VirtualBox

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Add/Nt/Installer: Simple installer program for NT 3.x.

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1While the VirtualBox guest additions does not officially support NT 3.x some
2of the core drivers and tools happens to work. However, the installer binary
3(VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe) does not run on anything older than NT 4,
4making it hard to extract (VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe /extract /D=C:\dir)
5the necessary files. So, the 32-bit drivers and components that might work
6on NT 3.x are provided here for convenience.
7
8
9NT 3.51:
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11
12Add VBoxGuest using registry editor (regedt32.exe):
13 - Copy the VBoxGuest.sys file to %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers.
14 - Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Service/
15 - Create VBoxGuest key with the following values:
16 DisplayName (REG_SZ) = "VBoxGuest Support Driver"
17 ErrorControl (REG_DWORD) = 0x1
18 Group (REG_SZ) = "System"
19 ImagePath (REG_EXPAND_SZ) = System32\drivers\VBoxGuest.sys
20 Start (REG_DWORD) = 0
21 Type (REG_DWORD) = 0x1
22 - Reboot.
23 - Open the "Devices" in the "Control Panel", locate the VBoxGuest driver
24 and check that it started fine.
25
26 If FAT file system s/VBoxGuest.sys/VBoxGst.sys/ above.
27
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29Install VBoxService by copying it to %SystemRoot%\system32 and run
30"VBoxService --register". Go to "Services" in the "Control Panel" and modify
31the "VirtualBox Guest Additions Service" to startup "Automatic". If VBoxGuest
32is already started you can start the service (also possible using
33"net start VBoxService").
34
35Install VBoxMouseNT.sys by copying it %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers and using
36the registry editor (regedt32.exe) to set (create it if necessary) value
37HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Service/i8042prt/ImagePath
38(REG_EXPAND_SZ) to "System32\drivers\VBoxGuestNT.sys". (The i8042prt driver
39is the NT PS/2 mouse + keyboard driver and VBoxGuestNT.sys replaces it.)
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