Windows 10 guest OS stuck booting in Virtualbox on Ubuntu 16.04 host












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Microsoft offers these downloadable virtual machine images for cross-browser testing (IE8-IE11 and Edge). My host OS is Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and I'm running Virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130.



The problem I experience is that loading two of the images Win10 stable and also the Win10 preview (after having successfully imported the appliances) gets stuck at the start screen. My host OS shows one CPU core fully utilized, so it's likely a CPU bottleneck, right?



enter image description here



After about a quarter of an hour, still no progress here.



At importing the appliance I left everything as it was preconfigured (4096MB memory, 1 CPU, etc.). Is there any "trick" to overcome this?










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  • Disable other process then run VM. What's your CPU Max cycle?

    – Biswapriyo
    Jul 2 '17 at 12:25











  • May not be exactly the same, but similar issue and a fix superuser.com/a/1263414/106974

    – IsaacS
    Dec 5 '17 at 0:02
















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Microsoft offers these downloadable virtual machine images for cross-browser testing (IE8-IE11 and Edge). My host OS is Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and I'm running Virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130.



The problem I experience is that loading two of the images Win10 stable and also the Win10 preview (after having successfully imported the appliances) gets stuck at the start screen. My host OS shows one CPU core fully utilized, so it's likely a CPU bottleneck, right?



enter image description here



After about a quarter of an hour, still no progress here.



At importing the appliance I left everything as it was preconfigured (4096MB memory, 1 CPU, etc.). Is there any "trick" to overcome this?










share|improve this question























  • Disable other process then run VM. What's your CPU Max cycle?

    – Biswapriyo
    Jul 2 '17 at 12:25











  • May not be exactly the same, but similar issue and a fix superuser.com/a/1263414/106974

    – IsaacS
    Dec 5 '17 at 0:02














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Microsoft offers these downloadable virtual machine images for cross-browser testing (IE8-IE11 and Edge). My host OS is Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and I'm running Virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130.



The problem I experience is that loading two of the images Win10 stable and also the Win10 preview (after having successfully imported the appliances) gets stuck at the start screen. My host OS shows one CPU core fully utilized, so it's likely a CPU bottleneck, right?



enter image description here



After about a quarter of an hour, still no progress here.



At importing the appliance I left everything as it was preconfigured (4096MB memory, 1 CPU, etc.). Is there any "trick" to overcome this?










share|improve this question














Microsoft offers these downloadable virtual machine images for cross-browser testing (IE8-IE11 and Edge). My host OS is Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and I'm running Virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130.



The problem I experience is that loading two of the images Win10 stable and also the Win10 preview (after having successfully imported the appliances) gets stuck at the start screen. My host OS shows one CPU core fully utilized, so it's likely a CPU bottleneck, right?



enter image description here



After about a quarter of an hour, still no progress here.



At importing the appliance I left everything as it was preconfigured (4096MB memory, 1 CPU, etc.). Is there any "trick" to overcome this?







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  • Disable other process then run VM. What's your CPU Max cycle?

    – Biswapriyo
    Jul 2 '17 at 12:25











  • May not be exactly the same, but similar issue and a fix superuser.com/a/1263414/106974

    – IsaacS
    Dec 5 '17 at 0:02



















  • Disable other process then run VM. What's your CPU Max cycle?

    – Biswapriyo
    Jul 2 '17 at 12:25











  • May not be exactly the same, but similar issue and a fix superuser.com/a/1263414/106974

    – IsaacS
    Dec 5 '17 at 0:02

















Disable other process then run VM. What's your CPU Max cycle?

– Biswapriyo
Jul 2 '17 at 12:25





Disable other process then run VM. What's your CPU Max cycle?

– Biswapriyo
Jul 2 '17 at 12:25













May not be exactly the same, but similar issue and a fix superuser.com/a/1263414/106974

– IsaacS
Dec 5 '17 at 0:02





May not be exactly the same, but similar issue and a fix superuser.com/a/1263414/106974

– IsaacS
Dec 5 '17 at 0:02










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I have had the same problem.



I fixed it by changing the Virtualbox Setting -> System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface and selecting KVM instead of "default".



Now boot Window 10 again and it should boot.



You may select "none" but the performance is so much slower.



