Comments by "Javier Flores" (@JJFlores197) on "you need to learn Virtual Machines RIGHT NOW!! (Kali Linux VM, Ubuntu, Windows)" video.

  1. VirtualBox isn't intended to be used for gaming purposes. You can try it, but it likely won't work well except for maybe older games.
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  2. Yes, but you have to be smart about what you're doing. You want to isolate your host/guest systems as much as possible.
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  3. You can sort of think of a type 1 hypervisor as the OS. However, you have to keep in mind that this hypervisor isn't meant to be used as a regular OS. You don't interface directly with a type 1 hypervisor usually. You install the hypervisor on the server and use another PC to connect to the hypervisor (usually via web interface) to manage it.
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  4. The bare metal image is an ISO. In short, an ISO is a virtual disk image. Its intended to be used to install Kali Linux directly on a computer either by burning that ISO to a DVD or creating a bootable USB flash drive. This will still work for a virtual machine. On the other hand, the virtual machine option is a pre-built VM that you just import into Virtual Box. You don't need to go through the install process. You just download the pre-made VM, import it into VBox and that's it. Turn on the VM and the system is ready to use. Either will work fine.
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  5. Macs don't have a BIOS interface. All computers have a BIOS/UEFI, but Apple doesn't give you an interface to change settings.
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  6. Yeah apple doesn't give you a way to interface with the BIOS.
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  7. Hey sometimes you have to break stuff to learn how stuff works...
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  8. Try increasing the amount of space for the virtual hard disk. I'd go for at least 50 GB.
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  9.  @ortholmolla7781  I don't know if you realize it, but those are scam troll bots.
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  10. If you're following the rules, technically yes. You are still supposed to follow all licensing requirements for virtual machines. Unofficially, you can run W10 indefinitely w/o a product key.
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  11. They'll still use disk space, but the other resources are freed when the vm is shut down.
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  12. There are 2 types of hypervisors: Type 1 and Type 2 A type 1 hypervisor (like VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, etc) are what I suppose you're referring to as dedicated host systems. When you install ESXi, that is the operating system. You manage the ESXi host through its web interface (or command line interface if you need to), where you can create virtual machines, turn them on or off and other activities. A type 2 hypervisor is where the virtual machine program runs like another computer program on top of the host system. So in this case, VirtualBox is a type 2 hv since it requires a host system, like Windows, to run.
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  13. Either one is fine. The Installer one is the ISO file. This will be similar to what he shows in the video. The Virtual Machine file is a pre-built image that you just add to VirtualBox. Its all setup and ready to use.
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  14. There are viruses and malware that have been known to break out of virtual machines. They're quite rare, but they are out there. If you're going to be playing with fire, I strongly suggest learning bout how to keep your host and guest systems as isolated as possible. There also viruses that can detect if they're running in a VM and will not be activated, which can potentially give you false hope.
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  15.  @soothingimu  Yes your virtual machine will have the same public IP address as your other computers. That is because your internet traffic still goes through your router. The only ways to get a different public IP are to setup a different internet connection for your VM (like your phone's USB tethering) or use a VPN inside of the virtual machine. If you turn off your host computer, everything else is turned off. The virtual machine runs on top of the host system. It can't run if the host is powered off.
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  16. You will need to virtualize the cloned drive. This will create a virtual hard disk file which you can then attach to the VM. I use StarWind P2V to virtualize drive. There is also Microsoft Sysinternals Disk2vhd, but I had better luck with Starwind. No need to partition your hard drive. You just save your virtual hard disk files to the hard drive like any other file.
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  17. Kali Linux has a lot of cyber-security oriented tools so you can use it to practice what you're learning. There are tools/scripts for wifi hacking, hacking in general, etc.
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  18. I have not tried this: https://chromeready.com/4003/install-virtualbox-chromebook/ but this guide supposedly shows you how to install VirtualBox on ChromeOS. Just keep in mind that Chromebooks in general don't have very good hardware so you may not have a very good experience.
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  19. Its the same process. The main difference is that you have to change the virtual machine's install location inside of VBox settings.
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  20. How exactly do you think you can get connected to the internet without an ISP? Are you going to run a cable from your house all the way to the nearest internet exchange? We have ISPs because they connect us to the internet. They spend the big bucks to connect to other ISPs. The internet is essentially a very, very large collection of interconnected networks, hence the term internet. There isn't a single place you can just "plug in" and get internet.
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  21. Yes and no. By default, VBox creates a thin virtual hard disk file. That means that the file will only take up as much space as is currently being used. In other words, if you have a 20 GB virtual hard disk, but only have 5 GB used, the virtual hard disk file will be a 5 GB file. As you start using more storage on your virtual hard disk, the file size will increase.
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  22. What are you referring to? You want to change the background on what?
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  23.  @COgoalieKID  You may need to give your VM more storage.
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  24. Make sure you attached the ISO file to the VM's virtual DVD drive. By default, I believe the virtual DVD drive is set as the first boot device. Once you do this, the VM should boot from the ISO file you added.
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  25.  @saidfrh  I would delete the vm that has the failed installation and create a new one. From there, you can adjust the size of the virtual had disk.
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  26. It will still take up disk space, but not CPU/RAM if the vm is off.
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  27. If you clone the VM, the clone will take up the same amount of space as the original one. You can't exactly "clone" RAM. If you have the clone VM running only, then that vm will use RAM, not the original one. If you have both VMs running, then yes, both will be using RAM.
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  28. I think you misunderstood the point. He's using it in the buzzword sense. Things that say "hack" usually get more attention
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  29. That doesn't make sense what you are asking. You're installing in a virtual machine. This is a virtual computer that runs inside of your physical computer. It has nothing to do with your main computer system (host).
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  30. You'll be fine. If you happen to be testing programs potentially infected with malware or viruses, you'll want to disable all host to guest and guest to host communications.
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  31. I'm running W11 on my Thinkpad and running VBox 6.1 w/o issues. What happens on your system?
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  32. Not directly. There is no VirtualBox for ChromeOS. You'll need to enable Linux support on your CB and then install the debian version of VBox. Do note that your device will need to be sufficiently powerful for the VMs you plan on running. The cheaper Chromebooks typically have poor hardware so they may not be able to run a system like Windows very well or at all.
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  33. Your VM only takes up resources if it is powered on. If it is off, it won't take any CPU/RAM/other resources. The exception being disk space. If you have 50GB used of disk space inside of your VM, the virtual hard disk file will continue to take 50GB of space on your real hardware whether or not you have the VM runnig.
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  34. It doesn't really matter which you choose. Either way will work fine.
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  35. You have 2 main options: You can download the ISO file (bare metal option) or download the .OVA File (Virtual Machine option). Both options work fine, but the OVA file a is a pre-built virtual machine. You just import into VirtualBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. If you do want to do the install, you download the ISO file.
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  36. It depends on what OS you're using, but in general, you open a terminal window/CMD (for Windows) and type in: ping followed by the IP address you want to ping
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  37. If you want to think of it that way, sure.
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  38. Technically, yes. If you're doing things by the book, you still have to observe all licensing agreements/restrictions. If you're doing this at home just for playing around or learning, I wouldn't worry about it.
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  39. Of course.
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  40. Not with this method. I think there are projects aimed at running VMs on iPhones, but the performance usually isn't good. Phones use a very different CPU than a typical desktop PC. The software has to emulate an x86 environment in a different CPU type which causes performance issues. And Apple does not want anyone to use unofficial apps so it isn't easy to make these virtual machine apps. If you're asking if you can run the iPhoneOS on a virtual machine, then again, no. Apple goes to very great lengths to make sure you do not run their software on a non-Apple device.
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  41. Since you downloaded the .OVA file, you just import that into VirtualBox. I believe that you click on the File tab, and then Import Appliance. Choose the OVA file and go through the next steps. Once its imported, it will show up as a VM that you can open. In short, an OVA file is essentially a pre-packaged VM, known as an "appliance". The VM is already built for you, so you just import it and you're pretty much good to go. Otherwise, if you download the ISO file, you would need to add that file to the VM's virtual CD drive, boot from the cd drive and go through the install process.
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  42.  @leonardelliot6390  Don't worry about the questions. That's how we learn. Anyways, you don't import an ISO. You attach it to the virtual machine's CD drive. Select your VM, and choose "settings". In the Settings menu, click on Storage. Find the virtual CD drive (should have a CD icon) and click on it. On the attributes pane, look for another CD Icon (to the right of SATA port 1 or similar) and click on that icon. It will give you several options; choose "Choose a disk file". Then look for the Ubuntu ISO wherever you have it saved and select it. Once you do that, start up your VM and it should boot from the ISO you selected earlier.
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  43. Yes. Its the Virtual Machine option in the downloads page.
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  44. You can store them on a flash drive, but performance may not be great running over USB. No real reason to do so unless you need to make a backup of your VM.
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  45. I don't know if you can (or should) install VBox to an external drive. You can run virtual machines from a flash drive, but performance may not be great over USB.
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  46. That's one use case. Those are unlikely to infect your computer since they are meant for Android devices (APK at least) so they cannot affect your Windows PC as Android and Windows are very very different systems. If it makes you feel better, do your testing on the VM.
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  47. Not sure where you heard that Linux doesn't "co-operate in a vm" that makes no sense. As long as you give your VM enough resources (RAM, CPU cores, and disk space), you are fine.
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  48. Apple doesn't give you a UEFI to play around with. They dond't want you to make any changes to your computer. What Mac do you have? if its an M1/M2/M3, this won't work as there's no official support for Apple silicon. If its an Intel Mac, just install VBox as normal.
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  49.  @Shanthikumar577  You don't have to install Ubuntu. You can install pretty much any OS you want. Ubuntu is just a relatively easy Linux distro to use.
