a virtual machine, but on a separate partition.
Background:
My drive layout (GPT Partition schema):
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Setup shared web hosting for my VMs
I recently started virtualising some stuff, but I've run into a problem.
I want to have multiple (sub)domains pointing at different IPs on my network. This used to be doable by opening different ...
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How to launch a 32-bit self-extracting executable on a 64-bit machine within a batchfile
I'm working with two machines.
On Machine1, I create a self-extracting executable, using 7-zip. Machine1 is 32-bit (Windows XP), while Machine2 is a 64-bit Windows-7 machine.
On Machine2, I launch ...
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Flat and dark colors in VirtualBox Win7 guest in fullscreen mode only
I'm using VirtualBox 5.1.10 on a Ubuntu 16 host machine with a Nvidia GTX 970 and the proprietary drivers. The guest system is Windows 7 Pro 64bit. The only purpose of this VM is to run Adobe ...
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What does "VBoxManage modifyvm --usbcardreader on"
In the documentation of Virtualbox I noticed a setting I do not understand.
Can someone explain to me understandably what "VBoxManage modifyvm --usbcardreader on" do?
Thank you
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VMware OS X guests stuck at 3M video memory [closed]
On a Windows 8.1 host, running VMware Workstation v 12.5.1 (+ Unlocker 208). Following virtual machines set up: OS X 10.8 thru 10.11, macOS Sierra.
All but 10.9 and 10.12 show within the guests 3M ...
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Download VHD Azure
I have an Ubuntu server on azure but I'm out of credit and want to download the disk to my local machine.
When I go into the portal -> disks > myDisk
I can a web address to a vhd file. If I try to ...
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Virtualbox - Error in supR3HardenedWinReSpawn
Im using win10 and im trying to setup some VMs. However, the Oracle VM VirtualBox doesnt seem to work at all. Each time I try to start a VM in the VBox it says Error in supR3HardenedWinReSpawn
Is ...
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How to see the settings of a Windows computer when the taskbar is inaccessible
From my PC, there is a remote connection to a PC in another country. That PC has access towards a virtual computer, which is connected to via VMWare software. As that virtual machine is part of the ...
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Is Linux on a VM as safe as Linux installed directly?
I often see people saying that it's safer to browse the web via Tor on a Linux machine rather than on a Windows machine, for privacy reasons.
What I am curious about though is if it's equally "safe"...
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Why can't my Debian VM on Hyper-V see the internet?
The VM works fine, but when I created it, I said "Set networking up later". Then, when I added an External Switch, connected to my host's Wifi adapter, and set it in the VM's networking settings, the ...
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Where can I find a .iso for Windows XP? [duplicate]
I need to test a program on Windows XP, where can I find a .iso to put on a VM? Is there any way to get an iso similar to what microsoft hosts on Their Website, a free .iso that expires after 90 days ...
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View/set laptop power settings on a VM (desktop)
I'm building a reference windows image in a VM and I want to tweak the power settings. Windows identifies the VM as a desktop and only presents me with the standard desktop power settings.
Is there ...
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How can I get my HyperVisor running?
Nearly all Google results tell me to enable it in the BIOS settings of my Lenovo T520i, but the only relevant setting I see there is Virtualisation, which is set to enabled. The Hyper-V manager works ...
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What is expected to see at a router if a virtual machine with a bridged network is connected?
I try to set up a network with some virtual machines using a bridged network.
host computer: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.
VirtualBox 5.0.24
guest systems: Debian Jessie CLI
router address: 192.168.1.1
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How could I find ubuntu's IP installed on vmware, without connecting to it?
I was running an ubuntu 14.04 on a VMware, I changed some of system's files on it, so there is no UI and I can't access to the command line when I run it.
However I was able to connect to it through ...
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Is it possible to create a standalone Hyper-V VM instance that can still be accessed remotely?
I'm setting up four Hyper-V VMs using the same image for a school project. The image contains a Windows 10 install with some simulated illegal things so they can play forensic analyst and find them.
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How can I RDP to an azure VM when the VM is connected to corporate VPN?
I have a VM in azure I like to use for development. I built it with 2 NICs in hopes that I could have two public IP addresses, but that doesn't look possible in azure. When I connect to our ...
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Windows XP guest VM on Windows 10 host with GPU and audio
I am attempting to run a Windows XP guest VM on a Windows 10 host, with GPU acceleration and audio.
This is so that I can convert a really old XP computer with really old installed games into a VM, ...
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Host Website On Virtual Machine
I know how to set up a VM, and I know how to bridge the connection so that the VM can have outside access. However, is it possible to set the VM to a different IP address than the host machine?
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