FYI: I have the same version of virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130 and upgraded to windows 10 1709.






share|improve this answer


























  • I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

    – Ethode
    Dec 9 '17 at 22:40






  • 1





    Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

    – diversemix
    Dec 17 '17 at 21:53











  • I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

    – Dawid Pura
    Mar 22 '18 at 6:48











  • This did it for me too, massive help!

    – Michael Mallett
    Oct 21 '18 at 3:36



















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I had a similar problem. I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 x64 (based off 16.04 Xenial) and VirtualBox 5.0.32. I have a full/real version (not the IE tester version) of Windows 10 that was running fine in VB as installed from the ISO. This was version 1511 (build 10586).



I then tried to update to version 1703 (build 15063) and experienced exactly the same behaviour that you've described. The solution for me was to update the version of VirtualBox to 5.1.22, the latest at the time of writing. 5.0.32 was the latest available in the Ubuntu repository so I had to install the newer version from the VirtualBox apt repo as described at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions:




Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:



deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib


According to your distribution, replace 'yakkety' by 'xenial',
'vivid', 'utopic', 'trusty', 'raring', 'quantal', 'precise', 'lucid',
'jessie', 'wheezy', or 'squeeze'. ... The Oracle public key for
apt-secure can be downloaded...and register[ed]:



wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -


...snip...



To install VirtualBox, do



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1


...snip...



Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms
package...through the following command:



sudo apt-get install dkms



Once I updated VirtualBox, I performed the update in the guest and after restart I almost instantly saw the white dot spinner appear on the black screen with the cyan windows logo (that you've attached) as you'd expect.






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  • Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

    – k-den
    Aug 16 '17 at 18:46











  • I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

    – k-den
    Aug 16 '17 at 18:58











  • @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

    – Tom Saleeba
    Aug 17 '17 at 0:34



















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I had this issue too. I got it working by updating Virtualbox to version 5.0.40 and changing the general settings tab to other for both type and version.



$sudo apt autoremove --purge virtualbox*
$sudo apt install virtualbox=5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1


Name: Windows 10


Type: Other


Version: Other/Unknown(64-bit)






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    I have had the same problem.



    I fixed it by changing the Virtualbox Setting -> System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface and selecting KVM instead of "default".



    Now boot Window 10 again and it should boot.



    You may select "none" but the performance is so much slower.



    FYI: I have the same version of virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130 and upgraded to windows 10 1709.






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    • I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

      – Ethode
      Dec 9 '17 at 22:40






    • 1





      Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

      – diversemix
      Dec 17 '17 at 21:53











    • I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

      – Dawid Pura
      Mar 22 '18 at 6:48











    • This did it for me too, massive help!

      – Michael Mallett
      Oct 21 '18 at 3:36
















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    I have had the same problem.



    I fixed it by changing the Virtualbox Setting -> System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface and selecting KVM instead of "default".



    Now boot Window 10 again and it should boot.



    You may select "none" but the performance is so much slower.



    FYI: I have the same version of virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130 and upgraded to windows 10 1709.






    share|improve this answer


























    • I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

      – Ethode
      Dec 9 '17 at 22:40






    • 1





      Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

      – diversemix
      Dec 17 '17 at 21:53











    • I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

      – Dawid Pura
      Mar 22 '18 at 6:48











    • This did it for me too, massive help!

      – Michael Mallett
      Oct 21 '18 at 3:36














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    I have had the same problem.



    I fixed it by changing the Virtualbox Setting -> System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface and selecting KVM instead of "default".



    Now boot Window 10 again and it should boot.



    You may select "none" but the performance is so much slower.



    FYI: I have the same version of virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130 and upgraded to windows 10 1709.






    share|improve this answer















    I have had the same problem.



    I fixed it by changing the Virtualbox Setting -> System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface and selecting KVM instead of "default".



    Now boot Window 10 again and it should boot.



    You may select "none" but the performance is so much slower.



    FYI: I have the same version of virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130 and upgraded to windows 10 1709.







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    • I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

      – Ethode
      Dec 9 '17 at 22:40






    • 1





      Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

      – diversemix
      Dec 17 '17 at 21:53











    • I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

      – Dawid Pura
      Mar 22 '18 at 6:48











    • This did it for me too, massive help!

      – Michael Mallett
      Oct 21 '18 at 3:36



















    • I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

      – Ethode
      Dec 9 '17 at 22:40






    • 1





      Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

      – diversemix
      Dec 17 '17 at 21:53











    • I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

      – Dawid Pura
      Mar 22 '18 at 6:48











    • This did it for me too, massive help!