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  50. In theory, yes. In practice, you should be really careful when you're playing with fire. You want to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible. It can still be possible for malware to make its way to your host system if you're not careful - as in if you share folders between the host and guest systems over the network.
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  51. Import it into Vbox. An oVA file is a pre-built virtual machine. Just import it and that's it. No need to go through the install process.
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  52.  @lisagreen3872  You need an ISO file for whatever system you want to install. Once you download it, you add that ISO into the VM's virtual CD drive in the VM's settings.
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  53. That's because an OVA file is not a disk image. Its a pre-built virtual machine. You can import it into VirtualBox and that's it; no need to go through the install process. If you want to download the ISO file and go through the install process, you choose the bare metal option.
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  54.  @garyhallk494  The irony.
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  55. If your BIOS doesn't have that option, there's nothing you can do about it. Not all BIOS have the same options. You can try looking up your computer/motherboard model to see if it has a similar option but with a different name.
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  56. No. VirtualBox is not compatible with M1/M2 Apple chips. There's no current version that support its. I know there's Parallels for Mac that lets you run other operating systems that works on M1/M2, but its not free. And I'm not sure why you would want to disable virtualization. If you want to run VMs, you have to have it enabled. Anyways, Apple doesn't give you any UEFI menu. So even if you had a supported Mac, there's no settings to change.
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  57. You can try it, but I don't think it will work.
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  58. VirtualBox is a type 2 hypervisor. That means that it needs an operating system like Windows to be installed so that VirtualBox can work. A type 1 hypverisor is essentially the OS. This would be things like Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Proxmox, etc.
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  59. You would need to use a VPN service on your VM if you want it to have a different IP address. If you turn off your host PC, then everything on it will be turned off, including virtual machines.
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  60. That's a private IP address. Completely useless outside of his network.
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  61. It doesn't work that way. Your VM has a different private IP compared to the other computers on your network, but it will have the same public IP address since the network traffic to and from the internet still goes through your router.
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  62. Its generally not preferred to run Kali Linux on your main machine. Its a specialized tool so its best to either run it in a virtual machine or dedicate a computer just for it. You can do it if you really want to, but I wouldn't use it as a main system.
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  63. Windows is a large system. You can try running disk clean up in the virtual Windows system to try to reclaim space. Ideally , you want to give your VM more space; I'd say at least 120 GB.
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  64. CPU and RAM usage only applies when you have the virtual machine running. The storage space, though, is still used up whether or not the virtual system is running.
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  65. You can kind of think of the type-1 hypervisor as the operating system. If you install ESXi on a computer, ESXi is essentially the OS. You can then create virtual machines from the hypervisor (usually through a web interface).
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  66. You just delete the virtual machine. Right click on the VM entry, and choose "Remove"
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  67. You have to install the virtual box guest additions. This will install the video drive which in turn will let you adjust the resolution and get a full screen. Since you're doing this on Linux, you can usually run a system update on the VM; that should download the drivers.
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  68.  @jenlea989  Open a terminal window and type in: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade This will check for any package updates (apt-get update) and then will download install the latest versions of any packages available (apt-get upgrade). Just be advised it may take a while, 10+ minutes and the vm may appear to freeze at times.
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  69. Yeah good luck dude. You're not going to "hack" gmail anytime soon. If you can't get to your Google account, you're out of luck.
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  70. By default, no. There is no ChromeOS version of VBox that I'm aware of. You will need to enable Linux desktop support to try to get this to work. And even then, it probably won't work too well. Chromebooks usually don't have very good hardware so running a VM will probably be a painfully slow experience.
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  71. You may need to install the virtualbox guest additions. This contains the drivers which allow for proper resolution and scaling. The exact steps depend on the Linux distro you have installed.
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  72. The only thing that is not freed up is storage. If your vm takes up 50 GB of space, it will continue to take up that much space regardless of it being powered on or not.
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  73. There will be some performance loss in running VMs. You probably won't notice much loss for web browsing and watching youtube videos.
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  74. If the VM is turned off, it won't be using any RAM or CPU.
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  75. You can but performance may not be that good depending on the VM and USB version you're using.
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  76.  @HackerDoge  Windows 10 is the operating system, not the edition. There is Windows 10 Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, etc.
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  77. Of course dude. You can install practically any OS in a virtual machine.
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  78. And your questions is???
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  79.  @thoughtsbright7928  As long as it isn't overheating, it will be fine.
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  80. Try using a USB keyboard
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  81. Its best to setup a VPN server so that you can access your VMs from outside your network.
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  82. Either one will work. If you want to go through the install process, you go with the ISO file. If you want the pre-built system go with that one. Either one works the same.
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  83. Seems like you need to take many steps back and start from the beginning. If you try to jump straight into "hacking" you're going to be extremely lost if you don't have a general idea of computers and computer security. Hacking is one of those things that you really need to understand your stuff in order to be good at it. Its not just download a program and click buttons and "hack". That's what a script kiddie does. So if you don't understand the terminology, you'll need to start simple. You have access too Google, so surely you can lookup stuff you don't understand. Not trying to be rude, but its the reality.
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  84. Yes and no. The VM will have a different private IP address since it is running on a virtual network. It will still have the same public IP address since all internet traffic to and from the VM goes through your router.
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  85. If its a somewhat recent Intel iMac, sure. Its the same process. If its an Apple Silicon Mac (M1/M2, etc) then no since there's no official support yet.
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  86. You could, but it requires extra configuration. I don't know if you can do it with VirtualBox though. A more advanced version of this is ESXi or a type-1 hypervisor where you have a dedicated server for virtual machines. You can then create a VPN server that allows you to connect to your home network from a different network and get access to your VMs. Its more complex to setup, though.
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  87. If it's windows 8 or newer, I'd go with at least 4GB of RAM.
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  88. Its just for demonstration. You install whatever operating system you want.
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  89. An OVA file is a pre-built virtual machine. You just import it into VBox and it is ready to go; no need to go through the install process. If you do want to go through the install process, download the ISO from the bare metal option.
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  90. You import the OVA file in VirtualBox. There should be an import appliance section in the file tab. An OVA is a prepackaged VM. Instead of going through the install process, you import the VM and it is pretty much ready for use.
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  91. Did you attach the kali install ISO to the virtual machine?
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  92. It is like a real computer. If the guest system, no CPU/RAM is used. If the gust is powered on, it will be using CPU/RAM. The guest will still take up disk space whether or not it is powered on.
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  93. Try using USB passthrough. Sometimes this is finicky though.
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  94. No. You don't need internet on your computer to use a VM other than to first download VirtualBox and any OS ISOs you want.
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  95.  @theo2395  I'm not sure. There is a Windows version of PhotoRec, but like I said, I haven't tried it. I would assume it can read Apple formatted hard drives from within the Windows version, but don't know for sure. I don't think it will harm anything to try it.
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  96. Its just a demo to show you that you can download and install other operating systems, not just Kali.
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  97. That depends on what guest OS you want to run. 4GB of RAM isn't a whole lot so you may not have good performance, especially if you try to run a resource-heavy system like W10.
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  98. Nothing happens.
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  99. Yes. That's actually a common thing to do in the IT/home lab world. You would need to setup what's known as a type 1 Hypervisor like: ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Xen or similar. In short, a type 1 hypervisor dedicates a server as a virtualization server. You use another computer to manage your server such as creating VMs, networking them and so forth. I think what you're specifically asking for is a virtual desktop infrastructure environment. That's more complex to setup though.
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  100. Yes. RAM/CPU is only used when you have the virtual machine running. Storage will still be taken up whether or not the guest system is running.
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  101. You choose the bare metal option.
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  102. It just depends on your use case. For instance, if you need to run a Windows-only program that doesn't run even under WINE, you can create a Windows VM and run that program. You can use a vm to test out other operating systems.
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  103. Kind of. I know there are some virtual machine projects out there for Android and iOS, but they don't have the same performance as on a regular computer.
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  104. This is one of those questions where you will get many different answers. Its entirely subjective. Some people abhor the beginner Linux distros and others love them. I can tell you Linux Mint is great for newcomers and another person will tell you that it absolutely sucks and you should use this niche distro that no one has ever heard of. In general, distros like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc are pretty good for beginners. My suggestion is to download several of them and create a bootable USB drive or install it on a virutal machine to test it out. That way you can get a good idea of how the system looks and feels and runs. There are a myriad of guides and tutorials on how to install a Linux system on your machine. A side note: Not trying to put you off, but be prepared at the possibility of having to do a lot of command line work and researching and trying different fixes. Despite what the Linux fanatics tell you, its not all perfect. Some hardware just is not supported out of the box so you may need to run some esoteric commands or modify files to get things to work correctly or even at all. This is more prevalent on laptops especially if you have an Nvidia graphics card or a pretty new device. A lot of stuff does work. But sometimes you have to deal with very annoying issues and finding a fix is not always easy. I have a bizarre problem on my Thinkpad where Linux Mint always "forgets" my bluetooth mouse. I have to pair it every single time I turn on or restart my laptop. Oddly enough, it always remembers my Bluetooth keyboard. I have no idea why and numerous updates and config file changes haven't helped at all. I also have weird audio issues when I play audio over HDMI over a dock station. The audio plays for about 0.5 seconds, and then cuts off for 1-2 seconds, and then plays normally. This is just anecdotal, so your experience may vary. I think desktop computers generally work better out of the box.
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  105. Of course. By default, Virtualbox will share your host's network connection to your VMs with something called NAT.
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  106. Try giving your virtual hard disk more capacity.
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  107. Not sure if this helps, but try increasing the size of the virtual hard disk to at least 30 GB.
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  108. Open VirtualBox, right click on a vm, choose remove>Delete all files. This will delete the VM along with its associated files. Repeat for each VM you have that you want to delete. Once you do that, uninstall VBox through Control Panel Add/Remove programs.
