Oracle Virtual Box error after update

jstolaruk said:

I've been using Oracle's Virtual Box in Win10 with great success for my WinXp stuff until Oracle recommended a maintenance update to v6.1.28. After installing, none of my VMs would work without a general_error crash. Posters at VB forums experiencing the same were moving back to the previous release of v6.1.26. Before doing that, I installed the Extension Pack which gives additional support for USB2.0, USB3.0, amongst others. That took care of the VMs_not_able_to_run_problem. So if you have the same issue, try installing the Extension Pack first. YMMV.

All v6.1.28 downloads are here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

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VAN said:

This is the kind of thing that I tell people when they are like should I use VMware or VB. Well, VMware usually works (but the licensing is kind of a disaster when upgrading, do better VMware) and VB "works" but you need to have a lot of patience for it. Then the USB thing can get old after awhile (I had computers with both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and VB couldn't do both at the same time).

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dmroeder said:

USB is always wonky in VB, you always need to install the extension pack. You need to upgrade the extension pack each time you upgrade VB, they are a separate license so they always have to be installed separate. You also need to upgrade the guest additions with each upgrade.

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jstolaruk said:

Thank you, good to know.

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