      – Michael Mallett
      Oct 21 '18 at 3:36

















    I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

    – Ethode
    Dec 9 '17 at 22:40





    I tried everything possible with no luck, then I found this comment... Never even would have though it was the hypervisor in this case... Thanks for saving me another 5 hours of struggle.

    – Ethode
    Dec 9 '17 at 22:40




    1




    1





    Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

    – diversemix
    Dec 17 '17 at 21:53





    Yes, thanks for taking the time to record this is has saved me a lot of hassle. Does anyone know what this setting actually does - jFTR?

    – diversemix
    Dec 17 '17 at 21:53













    I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

    – Dawid Pura
    Mar 22 '18 at 6:48





    I had the same problem and it actually worked. Changed to KVM and now its booting up properly.

    – Dawid Pura
    Mar 22 '18 at 6:48













    This did it for me too, massive help!

    – Michael Mallett
    Oct 21 '18 at 3:36





    This did it for me too, massive help!

    – Michael Mallett
    Oct 21 '18 at 3:36













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    I had a similar problem. I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 x64 (based off 16.04 Xenial) and VirtualBox 5.0.32. I have a full/real version (not the IE tester version) of Windows 10 that was running fine in VB as installed from the ISO. This was version 1511 (build 10586).



    I then tried to update to version 1703 (build 15063) and experienced exactly the same behaviour that you've described. The solution for me was to update the version of VirtualBox to 5.1.22, the latest at the time of writing. 5.0.32 was the latest available in the Ubuntu repository so I had to install the newer version from the VirtualBox apt repo as described at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions:




    Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:



    deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib


    According to your distribution, replace 'yakkety' by 'xenial',
    'vivid', 'utopic', 'trusty', 'raring', 'quantal', 'precise', 'lucid',
    'jessie', 'wheezy', or 'squeeze'. ... The Oracle public key for
    apt-secure can be downloaded...and register[ed]:



    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -


    ...snip...



    To install VirtualBox, do



    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1


    ...snip...



    Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms
    package...through the following command:



    sudo apt-get install dkms



    Once I updated VirtualBox, I performed the update in the guest and after restart I almost instantly saw the white dot spinner appear on the black screen with the cyan windows logo (that you've attached) as you'd expect.






    share|improve this answer
























    • Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:46











    • I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:58











    • @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

      – Tom Saleeba
      Aug 17 '17 at 0:34
















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    I had a similar problem. I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 x64 (based off 16.04 Xenial) and VirtualBox 5.0.32. I have a full/real version (not the IE tester version) of Windows 10 that was running fine in VB as installed from the ISO. This was version 1511 (build 10586).



    I then tried to update to version 1703 (build 15063) and experienced exactly the same behaviour that you've described. The solution for me was to update the version of VirtualBox to 5.1.22, the latest at the time of writing. 5.0.32 was the latest available in the Ubuntu repository so I had to install the newer version from the VirtualBox apt repo as described at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions:




    Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:



    deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib


    According to your distribution, replace 'yakkety' by 'xenial',
    'vivid', 'utopic', 'trusty', 'raring', 'quantal', 'precise', 'lucid',
    'jessie', 'wheezy', or 'squeeze'. ... The Oracle public key for
    apt-secure can be downloaded...and register[ed]:



    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -


    ...snip...



    To install VirtualBox, do



    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1


    ...snip...



    Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms
    package...through the following command:



    sudo apt-get install dkms



    Once I updated VirtualBox, I performed the update in the guest and after restart I almost instantly saw the white dot spinner appear on the black screen with the cyan windows logo (that you've attached) as you'd expect.






    share|improve this answer
























    • Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:46











    • I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:58











    • @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

      – Tom Saleeba
      Aug 17 '17 at 0:34














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    I had a similar problem. I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 x64 (based off 16.04 Xenial) and VirtualBox 5.0.32. I have a full/real version (not the IE tester version) of Windows 10 that was running fine in VB as installed from the ISO. This was version 1511 (build 10586).



    I then tried to update to version 1703 (build 15063) and experienced exactly the same behaviour that you've described. The solution for me was to update the version of VirtualBox to 5.1.22, the latest at the time of writing. 5.0.32 was the latest available in the Ubuntu repository so I had to install the newer version from the VirtualBox apt repo as described at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions:




    Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:



    deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib


    According to your distribution, replace 'yakkety' by 'xenial',
    'vivid', 'utopic', 'trusty', 'raring', 'quantal', 'precise', 'lucid',
    'jessie', 'wheezy', or 'squeeze'. ... The Oracle public key for
    apt-secure can be downloaded...and register[ed]:



    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -


    ...snip...



