Pardon me for jumping in here, but I question why you say that the Guest Additions must be installed in Safe Mode with XP. I am running XP in VBox on OSx and never have needed to use Safe Mode. They install just fine in normal mode.
Cliff On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:08 AM, Giles Coochey <gi...@coochey.net> wrote: > On 18/07/2014 10:56, Chris Green wrote: >> >> How? I always have trouble with these. I've downloaded them from >> virtualbox.org, what do I do with the file? >> >> >> > Uninstalling the existing one can be done via Start --> Settings... --> > Control Panel --> Add / Remove Programs > > Locate the Virtualbox Guest Additions and the list and select to Uninstall. > > Once the uninstall has completed reboot (again into Safe mode) for good > measure. > > I would discourage installing any Virtualbox additions that you have > downloaded, the Virtualbox Guest Additions are provided with the Virtualbox > that you have installed. You install them via Devices --> "Insert Guest > Additions CD image..." then run (double-click) the VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe > that appears on your virtualbox guest CD drive. > > Please note that for Windows XP you must install the Guest Additions in Safe > Mode, which is just as well, as it appears that is all you have at the moment. > > -- > Regards, > > Giles Coochey, CCNP, CCNA, CCNAS > NetSecSpec Ltd > +44 (0) 8444 780677 > +44 (0) 7983 877438 > http://www.coochey.net > http://www.netsecspec.co.uk > gi...@coochey.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds_______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: > mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
