Opened 10 years ago
Last modified 10 years ago
#13913 new defect
Start a VM at boot time on a Windows host
| Reported by: | Marius Roma | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | documentation | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.24 |
| Keywords: | boot | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Can a VM be started at boot time on a Windows host? Documentation (see page https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#autostart ) say it is possibile on other hosts (Linux, Solaris, ...). Does it mean it is not possible on Windows hosts? If so, can this limitation be inserted in documentation? If not, can the documentation include instructions to start a guest VM at boot time?
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 10 years ago
comment:2 by , 10 years ago
Is there any way to make a guest VM start from a scheduled task? I found several pages claiming it is possible, but no solution worked for me...
comment:3 by , 10 years ago
Perhaps you should read the forum https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=6 VBoxVmService
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It's not documented how to automatically start a VM on a Windows host because this feature is currently not implemented for Windows. And the first sentence in section 9.23 clearly lists the host systems where this is supposed to work. I see no value in documenting a black list instead of a white list.