    To install VirtualBox, do



    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1


    ...snip...



    Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms
    package...through the following command:



    sudo apt-get install dkms



    Once I updated VirtualBox, I performed the update in the guest and after restart I almost instantly saw the white dot spinner appear on the black screen with the cyan windows logo (that you've attached) as you'd expect.






    share|improve this answer













    I had a similar problem. I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 x64 (based off 16.04 Xenial) and VirtualBox 5.0.32. I have a full/real version (not the IE tester version) of Windows 10 that was running fine in VB as installed from the ISO. This was version 1511 (build 10586).



    I then tried to update to version 1703 (build 15063) and experienced exactly the same behaviour that you've described. The solution for me was to update the version of VirtualBox to 5.1.22, the latest at the time of writing. 5.0.32 was the latest available in the Ubuntu repository so I had to install the newer version from the VirtualBox apt repo as described at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions:




    Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:



    deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib


    According to your distribution, replace 'yakkety' by 'xenial',
    'vivid', 'utopic', 'trusty', 'raring', 'quantal', 'precise', 'lucid',
    'jessie', 'wheezy', or 'squeeze'. ... The Oracle public key for
    apt-secure can be downloaded...and register[ed]:



    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
    wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -


    ...snip...



    To install VirtualBox, do



    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1


    ...snip...



    Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms
    package...through the following command:



    sudo apt-get install dkms



    Once I updated VirtualBox, I performed the update in the guest and after restart I almost instantly saw the white dot spinner appear on the black screen with the cyan windows logo (that you've attached) as you'd expect.







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    • Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:46











    • I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:58











    • @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

      – Tom Saleeba
      Aug 17 '17 at 0:34



















    • Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:46











    • I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

      – k-den
      Aug 16 '17 at 18:58











    • @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

      – Tom Saleeba
      Aug 17 '17 at 0:34

















    Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

    – k-den
    Aug 16 '17 at 18:46





    Would it be best to remove your existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox installation before performing this procedure, or will this upgrade it? Or can you run them in parallel? Will your existing configurations be maintained?

    – k-den
    Aug 16 '17 at 18:46













    I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

    – k-den
    Aug 16 '17 at 18:58





    I tried these steps without removing the existing Ubuntu-distributed VirtualBox, and now when I try to open the Win 10 image previously imported it says "RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox..." Executing /sbin/vboxconfig did not fix it.

    – k-den
    Aug 16 '17 at 18:58













    @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

    – Tom Saleeba
    Aug 17 '17 at 0:34





    @k-den I think apt should perform an upgrade and keep all your settings, at least that's what happened to me. As you're running into trouble, it might be best to backup the virtualbox config (have to Google where that lives) the apt-get purge all versions of virtualbox from your system, then install a fresh copy. Alternatively, you might just have to restart your system if it hasn't picked up the new kernel modules.

    – Tom Saleeba
    Aug 17 '17 at 0:34











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    I had this issue too. I got it working by updating Virtualbox to version 5.0.40 and changing the general settings tab to other for both type and version.



    $sudo apt autoremove --purge virtualbox*
    $sudo apt install virtualbox=5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1


    Name: Windows 10


    Type: Other


    Version: Other/Unknown(64-bit)






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      I had this issue too. I got it working by updating Virtualbox to version 5.0.40 and changing the general settings tab to other for both type and version.



      $sudo apt autoremove --purge virtualbox*
      $sudo apt install virtualbox=5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1


      Name: Windows 10


      Type: Other


      Version: Other/Unknown(64-bit)






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        I had this issue too. I got it working by updating Virtualbox to version 5.0.40 and changing the general settings tab to other for both type and version.



        $sudo apt autoremove --purge virtualbox*
        $sudo apt install virtualbox=5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1


        Name: Windows 10


        Type: Other


        Version: Other/Unknown(64-bit)






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        I had this issue too. I got it working by updating Virtualbox to version 5.0.40 and changing the general settings tab to other for both type and version.



        $sudo apt autoremove --purge virtualbox*
        $sudo apt install virtualbox=5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1


        Name: Windows 10


        Type: Other


        Version: Other/Unknown(64-bit)







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