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  109. No. It is only used if you have the vm powered on.
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  110. If you're going to be playing with fire, you want to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible. Disable things like shared clipboard, drag and drop to/from host/guest, etc.
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  111. What are you talking about dude? What do you mean by 'bots'?
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  112. What file did you download? If you chose the Virtual Machine option in the Kali download page, it will download an OVA file. That is a pre-built machine. Just import it into Vbox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. If you want to do that, download the bare metal option which is an ISO file.
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  113.  @onisoya  That's a 7Zip file. You'll need to use a program like 7Zip to decompress and extract the files. I just downloaded it and it looks like they changed a few things. Instead of being an OVA file, there are 2 files: a .vbox and a .vhd file. The .vbox file is the configuration settings for the machine and the .vhd is the virtual hard disk file. After you extract them, open the .vbox file and it should open VirtualBox and add the VM to the list of machines.
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  114. Your PC may slow down only if the VM is running. This of course depends on your host hardware as well as the virtual hardware you configure your vm with.
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  115. Did you download the ISO file for whatever system you want to install and did you add that ISO file to the VM's DVD drive?
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  116. A VM doesn't "hide" you from your ISP because the network traffic still goes through your router and in turn, your ISP. You can attempt to hide it using a VPN or another internet connection.
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  117. There are no official Mac ISOs. Apple doesn't distribute them in ISO format. They actually don't officially distribute macOS on their website. The only official way is to download macOS on an Apple computer. If you know how and where to look, you can find unofficial ways of installing macOS on a non-Apple computer.
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  118. If you downloaded from the official Kali Linux page, its safe. You have to keep in mind that it is a security-oriented distro. It has a bunch of built-in tools for hacking and computer security than an antivirus system may flag as malicious.
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  119.  @truthreigns7  I'm honestly not sure. I know things can be a bit more finicky if you're using a Linux host system. As a workaround, try copying the ISOs from your USB onto a directory on your Linux system. Then mount them to your VMs as necessary.
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  120. What do you mean?
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  121. An OVA file a is a prebuilt virtual machine. You just import it into VBox and its good to go; no installation required. The ISO file is meant to be burnt to a disc or flash drive and installed on a real computer. You can also use the ISO file in VBox and install the system like in the video. Either way is fine.
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  122. A virtual machine is a virtual computer with virtual hardware. When you're working inside of a vm and you go to format the hard drive, the virtual hard disk gets formatted, not the physical drive in the computer. You can use VMs to play around with potentially infected files. However, you should take proper precautions to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible. There are some rare viruses that have been known to break out of a virtual machine. Also, some viruses and malware can detect if they're running in a virtual environment and refuse to operate which can potentially give you a false negative.
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  123. You just create more virtual machines. Do keep in mind that each VM needs resources, so you will need to allocate the amount of RAM and CPU cores you have accordingly.
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  124. That's a bizarre take, but whatever floats your boat.
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  125. I don't know if this can be done from the hard drive with VirtualBox. An alternative is to create a VHD file from the hard drive and then attach that to your VM. Do keep in mind that the VHD file will take up as much space as is currently used by that hard drive. So if you have a 1 TB HDD with 500 GB used, the VHD file will be a 500 GB file. There are plenty of tools out there that can create VHDs like Disk2VHD from SysInternals or StarWind V2V converter.
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  126. Android is not designed to run on x86 CPUs (AMD or Intel). There is a project Android x86 that is a version of Android that should run on a VM. iOS cannot be emulated on VirtualBox. Apple does not allow you to do this on a non-Apple computer.
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  127. VirtualBox is free and open source software. Its not malicious.
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  128. Try increasing the amount of space for the virtual hard disk. I'd go for at least 50 GB.
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  129. There are Android versions for Intel/AMD CPUs, but they're not officially from Google. There's a project whose name I forget that lets you do this. iOS cannot be installed on any non-iDevice. Apple has never made a version of iOS for Intel/AMD CPUs so it would be impossible for that to run through VirtualBox.
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  130. VirtualBox doesn't run on Android. Its not exactly feasible mainly because most Android devices use ARM CPUs which are very different compared to traditional computer CPUs (Intel/AMD CPUs). The VM will take up as much space as required. So for example, if you install Windows 10, which takes up around 25 GB by itself, then your VM will take up 25GB of physical disk space. This will of course increase as you install programs and add files to your VM.
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  131. A hard drive is not a computer so by itself, it cannot run a virtual machine. You can, however, use the hard drive to store your VM, but you still need a physical computer to run it.
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  132. Of course. You just need to be aware that if you install Linux on your main PC, there's a probability of deleting your files if you don't understand what you're doing.
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  133.  @jakepayne2985  If you want to install Ubuntu, you download the ISO from Ubuntu's page. In the section where you add an ISO, you add the Ubuntu ISO. As I said, the edition section only applies to Windows. You can attach an ISO to an existing VM. Right click on it, choose its properties and navigate to storage. The exact wording may be a bit different though.
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  134. If the VM is powered off, it will not take up any CPU/RAM. It will still take up disk space.
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  135.  @vatsalyasharan4202  No harm. There's an option in the settings somewhere that will let you change the default save location for virtual machines.
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  136. If you don't know what you're doing, you can cause some issues if you're messing around in the BIOS. Its not likely to cause harm though. In most instances, you can reset the BIOS values to default. Every BIOS has different interfaces and options so you'll need to look around for those settings on your laptop. Nothing will happen to the data on the laptop. With a virtual machine, you have to understand that it is essentially a computer running inside of a computer. Whatever you do in a virtual system doesn't affect your host system. That is unless you plan on playing with viruses and malware. There are some viruses that can break out of a vm, but they're quite rare.
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  137. I don't believe there is a way to do that at the moment.
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  138. It won't harm anything, but virtual machines, at least Virtualbox, aren't mean for this use case at all. You can try it, but it most likely won't work that well.
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  139. What's your host CPU and RAM? What guest system did you install? How much RAM and CPU cores did you give your guest system?
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  140. Yes. Linux systems are very different to Windows systems.
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  141. VirtualBox is cross platform so it will work on Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, etc.
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  142. You'll want to isolate your host and guest VMs as much as possible.
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  143. Any details? Kinda hard to help without info....
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  144. You can import that OVA file in the File tab (import appliance is what I believe its called). An OVA is a pre-packaged vm that is prebuilt for you. You just import it and you're good to go. If you want the ISO file, you would choose the bare metal option in the website. With this, you'll need to go through the entire install process.
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  145. If its an M1 Mac, it won't work. There's no support for M1 CPUs on VirtualBox. I think you can use Parallels for M1 Macs, but I'm not too sure.
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  146. You can unofficially. Apple doesn't make it particularly easy though. Also, you'd be in violation of their terms and service since it states that you agree to only use macOS on an Apple computer. There are plenty of videos on YT that show you how to do this, but your experience may vary.
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  147. CPU and RAM, yes. Storage no.
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  148. Bare metal option. The OVA file is a pre-built VM. You just import that into VBox and it will be ready for use.
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  149. Every motherboard is different. You may need to go through all the options and settings to find it. Though, there are motherboards that don't have all the necessary functions.
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  150. What's the exact model number? Based on what I'm seeing, that line of laptops seems to be pretty old and very low-end.
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  151.  @LynPaine  No. Ubuntu and Kali Linux are 2 different operating systems. Kali linux is a security-oriented Linux distro with many security type tools. Ubuntu is more of a general use operating system. If you want Kali, you'll need to download it.
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  152. The program itself won't "heat up" your PC. Depending on what you're doing inside of the VM, it may cause the CPU to work harder and increase temperature some, but its unlikely to have an effect.
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  153. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, and PopOS are generally pretty good beginner distros.
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  154. No that can't be done. The iMac G4 uses a fundamentally different CPU (PowerPC) which is incompatible with any program not designed for that CPU. In addition, that's a nearly 2 decade old computer so its hardware is beyond obsolete and slow. I used to have a similar iMac years ago and was able to install Windows XP as a virtual Machine using a version of Microsoft Virtual PC that was designed for PPC CPUs, but it was horrifically slow. It took over 3-4 hours to install XP and once it was installed, it was just overall sluggish.
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  155. Not currently. There is no public release of VirtualBox that supports M1/M2 chips yet. I believe they're working on it, but I don't know much more than that. The only other alternative I can think of would be to use Parallels for Mac. Its not free, but it supports that CPU. I've never tried it so I don't know how the performance is like.
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  156. Try giving the virtual machine more storage space, say 150 GB or more.
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  157. It looks like an 11 year old CPU. You can try it out, but performance may not be that great unless you try to run light weight systems like some Linux distros.
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  158. That's a problem with the website. Nothing you can do to fix it. I'm sure it's fixed by now.
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  159. Will you be recording instruments? If so, it likely won't be ideal to setup your DAW in a virtual environment. There's some inherent lag which can make real-time recording of instruments difficult. I don't have really any direct experience with this, but its just something I've read on a few forums.
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  160. If you want the ISO, you choose the bare metal section. If you want the pre-built VM, you choose the OVA file and import that into VirtualBox.
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  161. If you're going to play with malware, you want to turn off any host to guest (and vice versa) communication.
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  162. No. It will create a virtual hard disk file that you can't directly open through File Explorer. Its a .vdi file.
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  163. Not unless the tablet runs Windows.
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  164. Kinda helps to know what error you get...
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  165. Using outdated software is an inherent risk. If you don't connect your guest system to the internet, you will be fine. If you plan on connecting your older guest systems to the internet, you should consider isolating your guest and host systems as much as possible.
