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When using OSD ISO files to deploy the operating system to multiple virtual machines without manual intervention, the recurring prompt “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD” became bothersome. Unfortunately, there is no way to bypass this prompt through a parameter or option.
We’re writing a PowerShell script to create a VirtualBox virtual machine. We want to print a menu to select Windows edition to install.
With a few simple steps above, we can enable the full screen mode on a Ubuntu VM on VirtualBox. But keep in mind, without the VirtualBox Guest Additions, you cannot copy/paste or drag/drop or enable shared folder between the host and the virtual machine.
In some cases, Install Virtual Box Guest Additions can be a bit of a pain to set up. Our current PC setup for some reason wouldn’t show a VM in the full resolution.
You have Auto capture keyboard option turned on. This will cause the Virtual Machine to automatically capture the keyboard every time the VM window is activated and make it unavailable to other application running.
In some cases, you may encounter an error when trying to eject a CD drive in Windows. This can occur if you have installed a virtual drive tool such as UltraISO or PowerISO.
In this post I’ll go over the process of building Windows 11 VMs in Oracle VirtualBox using PowerShell on a Windows host. Using PowerShell to create a VM helps you save a lot of time if you need to create VMs fairly often.
In some cases, the Install VMware Tools option is greyed out and you cannot install the tools for the virtual machine. In this case, we cannot install the VMware Tools on our Windows Server 2012 virtual machine.
In some cases, the Install VMware Tools option is greyed out and you cannot install the tools for the virtual machine. In this case, we cannot install the VMware Tools on our Windows Server 2008 virtual machine.
In some cases, the Install VMware Tools option is greyed out and you cannot install the tools for the virtual machine. In this case, we cannot install the VMware Tools on our Windows 7 virtual machine.