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A lightweight and streamlined installer for VirtualBox Windows Guest Additions, designed for the Open Source Edition of Oracle's product.
VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows OSE is a recompiled version of the Guest Additions component of VirtualBox OSE that doesn’t require users to generate a new Windows virtual environment in order to successfully create a Guest Additions build.
VirtualBox is an industry-leading virtualization software designed for both home and enterprise use that makes it possible to run another OS within your current one, without tampering with the settings of the latter.
Moreover, by using the Guest Additions, you can create an interaction between the host and the guest virtual machine with benefits such as mouse pointer integration, shared folders and clipboard, enhanced video support, time sync and automated logons.
- I recently posted about installing Windows 8 on VirtualBox which at the time was at version 4.1.8 and the Guest Additions did not install. VirtualBox has now been updated to support Windows 8 with the Guest Additions which solves the problem of the weird resolution problem that you get when installing a guest OS without the proper VirtualBox drivers.
- All you have to do is, when Windows virtual appliance is running, go to Devices - Insert Guest Additions CD image as shown in the picture below. This will mount the latest/current VBox Guest Additions CD as a drive for update. Insert VBox Guest Additions CD. Now open My Computer or My PC, and open the Guest Additions CD.
- VirtualBox Guest Additions is software that makes up for those deficiencies and adds additional integration features, such as the infamous Seamless mode offered by VirtualBox. Even Windows Aero works nicely on Linux, thanks to VirtualBox Guest Additions!
- VirtualBox from Sun is a great free virtual machine that lets you run multiple operating systems on your PC. Today we take a look at installing the Guest Additions feature which provides enhanced performance of the guest operating system. Note: For this article we are using version 3.0.2 on a Windows 7 (32-bit) guest OS.
Virtualbox Additions Windows 7
Typically, the Guest Additions can be installed from within a virtual machine using the ISO image that comes bundled with it. However, a simpler and more streamlined method is to use a repackaged version of these tools, such as VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows OSE.
It will mount Guest Additions ISO file (VBoxGAs5.2.18) as seen in the above image) inside your virtual machine. Don’t worry if you get mount errors. Restart the VM and check the following if.
The product was designed for VirtualBox Open Source Edition, a special version of the package that contains source code on top of the standard build. With the help of this program, efforts are minimized a whole lot on the end-user part, since it all comes down to a few clicks.
During deployment, the software will install a couple of essential Guest Addition components such as drivers for graphics, mouse and OpenGL, as well as guest system drivers. The procedure requires a restart in order for the installation to be complete.
Virtualbox Windows Additions
On the other hand, Oracle announced that starting the forth version of VirtualBox, they will no longer be releasing the Open Source Edition, which is bad news for this little program and the users that rely on it.
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- Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows Server 2012
Windows 2008 R2
Windows 2008 32/64 bit
Windows 2003
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit
Windows Vista 32/64 bit
Windows XP 32/64 bit - file size:
- 1.7 MB
- filename:
- VirtualBox_OSE_GuestAdditions-signed-3.2.12-0.exe
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