VirtualBox 6.1 definitely works on Windows 7, as long as you have an
install which will pass the hardening checks (essentially all system
DLLs have to be validly signed), which have been in place for many years
to ensure that there isn't random untrusted code inside a VM process.
If the issue is tampered system DLLs, then that is usually repaired by
running "sfc.exe /scannow".
For VirtualBox 7 we certainly won't care, because Microsoft's support
for Windows 7 ended years ago. If it works for anyone that's of course
something we're fine with, but we'll neither actively work towards
having it running or non-running.
In general the host packages are supported on Windows versions which are
still supported by Microsoft, which right now means Windows 8.1 and later.
Running Windows 7 in a VM is a different story, there we're intending to
keep old Windows versions including Guest Additions usable.
Klaus
On 2022-08-27 12:42, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
Hi,
Since VBox hardening, all VirtualBox versions refuse to work on my
Windows 7 host.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zkf3lcxpme8rp2o/VBoxHardening_20220827.log?dl=0
... so I am forced to keep using VirtualBox 4.1.6 on it.
All v6.x doesn't work here either. It can be installed, but VMs
refuse to start, like there is a vboxdrv kernel issue.
Is there any solution ?
This bug seems to happen only on some large-disk >2 TB systems with
Windows 7, legacy BIOS, and GPT-formatted disks.
Regards,
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