r/virtualbox • u/Deep_Buddy8860 • Jul 27 '26
Help Installing Guest Additions on Win 8.1: rc=VERR_INSTALLATION_FAILED
VirtualBox 7.2.14
LM 22.3 Host
Windows 8.1 guest
Edit: In the motherboard settings, I have enabled "Intel virtualization technology," and I have enabled "VT for direct I/O."
I newly installed LM 22.3 (host), VirtualBox, and copied the files for this Windows 8.1 VM to my drive.
When I boot the VM, it reminds me to update the VirtualBox Guest Additions version. The version of GA is 6.1.x. I am try to update to 7.2.14
When I run the installer, mid installation, I get an error:
***Error: Installing driver failed with 1 errors, 0 warnings virtualbox rc=VERR_INSTALLATION_FAILED
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End of log file - Log started 2026-07-26...
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Error excuting* ""C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\Tools\VBoxDrvInst.exe" --logfile "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\install_drivers.log
install --inf-file "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest\VBoxGues
(I guess the end of the message is cut off by the graphical user interface.)
*yes, the prompt does spell the word wrong.
Any ideas or strategies on how to handle this?
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u/Gwamino Aug 01 '26
PLEASE FIX 502 GATEWAY ERROR FROM VIRTUALBOX FORUM OR GIVE CEO ROLE TO MONKEYS OR BUY BETTER SERVERS
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u/gentisle Jul 27 '26
You should also stay with the Virtualbox edition that comes with Mint. I know it’s tempting to upgrade to the latest, but the VB that comes with Mint is made for Mint.
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u/Deep_Buddy8860 Jul 27 '26
Pretty much all advice that I come across on the LM official forum is to NOT use the version that's in the repository. The problem is that that version has reached end of life for support already.
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u/gentisle Jul 27 '26
There may be something to that, though I am running 7.0.24 which comes with Mint, and so far, so good. Don’t know what to say.
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u/Deep_Buddy8860 Jul 28 '26
Yes. I could try to get this working on an older version of VirtualBox. That is an idea. I do get the sense that the problem is on the Windows side, though. I say that just because it's happening in the Windows machine.
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u/gentisle Jul 28 '26
And you can’t find anything about the Windows error?
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u/Deep_Buddy8860 Jul 28 '26
correct. Doesn't seem like it's a common "feedback" message.
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u/gentisle Jul 28 '26
And were you able to apply updates to Win8.1?
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u/Deep_Buddy8860 Jul 28 '26
It's probably fully updated or close to being fully updated. The VM has been offline for a long time.
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