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  166. ​ @Crypjay  Kali Linux is not illegal. Its a tool. Just like there are legitimate uses for pretty much all tools, there are illegal uses for them. It just depends on how you use it. There are 3 main kinds of hackers: white hat hackers, gray hat hackers and black hat hackers. White hat hackers are people who use their skills for good. They may work in a company's cyber security department to prevent and/or mitigate cyber attacks. They may work in a company that provides cybersecurity solutions to other companies, etc. Gray hat hackers are people who break into computer systems but not necessarily do anything malicious. Black hat hackers are the criminals who hack into systems for personal, financial, political gains, etc.
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  167. Hyper-V works pretty well, but I think for new comers, VBox is more friendly and easy to use. And plus, I believe with Hyper-V, you can't easily do things like USB passthrough
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  168. The scammer would only be able to see your virtual machine. If you're going to do this, I strongly suggest doing a bit of research of network security first. Most scammers aren't really that smart when it comes to computers, as they are mainly reading from scripts. However, you never quite know who you will run into.
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  169. He's just showing that you can download different versions of Linux. It doesn't mean you have to do exactly what he shows in the video. You can technically run macOS. It is against Apple's terms of service to run macOS on a non-Apple computer, but it can be done. It won't be easy though. Apple doesn't provide you with download links for most of their systems as they can only be downloaded through a Mac on the App Store. There are many videos and guides showing you how to do this, but again, it won't be easy.
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  170.  @JG-mt7eh  A virtual machine is used to create multiple virtual systems running on top of your host operating system. In this case, Windows is the host OS and he is running Kali Linux in a virtual machine. This lets you run multiple systems without having to use multiple real computers or without having to install multiple operating systems on your real hardware like a multi-boot system.
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  171.  @JG-mt7eh  Yes, his laptop is connected to the internet but it doesn't matter. VirtualBox is a type 2 hypervisor so you run the VMs on the laptop itself and interact with them on the laptop.
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  172.  @JG-mt7eh  Its up to you. You can choose to update or not. Its like a real computer.
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  173. Sure. You can install VirtualBox or VMware Workstation Player on W10 Home.
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  174. No since. they ban the account, not the computer. Even if you setup a virtual machine, it will still use the same public IP address that you get from your internet provider since the internet traffic still goes through your router.
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  175. You can try it, but I believe Oracle removed support for systems older than XP. So while you can still install old Windows systems, there is no official support in the form of virtualbox extensions. That means that the old systems may not work very well and/or they freeze or get corrupted.
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  176.  @retroworld415  The Internet Archive is a good place to check for old Windows systems. Do note that technically you're still supposed to abide by any licensing rules. In other words, you're supposed to have a valid product key/license to use old Windows systems, but with some searching, you can usually find valid keys for Win 9x.
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  177. That's fine. You will import the VM instead of installing it like he does in the video. An OVA is basically a pre-packaged VM that's more or less ready for use.
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  178. iOS or macOS? IOS cannot be run on VirtualBox since it is designed specifically for iDevices and their CPUs are fundamentally different than what your typical PC uses. If you mean macOS, it is possible, but not easy. Apple goes to great lengths to make sure you don't install macOS on non-Apple computers. It is against their terms of service. There are plenty of guides out there, but it isn't for the faint of heart.
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  179. Most likely yes.
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  180. Try giving the virtual machine more disk space, say 25-50 GB of space.
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  181. VirtualBox is free and open source. That means anyone can look at the source code and see if there are any shady things going on behind the scenes. Of course you have to understand programming to really understand the source code.
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  182.  @Personalinfo404  If there were major issues with VBox, like security or privacy concerns, they would be discovered. As I said, its free and open source. Volunteers literally work on this stuff for free (usually). If you want to be "suss', why not check out VMWare Workstation? Its free (for personal use), but not open source. No one can look at the source code.
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  183. Pretty much. There are some precautions to take such as disabling network and any host to guest (and vice versa) communication like shared clipboard and drag and drop.
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  184. Your VM will have a different IP address than your host system mainly because it is going through NAT. It will, however, still have the same public IP address.
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  185. You would import the OVA file within VirtualBox's settings. Here's a help guide from Oracle: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E26796/html/qs-import-vm.html An OVA file is basically a packaged version of the VM. You import it into VBox and it will setup the VM for you; no need to go through the install process.
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  186. You don't. Apple doesn't have a BIOS/UEFI interface for you to use on Apple computers.
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  187.  @honorablemention7138  As long as its not an M1 Mac, I think you should be good to go.
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  188. No, but it will still take up disk space.
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  189. Its not exactly easy to setup a virtual Mac system, but it can be done. Just make sure you read up on this. Its not as straightforward as you may thing. The biggest hurdle is finding a macOS installer. Apple doesn't distribute their OS in ISO format and they can only be officially downloaded from a real Mac. There are ways around this, but you just have to look for them.
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  190. The VM will have the same public IP address since all network traffic goes through your router. However, the VM will have a different internal IP since by default, VBox uses NAT on your VM.
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  191. 32-Bit systems are limited to 4GB of RAM and can only run 32-bit software. 64-Bit systems can support much more RAM and support both 32 and 64-bit software. There are many technical differences between both of them.
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  192.  @A.N.C.Higupuf  sorry I'm not very familiar with RPi. I had one many years ago but never got around to work with it that much.
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  193. If you choose the Virtual Machine option on the Kali page, it will download the OVA file which is a pre-built VM. You just import that into VBox and that's it. no need to go through the install process. If you do want to go through the install process, you download the ISO file (bare metal option).
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  194. NAT provides some protection in the sense that it doesn't allow connections from outside of your network to come through unless they were initiated by a device inside of your network.
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  195.  @EduMatsu  I don't recommend doing this mainly because of the infected drive. If you want to be safe, its best to run a live CD/USB like I mentioned. To be even more safe, you can unplug your computer's hard drive/SSD and just have your Live CD/USB, the infected drive, and another drive to copy your files from the infected drive.
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  196. Its kind of important to know what the error message says....
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  197. You'll need a USB wifi adapter and pass it through to your VM.
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  198. Yes except for storage. If your VM takes up 100 GB of storage (for instance), it will continue taking up that much space on your hard drive whether or not it is powered on.
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  199. You'll need to use Parallels for Mac. I think that's the only virtualization software available on M1 Macs that works.
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  200. I worked at a local dried fruit company a few years ago as an IT tech intern. I learned about ESXi which I thought was really cool. I bought myself an HP workstation from around 2012. It only cost me like $40. I spent another $80 or so to max it out. My employer was gracious enough to provide me with an older copy of ESXI they didn't use anymore. This was almost 5 years ago and I'm still running that system. Pretty cool to play around with.
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  201. It doesn't work that way. Your VM will still have the same public IP address as the rest of your network because it is all going through the same router and internet connection. Your VM will have a different private IP address because it is on a virtual network but all of the internet traffic to and from the VM will go through your main router. If you want a different public IP address on your VM, you will need to use a VPN on it.
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  202. Just to show you that you can install different types of operating systems.
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  203. No. Apple does not give you any control over the UEFI. They don't want you to change anything. Do note that VBox doesn't work on M1/M2/M3 Apple chips.
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  204. Nothing. Only law enforcement with correct warrants and technology can do that.
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  205. Does your host computer only have 1GB of RAM? If so, that's barely enough for it let alone a guest OS. You would probably be limited to a very old OS like XP or older or a very light weight linux distro.
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  206.  @starlo8  You may be able to run W10 on 1GB of RAM, but it will most likely be a painfully slow experience. According to MS, W10 64-bit requires at least 2GB of RAM.
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  207. An OVA file is a pre-built VM. You just import it into VBox and you're good to go. No need to go through the install process. If you want to do the install, choose the bare metal option from the download page.
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  208. Yes I'm pretty sure you can run the clones simultaneously.
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  209. Yes, except for storage. Your VM will continue to take up space regardless if its powered on or off. All the rest, CPU and RAM is not in-use if your VM is powered off.
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  210. You sign up for Google Cloud Platform or any cloud provider (like Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure or similar), create your VM and you're good to go. I strongly suggest reading their documentation first. This is enterprise level stuff so it may not initially be easy to setup.
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  211. He's just exaggerating. It won't harm the computer, but if you give the VM a lot of RAM, like almost the amount of RAM your system has, it may slow things down.
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  212. Yes you can store a virtual machine on an external hard drive. Performance will likely drop. I would strongly consider a fast external SSD if performance is a concern.
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  213. It may be called VT-D or virtualization. They may have different names. You can try it, but the performance may not be great especially if you're trying to run newer operating systems like Windows 10 or 11.
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  214. you install the virtualbox guest additions.
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  215. No. However if your AV also does network protection, it may intercept any virus/malware that you may try to download on your VM. I've seen it happen with ESET.
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  216.  @MercGoBrr  You have to main options: An OVA file or the ISO. If you choose the virtual machine option, it will download the OVA file. This is a pre-built vm. You just import it into VirtualBox and that's it; no need to go through the install process. If you do want to go through the process, choose the bare metal option to download the ISO.
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  217.  @MercGoBrr  No difference in terms of functionality.
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  218. It helps to know what error you get.... And if you're trying to install a virtual macOS system on a non-Apple computer, you can't officially do it. Apple goes to great lengths to prevent you from doing so.
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  219. You download it from Microsoft. You can download the Media Creation tool from them to download the ISO or if you want Windows 11, you can download the ISO straight from Microsoft.
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  220. I would increase the capacity of the virtual disk drive. If that still fails, you may need to redownload your ISO.
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  221. The internet traffic from your virtual machine still goes through the router. Your VM will have the same public IP address as any other device on your home network. The only way you can get a different public IP address is if you use a VPN service.
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  222. There's really no point. You can use a flash drive to create 'virtual memory'. Microsoft calls it ReadyBoost but it doesn't really help unless you have less than 1GB of RAM. And even then, it is not as fast as regular system memory so your laptop would likely run pretty terribly slow. You're better off upgrading your laptop to at least 8 GB of RAM if you want to run virtual machines.
