Windows 11 VM: graphics are still broken. But on Windows 10 VM everything looks fine.

[boxer01]

I already opened the ticket #21136 for 7.0 Beta / 7.0.0 release. Since then, some improvements could be seen. For example, I only see this unwanted transparency on the Windows 11 VM; the Windows 10 VM on the same host works without such troubles. And since at least builds 6.1.41-154912 / 7.0.5-154910 or 6.1.41-155125 / 7.0.5-155126, there is no crash of VM if the newer version of the display driver is installed during the guest addition installation.

But there is still this unwanted and troubling transparency in Windows 11 VM, which making usage of the Windows 11 in VM a little bit difficult. So it would be nice if somebody would correct this too. The same VM on current 6.1 has no such troubles.

As usual, I add some logs.

[boxer01]

Logs of Windows 11 on VBox 7 VM

[boxer01]

Some similar tickets from current version #21448, #21433

[boxer01]

Logs of Windows 10 on VBox 7 VM

[boxer01]

Still here in 7.0.97-156054.

[boxer01]

Still here in 7.0.7-156262 and 7.0.97-156271.

[tekstryder]

See also:

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21233

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21136

[Edmund Laugasson]

freezed Guest Additions 7.0.6 uninstallation inside Win11 22H2 virtual machine

[Edmund Laugasson]

I can confirm that bug. Inside virtual machine installed MS Windows 11 22H2 and after installing 7.0.6 Guest Additions (GA), having same video glitches - unwanted transparency, random menus blinking, Notepad is totally black (even menus) and therefore unusable. When trying to uninstall GA, the VM freezes (see included screenshot with name freezed-GA-7-0-6-uninstall-Win11-22H2.png). 3D acceleration was enabled in VM settings with VBoxSVGA virtual adapter as offered by default, also 256 MB of video memory (maximum) were used. RDP and recording were disabled. After forcibly resetting, still Win11 will survive and VM will boot afterwards and somehow GA are uninstalled.

[boxer01]

Still here in 7.0.7-156678 and 7.0.97-156683.

[boxer01]

Finally works for me as of 7.0.9-157502. Other tickets with probably same issues: #21595, #21594, #21604, #21607, #21624, #21667

[boxer01]

Already found the first glitch. If one opens a "new" Notepad from Windows 11 (not an old one from Windows 95 days), and set it to the Dark Theme, or the OS has a dark theme - then one couldn't see any text, because the background and foreground is all black. Just a big black field.

[ConcreteGannet]

Windows 11 requires hardware 3D acceleration, so I can no longer turn it off in VirtualBox. I have VirtualBox 7.0.8.

I can confirm @boxer01's observation - Notepad in dark mode is black-on-black. I get endless flickering when I use the Windows search box. Excel is unusable - mostly grey with no user interface displayed.

My stack is Windows 11 guest, VirtualBox 7.0.8, Debian 11 ("bullseye") host, nvidia driver 470-182-03-1 on Lenovo Thinkpad P1 Gen 2 with NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T2000 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)

Is a stable 7.0.9 coming soon?

[boxer01]

Replying to ConcreteGannet:

Is a stable 7.0.9 coming soon?

I see another trouble slowly coming: this behavior was first reported at the very beginning of the beta testing 9 months ago. There are some improvements here, but we still have some issues with the current Windows version as a guest. And the VBox 6.1 will be out of support in 6 or 7 months, by the end of the 2023, see the announcement on the download page. So from January 2024 on one would need to use either older Windows version with supported VBox version or downgrade the VBox to use it with modern Windows version.

Your question about stable 7.0.9 is cute. I also hope, that we get this issues fixed real soon. But looking back in the past - it is really the hope.

So, enough whining, this is not the spirit we need here. ;-)

[boxer01]

Still here in 7.0.9-157689 and 7.0.97-157682.

[boxer01]

Partly good news here! With the current 1577xx / 1578xx test builds, I can see yellow text on the black background in the "new" Notepad in the dark mode, as described above. It's better than before (black on black), but the same VM under VBox 6.1.45 current build has it right: white font on the black background. And: I still can't see the cogwheel or gearwheel to the settings on the right side. But I can click it, because I know it should be here, even if it is invisible.

BTW, the all links to the test build are ​gone

[boxer01]

It's still here in 7.0.9-158070 and 7.0.97-158051.

[boxer01]

See forum ​topic also.

[boxer01]

Still here in 7.0.9-158223. I put my current logs here.

[boxer01]

Logs of version 7.0.9-158223.

[galitsyn]

Hello,

We just released VirtualBox 7.0.10. This issue should be fixed in this release. Culd you please give it a try? Packages are available on our downloads page.

[gexdigital]

Definitely version 7.0.10 is better than ever with windows 11. But some artifacts still appears when 3D Hardware Acceleration is enabled and JMeter with DDRAW is in use. Looks like 3D Hardware Acceleration off runs good!. With a very low framerate in animations but is usable as previous versions of virtualbox 6.x

[boxer01]

Just checked the 7.0.10 and described problems with "new" notepad (see comment 12 above) are still here. I also see some problems with .NET applications. I use O&O ShutUp and the labels there are all scrambled and changing if one move mouse over it.

Another user just wrote about some problems with Java applications like JMeter.

I'm afraid we have to reopen this ticket.;-) Or should I open a new ticket for a new version?

[boxer01]

O&O ShutUp Screenshot

[boxer01]

"New" Notepad Screenshot

[boxer01]

The issues with O&O Shut up could be resolved with repaint. Either minimize it and restore it afterward. Or change the VM to the full-screen mode and back then. "New" notepad's issues can't be solved this way - font color is still wrong then. And one can barely see the settings wheel icon.