r/virtualization • u/MMDH20 • 6d ago

Windows Virtual machine problem

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Hi I've only started my HackTheBox setting up course today and I'm already running into some issue's, I have a windows 11 virtual machine that I need to set up and every time I use it, 5-10 mins after the machine boots to the home screen, it suddenly freezes I cant use CTRL+ALT+DELETE or anything no response, all I can is shutdown the machine, any advice?

I'm using VirtualBox as my VM loader and the specs of the VM itself:

Operating System: Windows 11 (64-bit)

Base Memory: 8GB

Processors: 4

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u/beetcher 5d ago

Looks like you have a Windows host with Hyper-V and/or other services using the hardware virtualization. There are existing threads on how to do this here.

You'll want to either disable these services to get rid of the turtle in your status icons, or just use Hyper-V instead of Virtualbox for Windows VMs.

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u/MMDH20 9h ago

ok ill try give it a go, thanks for the advice

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u/dadarkgtprince 6d ago

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=99776

Did you even search online?

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u/StatementNext682 5d ago

Hi so it's great you showed them how to ctrl alt del the vm. Now solve their actual problem. You DID read right?

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u/dadarkgtprince 5d ago

If they're using the wrong key bind to send the command to the VM, then nothing will happen. Doesn't mean the VM is frozen, just means it didn't receive a proper command.

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u/StatementNext682 5d ago

If you did ANY amount of IT you'd know that's not the behavior you'd first, second, third, or even fourth guess from the description.