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  223. Its a massive PITA to do that. I doubt he would do a tutorial on that since he would be breaking the terms of service of Apple. No one reads that, but it specifically states that you are not to install macOS on a non-Apple machine and I doubt he will do that. There are plenty of guides on how to install it. Just keep in mind that Apple doesn't want you to do this so it won't be as simple as just downloading a few files and clicking a few buttons.
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  224. I don't really believe there are any notable differences in running Linux in a Vm with a Windows host and Windows vm on a Linux host. When the vm is powered off, it will not use any resources other than storage. If your vm takes up 50 GB of space, it will continue to use that amount of storage regardless of it being power on or off.
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  225. what error do you get?
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  226. If you want a pre-built VM, choose the virtual machine option. It will let you download an OVA file that you import into Vbox and that's it. If you want to go the install route, choose the bare metal option.
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  227. Not quite. Bootcamp is used to install Windows alongside macOS on your Mac computer. Bootcamp partitions your Mac's SSD and installs Windows on it. When you boot up your Mac, you can choose to boot into either macOS or Windows but not both at the same time. With VirtualBox, you can install multiple systems and run them simultaneously.
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  228. kinda hard to help without knowing what that 'prompt box' was.... No your PC was most likely not 'hacked'....
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  229. Maybe. I know some software can detect if it is running on a VM.
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  230. A very dangerous and advanced virus would be able to break out of a VM. If you're going to be playing with viruses, make sure you turn of all functions that allow guest to host and vice versa interaction like networking, shared folders, bi-drectional drag and drop, etc.
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  231. Uninstall what?
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  232.  @tchippat7634  You don't necessarily "uninstall" a VM. You delete it. Right click on the vm you want to delete, and choose remove. You can uninstall Virtualbox like any other program.
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  233. lmao. That's completely unrelated to the video. I suppose you can do that, but you would need to find other videos for that topic.
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  234. No. When you create a VM, it will by default, create a virtual network adapter which has its own MAC address.
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  235. You download VirtualBox first, and install it, then you setup your VM.
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  236. You can, but this is not officially supported. You are technically breaking the licensing agreement (that most people never read but still agree to anyways) by installing macOS on a non-Apple computer. There are tons of videos showing you how to do this; you just have to find one that works for you.
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  237.  @amaansovannayak  Very unlikely. Apple won't go after you. They just won't provide any technical support.
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  238. Yes you can. However, the performance may not be too good over USB.
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  239. If you're going to do that, I would disable all features pertaining to networking and sharing between the guest and host systems.
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  240.  @mujibulhaquetanim  You turn off the networking (disable the virtual network adapter) and turn off the shared folders/clipboard functions.
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  241. It will still use disk space even if the VM is powered off. Everything else, CPU, RAM, etc is not in use when the VM is powered off.
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  242. I mean, Bluestacks is used to emulate Android apps. Android viruses don't infect Windows systems..... As always, you want to isolate your VMs from your host system as much as possible.
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  243. No.
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  244. Not exactly. For that, you would need to use a VPN service. Though, Netflix can usually detect that you're using a VPN, especially if it is a popular one and may not work.
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  245.  @rdwolf11b  🤦‍♂️
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  246. There are many fundamental and technical differences between 32 and 64 bit programs and operating systems. 32-Bit programs and systems will limit you to up to 4 GB of RAM. 64-Bit software will not work on 32-Bit operating systems. You likely won't notice many problems, if any, unless you're trying to run 64-bit software.
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  247. You may need to give your virtual machine more storage. I think that is the cause of the installation failing. I would go with at least 50 GB of space.
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  248.  @shift7174  As long as you downloaded the OVA file from the official Kali Linux page, you're fine. An OVA file is a pre-built virtual machine. You just import it into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process since its already pre-built. If you want to go the install route, you choose the bare metal option from the Kali page and download the ISO file.
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  249. What do you need help with?
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  250. What exactly do you mean by blocking it? Do you get any message telling you its blocked?
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  251. No. That's not possible. By default, your VMs will have a NAT setup. That means that your host system has a virtual adapter which acts like a router (as far as the VM is concerned). Your internet traffic in the VM will still go through your main router. If you don't have internet access, you won't get internet on your VM.
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  252. I've been using VBox for over a decade without many issues. USB passthrough support is sometimes finicky.
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  253. Need more details. There should be an expand button on the error message which can give you more details. Just to double check, did you enable virtualization in your BIOS? This is probably one of the most common issues that people run into: didn't enable that in the BIOS.
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  254.  @COgoalieKID  What exact file did you download? What's the file extension?
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  255.  @COgoalieKID  2 GB of storage or RAM? If its storage, that's way too little. I think you need a minimum of 15 GB of storage. 2GB of RAM is too little also. It will work, but performance may not be very good.
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  256. And what are those questions?
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  257.  @David-xh8ff  What Mac do you have? If it has an M1 chip, VBox won't work with it. I don't believe there's a public version of it that works on Apple silicon CPUs.
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  258. I'm not sure you mean by "I want that start on the beginning like a another os install."
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  259.  @Gusrango  I guess you want a dual boot system. I'm not sure if it can be done in a vm. I don't see why not, but I haven't tried it. You would just need to partition the virtual hard drive so that 1 vm gets 1 partition and the other vm gets the other. Though I don't really understand why you want to do it this way. It would just be easier to create 2 vms. Alternatively, you can forgo the virtual machine and setup a dual boot system on your computer. You would first install Windows on its own partition and then create another partition for whatever OS you want to install.
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  260. Doesn't work that way dude. You can't have "unlimited" storage. You're still limited to the amount of free storage on your real hard drive/SSD.
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  261. Yes you can use different OS's on a virtual machine. Just note that you're not supposed to install macOS on a non-Apple computer. Apple goes to great lengths to prevent you from doing it. And it would be a violation of the terms of service (that no one reads, but still accepts) to install macOS on a non-Apple PC. It is possible and there are plenty of guides and tutorials, but they will likely be nothing short of a major PITA.
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  262. You don't need both. He just showed both of them as a demo.
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  263. You'll have to upgrade to a newer computer or at least a CPU that does support it.
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  264. Not quite sure what you mean "hacked to trace the process...". It is possible to get your virtual machine to get hacked. If you do things correctly, it would be unlikely to get your host machine hacked.
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  265. Its the same overall concept, but the interface of VMware will be different.
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  266. He didn't "install" it. He just downloaded it as an example.
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  267. I would give the VM more disk space, say 50 GB of space. This is a 2 year old video so the requirements of Kali Linux have changed a bit.
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  268.  @saidfrh  I've run Kali Linux on a vm, but not PT. It should be fine though.
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  269. You're watching the wrong video dude.
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  270. Its just for demonstration: that you can install different systems.
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  271. It doesn't run in the background. it only runs when you open it. The performance difference varies based on your host hardware, the guest OS, the guest VM's virtual hardware, etc.
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  272. What is "it"? the website? And what were you trying to download???
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  273. What MBP do you have? If its an Intel-Based Mac, you should still be able to use VBox. If its an Apple Silicon Mac, your options are very limited from what I can tell. Parallels seems to be a good virtualization program, but it isn't free.
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  274. It is doable, but can be a hassle. Windows, especially Windows 10/11 don't play well with Linux distros so it can be a PITA to get both systems running correctly.
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  275. You should be able to follow along with the video.
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  276. Of course. You can create virtual networks.
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  277. What system are you downloading? Windows 10? If so, the 64-bit version of Windows 10 will work just fine.
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  278. LOL. Are you talking about 24:22? If so, that's a private IP address. It is completely useless to anyone outside of his network. You can try "hacking" or pinging or DDOSing that IP until the end of time and you won't get anywhere.
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  279. Yes, you can install Ubuntu as your host OS and install a Windows guest system. I don't know if Virtualbox lets you add a physical internal hard drive to a virtual machine. You'll have to look around for that.
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  280. The hardware is shared between the host and guest systems. It may make your host slower depending on what the VM is doing.
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  281. What do you mean? What OS ISO are you referring to?
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  282.  @mrhangout3670  I would install the Virtualbox guest additions. That will give you better performance on a VM as well as dynamic resolution update: When you go to full screen, the VM will automatically resize, etc. As far as tools, Kali LInux comes with tons of them built-in. You don't necesiarlly need extra tools unless there's something you need. The hard part, initially, is just making sense of how to use them. Most of them are command based so you'll need to be pretty comfortable working with commands and text.
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  283. Correct. That's if you don't want to use the WSL version.
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  284. Bare metal option. If you have the OVA file already downloaded, you just need to import it into VBox. An OVA file is a pre-built VM. You just import it and the program will handle the rest for you.
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  285.  @timburke4132  If you look at the description of the VM inside of VBox, it should have the default username and password.
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  286. I don't think Hyper-V is very user friendly. But if you can get it to work, go for it.
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  287. Its best to stick to a VM if you're running these kinds of distros. If you must use a real computer, you probably want to buy a dedicated machine for it.
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  288. Who is "they"?
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  289. Kinda hard to help without more information...
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  290. You most likely need to give the virtual machine more space. You have to keep in mind this is a nearly 3 year old video. System requirements change over time.
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  291. LOL I'm sure he has. Its just that it is generally easier to setup a virtual machine than to mess around with your computer's partitions and bootloader. You can easily damage your systems and data if you don't know what you're doing trying to dual boot a system.
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  292. Yes. Its a smart idea to isolate your host and virtual machines as much as possible before testing malware.
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  293. Kinda helps to know what errors you're getting.
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  294.  @trevonbradshaw4038  I'm not really sure. You may need to do some more advanced troubleshooting at look at log files.
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  295. On a virtual machine....
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  296.  @as1ro  If you want to get rid of the dual boot system, you will need to delete whatever partition contains the OS you don't want anymore. So if you have Windows 11 and Linux Mint for instance, and you don't want Linux Mint, you will need to delete the partitions that LM created. It can get a bit tricky trying to get the boot partition to work again for Windows. This is way outside of the scope of this video.
