Ticket #14051 (closed defect: fixed)
Fail to start VM after windows update
| Reported by: | linkerstorm | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Component: | host support |
| Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.26 | Keywords: | start VM windows update |
| Cc: | Guest type: | all | |
| Host type: | Windows |
Description
On Windows 8 x64, after the Windows Update KB3045999 (04/15/2015), VM fails to start with error message : NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub).
Removing this update resolves the problem.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by frank
Please could you try the latest Windows test build? It contains a fix which should allow you to install KB3045999 (which is highly recommended by Microsoft as it contains important security fixes). Thank you!
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by jinahya
I tested with VirtualBox-4.3.27-100091-Win. And it seems work. One concern. The installation noted that some dll should be closed for installing, so I closed chrome.
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same behavior. Thanks for pointing to the KB!