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| ===== Installing VB on a Windows host ===== | ===== Installing VB on a Windows host ===== |
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| * Reboot your computer, [[other:bios|enter the BIOS]] and enable the //VT-x// setting | <note warning>Do not forget the **enable the //VT-x// setting** step below!\\ \\ Otherwise you will not be able to execute a 64bit Linux VB (and you will probably not even get an explicit error message about this)</note> |
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| * download the latest //VirtualBox NN.NN.NN for Windows hosts// **AND** the matching //VirtualBox NN.NN.NN Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack// from the [[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|VirtualBox web site]]\\ You can also download the //User Manual// from the same page | * Reboot your computer, [[other:bios|enter the BIOS]] and **enable the //VT-x// setting** |
| | * if you are not used to making changes in the BIOS settings, ask somebody who knows... |
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| * Execute the //exe// installer and accept the default settings, but do NOT choose to start VB at the end. **Warning**, the host network will very temporarily be stopped during the installation, so be sure not to have anything needing a permanent network connection (eg connection to an interactive server with Putty, Cygwin/X, ...) during the installation! | * Download the latest version of VB from the [[https://www.virtualbox.org/|VirtualBox web site]] |
| | * If the host where you are updating VB has no network connection, you probably also want to download the matching //VB Extension Pack// |
| | * You can also download the //User Manual// from the same page |
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| * Double click on the Extension_Pack installer, accept the license, etc... | * Execute the VirtualBox-NN1234-Win.exe installer **as an Administrator** and accept the default settings. |
| | * **Warning**, the host network will very temporarily be stopped during the installation, so be sure not to have anything needing a permanent network connection (eg connection to an interactive server with Putty, Cygwin/X, ...) during the installation! |
| | * Download and install the //VirtualBox Extension Pack// if VB tells you that a new pack is available |
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| * Change some basic Preferences: | * Change some basic Preferences: |