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  297. Its likely a false positive. You have to keep in mind that Kali Linux is a security-oriented distro. It has tools that can be used for hacking so some AV systems pick it up as potentially malicious.
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  298. Its unlikely. Just make sure you disable all host/guest communication like network, drag and drop, clipboard, etc.
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  299. If the VM is powered off, it won't use any CPU or RAM resources. But it will still use storage space.
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  300.  @confused.cat.  Yep. But it will still use up storage space.
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  301. You may need to allocate more disk space for your virtual machine.
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  302. It depends on what you plan on doing on the VM. A VM won't make your internet connection private. Any website you visit will still see your real public IP address since all the traffic is still going through your router.
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  303. Right click the VM in question, select remove and then tell it to delete all of the VM's files.
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  304. Of course dude. Its free and open source software. You can check this straight from their website.
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  305. On your guest OS, you will need to install the VMware guest drivers. I don't remember the exact process, but it should be somewhere in the VM's settings. Once you do this, your guest OS should be able to use your monitor's resolution.
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  306. What are you trying to do>
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  307.  @dsyphotography7132  Well that depends on whatever streaming software you're using. Virtualbox has nothing to do with that.
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  308. Yep. You likely have an M1/M2 Mac. VBox doesn't currently support that CPU.
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  309.  @datacoman7744  Make sure you import the OVA file into Vbox and not try to attach the file into the VM's DVD drive.
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  310. It will have a different private IP address but will have the same public IP address as the traffic will be going through your router.
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  311. I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to ask. You can run Kali on a virtual machine or install it directly to your computer (known as a bare metal install). Its more convenient to have it in a virtual machine as you can quickly install and test it in a virtual environment.
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  312. If you need VPN access in your VM, then sure.
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  313. What exactly are you confused about? If you installed Kali in a virtual box machine, then of course its a vm. That's what virtualbox is for.
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  314. I think you'll need to enable Linux support and then install the debian version of VBox. Just note that Chromebooks typically don't have great hardware so the performance likely won't be very good.
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  315. Try giving your VM's hard drive more space, like 50-100 GB. Things change over time, so it is likely the newer installers will require more disk space.
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  316. Its telling you it can't find the vdi file. In short, the VDI is a virtual disk file that acts like a hard drive- a virtual hard drive if you think about it. If you downloaded the pre-built VM package, you'll need to make sure all files are extracted to the desktop or whatever folder you want to run the virtual machine.
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  317. What exactly are you talking about?
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  318. You can download the Media Creation tool from Microsoft which will let you download the ISO file to use in VBox.
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  319. Sounds like user error. None of these programs are dangerous if you download them from the official webpages. If you downloaded Kali Linux, then you have to understand that it has tools that can be considered hacking tools. That doesn't make them inherently dangerous. It seems like you have no idea what you're doing and just blaming others. And if you have important documents on your hard drive, would it not be common sense to have them saved on an external hard drive or other location????
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  320. That would be possible, but it largely depends on the company's IT infrastructure. In this context, VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is what would be best.
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  321. What do you mean? As far as I'm aware, Kali Linux is based off of Debian. Its just that Kali has a lot of security and network related tools pre-packaged into the OS.
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  322. What file did you download? If you downloaded the OVA file, then that's a pre-built virtual machine; you just import it into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process.
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  323. If you have a Windows 10 PC, you should be able to click on the power button, hold the shift key, and then press restart. This will take you to a blue menu where you can choose various options. Choose: Troubleshoot>Advanced Options>UEFI Firmware Settings>Restart and it should take you to the UEFI menu.
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  324. kinda hard to help without details...
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  325.  @Byteezexe  Is that the exact error message? I don't think it is.
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  326. master account? You're using the virtual machine if you specifically turn it on.
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  327. Not sure what "it" is that failed or what you were trying to do, but installing VirtualBox couldn't have caused that. It doesn't uninstall your OS. If your host OS is completely damaged, you will need to perform a clean install. There are a myriad of videos explaining how to clean install Windows.
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  328. Pre-allocate means that VirtualBox will create a virtual hard disk file the size that you indicated. In other words, if you created a 100 GB virtual hard disk, a 100 GB file will be created. I would choose dynamically allocated. If you're talking about the Type/Version (12:10), you select the system that closely matches what you're going to install.
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  329. If you're talking about the public IPv4 address, than that is expected.
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  330.  @user-jc6te1vm8v  yes since all internet traffic still goes through your router.
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  331. You can, but performance may not be very good over USB.
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  332. What guest OS are you trying to install?
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  333. Adblocker like uBlock Origin is usually what you need. It also greatly helps to have some common sense when browsing shady sites and not to install any custom viewers or players to "view" your material. That's a sure way to get a virus.
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  334. Yes of course. You're technically still supposed to follow all licensing agreements in whatever software you install in a virtual environment.
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  335. It doesn't matter. The bare metal option gives you the ISO file and you have to go through the install process. The VM option gives you a pre-built VM that you just import into VBox and that's it. Start it up and its ready for use. Either way, it doesn't matter since the end result is the same.
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  336. Software that is installed on the host system will not run on the VM. You will need to install that software in the VM. Now, VMs aren't exactly meant for gaming, so you may not get good performance even if your host hardware is more than capable.
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  337. Multi-boot is definitely an option. However, virtual machines eliminate the possibility of accidentally erasing important partitions. Especially useful for beginners who may not be familiar with partitions and multi-boot systems.
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  338. What are you talking about? You can change the MAC address in the VM's network settings. GPU passthrough is possible, but a more complex thing to setup. I'm not entirely sure if VBox allows this.
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  339.  @freedomisdead9638  🤦 Dude. I said you can change the VM's MAC address within the VM's network settings. You don't need to use 3rd party software in your VM.
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  340. You'll need to setup a VPN server that can access your private network. You then connect to your VPN and can either remote into your VM through RDP (if its a Windows VM) or through another system like VNC. I believe there's a 'headless' mode that you can use to start your vm, but it won't show up in a window. Though VirtualBox isn't exactly intended for this use case.
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  341. That means your VM has nothing to boot from. Make sure you add the ISO of whatever OS you want to install to your VM's DVD drive.
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  342. In what specific section is it asking for it?
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  343. Well yes you can use your main PC to setup a virtual machine. That's one of the advantages of using virtual machines. You can use your main system to run different virtual machines.
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  344. That doesn't make sense. You're installing a virtual machine. It won't affect your C drive since the virtual machine creates its own virtual hard disk.
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  345. Yes. Not sure why you would have a python virtual machine though. You ideally want to use an external SSD. SD cards usually aren't that fast and you may get performance issues.
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  346. You pretty much answered your own question. You didn't install a bootloader so your vm will not be able to boot.
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  347. I usually turn it off like a regular computer, power button menu and then shut down.
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  348. I don't believe M1 CPUs are supported. They're fundamentally different than x86-based CPUs.
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  349. Uninstall what? VirtualBox? If you're on Windows, you just uninstall it like any other program from the Control panel. If you're talking about a VM, then you don't "uninstall" it. You delete it by right clicking on the entry and choosing remove.
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  350. Details.... Kinda hard to help without information.
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  351. Sounds like a problem with your internet connection or browser. No easy way to diagnose this remotely. Does this happen with just your computer or with other devices?
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  352. Helps to know what kind of lock you're talking about. That's not relevant to this video though.
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  353. That doesn't make sense. You don't need another hard disk to use a VM. I think you're referring to a dual-boot system. That's completely different than running a virtual machine.
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  354.  @shesathome  I get what you're saying, but for a beginner, it may be easier to setup a virtual machine rather than dealing with partitions and potentially erasing data. That's 1 advantage of a VM; you can't mess up your main PC.
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  355. You have to provided a W11 ISO in order to install Windows. Otherwise the virtual machine won't be able to boot from anything.
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  356. You will most likely need to install the guest additions. How you do this varies depending on which guest OS you installed.
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  357. Change the VM's network adapter to bridge. It will connect to your main network and receive an IP address. You can then use PuTTY to connect to the VM over SSH or telnet or whatever protocol you want to use.
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  358. You'll need to install the guest additions. Once that is installed, you can enter full screen and have it dynamically change the resolution.
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  359. Modern macs don't use BIOS; they instead use UEFI which is the replacement for BIOS. Apple doesn't have a user interface for the UEFI.
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  360. You will need to install the guest-additions in order for things like copy/paste and automatic resolution change to work.
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  361. If you have to ask, you are not ready to use these tools....
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  362. and that question is.....
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  363. With what????
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  364. What are you asking?
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  365. You'll need to look for a guide for your computer. Most computers have the same settings, but the interface and text may be a bit different between manufacturers and models.
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  366. You import the OVA file into VirtualBox.
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  367. Bare metal option. If you choose the virtual machine option, it will ask if you want the file for VMware (.7z) or VirtualBox (.ova). The last 2 are pre-built virtual machines whereas with the ISO file will require you to install the system in the vm. Either works fine.
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  368. Kinda helps to know what weird message you get. Not being rude, but working in IT support in a school district, its incredibly frustrating trying to help people when they don't provide details. "Weird message" is not particularly helpful. There are a nearly infinite number of weird messages out there in just about every program you can think of.
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  369. Just as a demo. Ubuntu is generally considered a beginner's system.
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  370. It looks like an emulator, but it isn't one. It is fundamentally different than an emulator.
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  371. What files did you download and what operating system are you running as your host system?
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  372. What exactly are you having trouble with? If you have an Apple silicon Mac, this won't work as there is no VBox support.
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  373. No. That name stuck because I believe AMD was the first company to develop 64-bit CPUs for consumer-level computers. It just refers to the fact that the ISO is intended for 64-bit CPUs be it Intel or AMD.
