Subj : virtual box install on win7
To   : Ogg
From : Fzf
Date : Sun Dec 29 2024 09:34 pm

  Re: virtual box install on win7
  By: Ogg to All on Sun Dec 29 2024 10:50 pm

 Og> Anyone here have experience in installing VirtualBox on a Win7 
 Og> machine?

Yes.  The last version which officially supports Windows 7 as a host OS is 6.0.24 and that is what I would recommend you stay with (see below).  6.1 does mostly work but some oddball problems pop up from time to time.

 Og> My pc is 64bit, and 8GB ram.

The only reason you would really need to go to a later VirtualBox version is for guest OS additions for more recent operating systems.  And those newer OSes are not likely to work well enough to be usable on older hardware like you're describing here.

You are also not going to like what 6.1 and later does to guest VM CPU performance on older Intel CPUs (if that's what you have).
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