I have set up windows xp on virtual box on my laptop which is running Ubuntu 12.10. Now, I am trying to install guest additions on the vm. But, whenever I click it, it doesn't open the oracle window. Nothing comes up actually. I tried doing this in safe mode, but it still doesn't work. Someone please help.
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I recently tried this too, had the same problem and was looking for an answer and came across this. Found the solution randomly myself. When i opened Windows Explorer/My Computer I saw "VirtualBox Guest Additions" as a Disc in the drive. I guess auto play for disc's isn't enabled for WinXP x64. Double clicking it ran the installation
This solution also works for me running Windows 7 as the host and Windows XP as the guest.
- On the windows guest open My Computer. You will see
- Devices with removable storage and under that Virtual box additions.
- Click on this and the additions will install.
One other problem I initially had, was I could not display the guest window on my screen. I could only see the preview pane in the Virtual box manager screen. Solution:
- Go to the host taskbar and hover over the Virtual box icon.
- Look for the guest window thumbnail and hover over it and right click on it and select move to monitor 1. (I have a video card that supports two monitors)
Now I could see the guest window on my display.