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  374. So what exactly are you having trouble with?
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  375.  @TheBlackmanIsGod  I'm assuming you have a decent PC with at least 8 GB of RAM, have virtualization enabled in BIOS. What exactly happens when you power on the virtual machine? Error messages?
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  376. Windows has "Windows Subsystem for Linux" (WSL), which allows you to run Linux systems in a command line under Windows. You could use that to learn Linux if you really want to.
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  377. Ethical hacking.
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  378. Convenience....
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  379. You would download the Windows ISO instead of the Linux ones.
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  380. You don't need the latest hardware, but it does help to have more RAM. If your laptop only has 4 GB of RAM and you're trying to run a VM, it may not work that great. VMs are also not exactly meant for gaming. You may be able to run some games, but the performance may not be great.
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  381. Its not officially supported, but yes. You can run macOS on VirtualBox. Its probably not super easy to do.
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  382. I have never heard of that error. I would check in the VirtualBox forum/sub reddit.
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  383. You can use an SD card. VirtualBox doesn't really care where the vm files are stored, as long as it can read them, its fine. However, SD card's aren't very good for this type of use. For one, it will most likely be painfully slow. The more important thing is that SD cards aren't meant for constant random reads/writes so you can quite quickly wear it out.
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  384. I don't think that's directly possible on iPad. Apple doesn't want you to run any system other than iPadOS on it. The closest I can think of would be to already have a Windows machine setup and have remote desktop enabled. You can then remote into your Windows machine from your iPad, but they both need to be on the same network.
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  385. If you downloaded it from the Kali home page, you should are fine. Some antivirus programs detect tools for hacking as threats since, well they can be used for malicious things.
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  386. Kinda helps to know what "anything like that" is.......
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  387. What's the exact error message and where do you get it? At what point do you get the message?
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  388.  @lisagreen3872  What system are you trying to install? If its Kali Linux, then the webpage has changed. You choose the bare metal option which will let you download the ISO file.
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  389. Will need more information. Have you verified that you selected a bootable ISO?
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  390. You can convert a physical machine to a VM. Vmware has a tool for this, but I haven't used it. The next alternative would be to take the hard drive out of your old PC, connect it to your newer PC through a dock and make a VHD file from the hard drive of the old PC. The problem I see is trying to get it to boot. XP is not meant to run on hardware different than it was installed on so it most likely will crash. There may be ways to get around it, but I don't know.
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  391. Virtual machines aren't really for gaming, especially for very demanding games like Warzone.
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  392. Did you install the VirtualBox guest additions? VirtualBox systems do run slower than on bare metal though. Installing the Guest Additions can help with performance.
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  393. You can install VBox on an external drive, but I don't believe it is intended for that purpose. You can, however, install a virtual machine on an external drive. Again, its not exactly intended for that purpose so performance may not be good over USB.
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  394. Try giving the guest system more hard drive space - preferably 50 GB or more.
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  395. Yes, but virtual machines, at least with VirtualBox aren't meant for gaming so depending on the game you're playing, performance may not be very good.
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  396. Yes. The VM will take up RAM and CPU when it is powered on. If it is off, it won't take up those resources but it will still take up storage space.
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  397. You can try but it may not work too well. It largely depends on the hardware you give your vm as well as the quality of the video among other factors.
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  398. That's normal. You have to keep in mind that Kali Linux is a security-oriented Linux distro. It has tools built-in that are considered "hacking tools" or malware by the very nature of what they're meant to be used for.
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  399. What exactly are you trying to install? Ubuntu? Kali? What?
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  400. Same overall concept. The main difference is that you substitute the Linux ISO for a Windows one. Plenty of videos on YT showing you how to install Windows on a virtual machine.
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  401. VBox is free and open source software....
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  402. Kinda helps to have more information... What computer do you have? Error message?
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  403. You can run older software that may not work on newer versions of Windows. You can use it to test out software that may be suspicious. For most average PC users, there's probably not much use case for one, but its still a cool thing to try out and learn.
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  404. Yes, but you should take the proper precautions to isolate your host/guest systems. Do note that some viruses can detect if they'[re running in a virtual environment and will refuse to run which can lead to a false negative.
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  405. There aren't any. Each vm you create will have its own virtual network adapter with a virtual MAC address.
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  406. What host system are you trying to run?
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  407.  @CuervoconDientes  So you installed Windows 10 on the virtual machine?
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  408.  @CuervoconDientes  What does the text say? When you install the OS, the installer should reboot the VM and boot you into the OS you installed. If that is not the case, check the drive settings to make sure the virtual hard disk is the first boot device. It is possible the VM is trying to boot from a virtual CD drive, for instance.
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  409. ?? You don't install them as "RAR". What exactly did you download?
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  410. That would be a type-1 hypervisor like Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, or Proxmox. You basically install the hypervisor and then manage and create your vms through the web interface.
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  411. Yes you can do that. What you do on the VM will have no effect on your real computer.
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  412. You don't, at least not yet. There is no public version of VBox for M1 chips.
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  413. Give the virtual machine more disk space. This is a 3 year old video so the system requirements likely have changed over time.
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  414. Nightmare? You most likely didn't download the correct thing. What exactly did you download from the downloads page? If you chose the virtual machine option, gives you the option to download the VM for VMware or for VirtualBox. If you chose the VBox option, it will download an OVA file. This is a pre-built VM that you just import into VBox. no need to go through the install process.
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  415. There is none. Apple does not give you a UEFI to mess around with. You don't need to do anything in BIOS on a Mac computer. As long as you have a compatible Intel Mac, you should just be able to install VBox on it.
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  416.  @agastyaadesh7848  so what do you need help with exactly?
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  417. Depends on the phone and type of server you need.
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  418. Your virtual machine will have as much storage as you allocate to its virtual hard disk. If you create a 200 GB virtual hard disk, then your VM will have up to 200 GB of space.
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  419. You don't have to, but its a common beginner Linux distro.
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  420. You should be able to remote into your VM if its setup that way. For instance, with Windows, you can use Remote Desktop to connect to your virtual Windows system from another device.
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  421.  @kit7412  Yes. Your VMs will be able to connect to a Windows domain environment.
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  422. I would look for at least 16 GB of RAM if you're going to be running a lot of RAM hungry VMs simultaneously, a decent quad core Intel or AMD CPU and at least 512GB of NVMe SSD storage, preferably 1 TB.
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  423. What does that have to do with this video????
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  424. You will most likely need to give the virtual machine more storage. The system requirements have changed over the past 2 years. I would go with at least 50 GB of storage.
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  425. You have to install the virtualbox guest additions first. Once you do that, it should automatically scale the resolution. Exact instructions depends on the guest system you install.
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  426. What version did you download? If you download the VM version from the page, then that's not an ISO. That's an OVA file and you would need to import that into VBox. If you want the ISO, you will need to choose the bare metal option from the download page.
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  427. Yes. When the VM is powered off, it won't take any resources other than storage.
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  428. My question is why would you use a work device for things that are not work related?? Is this a personal device you bought for work use or is it a work-owned device? If its the latter, can't help you with that.
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  429. What is "the thing"?
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  430. @ShinyBlob Kinda hard to help if you don't even understand what you need help with.... An ISO file is a disk image. In other words, its a digital copy of a disk. It is commonly used to install operating systems without burning a disc. You download the ISO file of whatever OS you want to install and then attach it to your VM's virtual DVD drive. This is the virtual equivalent of physically placing a disc inside of a DVD drive. You then power on the VM and proceed with the install process. There are also pre-made virtual machine files. SO instead of going through the install process, you just import the pre-packaged system and open it and it launches to a desktop. I don't know what system you're trying to install though.
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  431. @ShinyBlob You can get ISOs for Windows 10 & 11 directly from Microsoft. Simple Google search will show you.
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  432.  @OrareEt  That's not true. Your VM will have a different private IP address than your host system, but it will still have the same public facing address. After all, your VM's internet traffic goes through your home router just like any of your other devices.
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  433.  @financial.freedom85  When you create the virtual machine, part of the process will be to create a virtual hard disk file. There's an option in there that lets you create a fixed virtual hard disk file. What that means is that the virtual hard disk file will be created with that capacity. In other words, if you create a 150 GB virtual hard disk, VirtualBox will create a 150 GB file which is the virtual hard disk. This is in contrast to the dynamic (and default) option where the virtual hard disk file is small at first and grows as you start adding data to it. Though I don't understand why you want to do it this way. If you don't care about the data, you can just delete the virtual machine after you are done working with it. You will get all the storage back. You can then create a new virtual machine and play around with it like you did the first one. Probably a better solution is to create your virtual machine first and set it up the way you want. You can then create a clone of that virtual machine, play around with it. once you're done, delete the clone and then create a new one. As for your last question, that doesn't make sense either. The amount of space you use has nothing to do with days or time. it just depends now hat you're doing. You can fill up a 150 GB drive in minutes if you really want, or you can take days or weeks to ever fill it up. It just depends on what you're doing.
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  434. Depends on the use case. The advantage running virtual machines has over a USB is that you can simultaneously run multiple virtual systems. But you won't have the full performance on each virtual machine as the resources (RAM, CPU, etc) are shared between all guest systems as well as the host system.
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  435.  @mbchess9909  The virtual machine will have a different MAC address since it has its own virtual NIC (network adapter). It will also have its own different internal IP address since by default, it uses a different DHCP sever. It will still share the same public IP as your other devices since internet traffic still goes to/from your router.
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  436. That doesn't tell me much. Intel Core i5 has been around for nearly 15 years. There have been many generations of i5 CPUs.... The graphics card is irrelevant also.
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  437. You might need to make the virtual hard disk larger; say 50-100 GB.
