id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 11258 Startup W2K guest very slow after upgrading guest additions to V4 rkbwde "After upgrading guest additions to V4.2.4, bootup of a Windows 2000 guest takes 2 minutes instead of 10 seconds. It hangs a very long time after displaying ""preparing network connections"". I tried several network configurations with guest additions V4.2.4, but to no avail. Workaround: downgrade guest additions to V3.2.14 " defect closed guest additions VirtualBox 4.2.4 obsolete Windows Linux