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  438. That does work. Having it as a vm makes it more convenient as you don't have to plug in the drive and restart your computer. You just open VirtualBox and start the Kali VM. Either option works perfectly fine for most use cases.
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  439.  @networkchucksupport1705  Get lost scammer.
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  440. IT, in this context, refers to Information Technology. Its a very broad field that deals with computers and technology.
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  441. You'll need to move the VM's files to your D: drive. You may need to then tell VirtualBox where the new location is, otherwise, it will still think its in its original location.
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  442. If its an Intel Mac, it will work. Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2) are not supported.
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  443. What laptop are you using? Model number? OS your laptop is running?
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  444. If you're doing things by the book, you're still supposed to observe all licensing agreements. That means you have to pay for a license from Microsoft. unofficially, Microsoft will let you run W10/11 indefinitely w/o a product key. You won't be able to personalize the Windows install (like changing the wallpaper and taskbar color), and a watermark appears. But other than that, everything else will work the same as if you paid for the license. In reality, most people aren't buying Windows license just to install Windows on a virtual machine.
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  445. Its like turning off a physical computer. Once you shut down the virtual machine, no one can do anything on it since its powered off. Just like if you have a powered off computer, its not doing anything. If your VM is 'compromised' and you start it up again, its possible said 'hacker' could still have access to it. But the thing you do is delete the virtual machine and create a new one.
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  446. Most likely need to give the VM more storage.
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  447. Can you clarify your question?
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  448. What kind of Mac? If it has an M1/M2 CPU, it won't work. There is no public release of VBox that works on those CPUs, though I believe they are working on it.
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  449. Kali Linux is a security-oriented distribution. Its meant for people who want to learn hacking. If you are not interested in computer security, it will not be of use to you.
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  450. You can, but it is not supported and not all that easy to get setup. There are plenty of videos on YT showing you how to install macOS in a vm.
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  451. It would be unlikely.
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  452. No, Kali is not absolutely required. If you're not interested in learning penetration testing/hacking, it will be of no use to you.
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  453. Is it an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac? (M1? M2? etc?) If its Apple Silicon, then there's no official version of VirtualBox for Apple Silicon. You'll need to use an alternative like Parallels or VMware fusion
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  454. Of course dude.
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  455.  @bryantfoo9816  I don't know. I'm sure there are plenty of tutorials that show you how to install it.
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  456. Virtual machines are not exactly meant for gaming. The virtual GPU is generally good enough for basic tasks and that's it. There are some ways you can passthrough a GPU, but it gets more advanced and you need a dedicated GPU. A virtual machine is not a substitute for real hardware. If your PC by itself cannot run games, a VM much less will be able to.
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  457. What edition of Windows do you have? Windows 10 Home doesn't have those features. The closest you can get without upgrading to W10 Pro is to use VirtualBox or VMware Player
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  458. An OVA file is a pre-packaged virtual appliance. That means that you just import that file into VBox and it will handle the rest for you; no need to install since its already pre-built. If you had downloaded the ISO then you would go through the install process which is similar to what he does in the video.
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  459. ​ @Spidotje  That's a weird problem. Try running VirtualBox as an administrator and see if that helps.
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  460. You probably need to make the VM's hard drive larger. I'd go with at least 20 GB.
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  461. If your mouse and keyboard are connected next to each other, try moving one of the devices to another USB port and see if that helps.
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  462. What do you mean by "sharing the device"?
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  463. user error
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  464. Because you can use laptops almost the same as desktop computers.
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  465. Hard to say exactly why its happening. It could be a problem with your internet connection, an antivirus/anti-malware program interfering with the connection, a virus or malware, or browser's history/cache or a bad browser extension.
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  466. Running a vm will take up resources on your host system. It depends on your physical hardware and what virtual specs your guest OS has.
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  467. An ISO image is a digital copy of a disk. In the realm of computers and IT, ISOs are used to distribute things like operating systems instead of burning them to a physical disk. You attach the ISO to the VM's DVD drive so that it appears (to the VM) as if you had inserted a disk containing the OS. That way, the VM can boot up from the ISO file to install the system. There's an alternative to using an ISO file which is a pre-built VM called an OVA file or similar. This is a pre-built system that you just import into VBox and it handles the rest automatically. you don't have to go through the install process. Just important and once its done, you can start the VM and its ready for use. It doesn't really matter which way you do it. You'll get the same result if you install via ISO, but it just takes some more steps and time to install.
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  468. How much RAM does your host system have? Short of disabling unneeded programs and services, there isn't usually a whole lot else you can do other than installing more RAM.
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  469. Well Kali is a security-oriented distribution. It has many tools that are considered "viruses" or hack type programs. You should be able to add an exclusion in WD so that it doesn't flag it as a virus or malware. Kali itself isn't a virus. It just has many tools that could be used for illegitimate purposes as well as legitimate purposes.
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  470. I'm not sure what you mean.
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  471. The system requirements of systems change over time. So if you're trying to follow exactly the steps he shows in the video, it may not work due the guest OS needing more disk space. I would give it at least 25 GB of space instead of the 10 GB he suggests.
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  472. "installing as an iso file". not quite sure what that means. What did you download?
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  473. It is most likely due to the CPU. That's a pretty weak CPU. Not really much you can do.
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  474.  @acedeccani400  I don't have any particular model of CPU to buy, but I would strongly recommend looking into a modern Ryzen or Intel CPU with at least 4 cores.
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  475. lmao. Its not that serious my dude.
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  476. And just so you know, Apple isn't a great company either. They're a horrible and unethical company that green washes. You know how they care so much about the planet yet they make their computers and phones impractical to repair without the appropriate tools that only they have? Apple goes to great lengths to make sure that you cannot change the screen on your phone and not get a "not genuine" message. What a joke.
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  477. They do. Its called Hyper-V. Its not meant for regular home users though.
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  478. The VM will take up as much space as it needs. So for instance, by default, vm virtual discs will be thin provisioned. That means that the virtual hard disk file will only take the amount of space you currently have stored. So if when you install Kali linux, the entire install takes up 10 GB of space, the virtual hard disk file will be 10GB in size. It will not take up the entire 60 GB of space on your hard drive unless you 60 GB worth of files to the VM. If you did a thick provision, then the virtual hard disk file will be as large as you set it; which means it would be a 60 GB file even if you have less than 60 GB worth of files.
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  479. ?? This is just a video on VirtualBox. ESXi is a different thing and it is not discontinued. Maybe the version you have on your server is discontinued and out of support. You can use Proxmox which is like ESXi but is free and open source.
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  480. There are some rare instances of viruses and malware being able to escape from a virtual machine. If you're that worried about it, you may want to dedicated a physical machine just for testing malware on it. In most cases, you will be fine as long as you take proper precautions to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible.
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  481. Of course dude. The VM's network traffic still goes through your home router so it will have the same public IP address. If you want a different IP address on your VM, you'll need to run some sort of VPN on it or use another connection like a phone hotspot/USB tethering.
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  482. 🤣🤣🤣Well it isn't any phishing attempt. Its an educational video. 🤣
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  483. lmao doofus. Not everyone knows how virtual machines work you know 🙄 🙄 🙄
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  484. That's not necessarily true. There are some rare instances where viruses have broken out of virtual machines.
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  485. Does your laptop only have 1.5 GB of RAM total? If so, this will likely not run well, especially if you're trying to run Windows virtual machines. You won't mess up your laptop, but it simply cannot handle it with only 1.5 GB of RAM. It will be too slow.
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  486.  @EndPiglin  No harm in trying it, but like I said, the performance likely wont' be very good with only 1.5 GB of RAM.
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  487. I don't understand your issue. Have you already installed a guest system in Virtual Box?
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  488. There's no official way. You will need to enable Linux support on your device and then install the Debian version of VBox. Do note that its not officially supported and you may need to perform other tasks to get it to work. Also note that most Chromebooks aren't very powerful so the performance of a VM (assuming you can get it to work) may not be very good.
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  489. I have no idea what you're trying to ask....
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  490. What does the exact error say?
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  491. Make sure the "Enable EFI" box is checked in the VM's settings.
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  492. Its in the bare metal section.
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  493. Its possible, but unlikely. There are some viruses that can detect if they're running in a virtual environment, and even try to escape, but they are quite rare. What is more likely is that you get a virus that detects its running on a VM. Those that are programmed that way will not do anything to try to evade detection.
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  494. You can kind of do that, but I don't think both people can be using the computer at the same time. In other words, only 1 person would be able to use the vm or the real PC at once. You can't both be working at the same time.
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  495. If you're talking about the same public IP, then that's normal. All traffic goes through your main router so it will have the same public IP address.
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  496. Give your virtual hard disk more space. You have to keep in mind that this is a 2 year old video. The requirements for systems change over time.
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  497. I've been running VBox for over a decade and never had a problem like that where the host OS gets corrupted. Hard to say what it was. It may have been a coincidence. Who knows.
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  498. You're probably better off buying a new drive. While rare, there are some rootkits that can embed themselves pretty good in hard drives.
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  499. That depends entirely on the guest system requirements. I would recommend at least 2 cores per guest. Heavier systems like W10/11 may not run very well with less than 4 cores.
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  500. Windows yes and no. You can download the media creation tool from MS and download the W10/11 ISO for free. If you're doing things by the book, you have to pay for a windows license. MS lets you unofficially run Windows w/o a product key, but you won't be able to personalize your PC and a watermark will appear. Other than that, everything else will work fine. Apple on the other hand doesn't distribute their OS as ISOs. They can only officially be downloaded through the Mac App Store. They don't allow anyone to use macOS on a non-Apple computer. You can still do it, but it's not all that easy and straightforward.
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  501. If you have a wi-fi adapter plugged into the host PC and do a USB pass-through, sure. It will appear as a USB wifi adapter to the guest system.
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  502. You can try, but it most likely won't work well. VirtualBox isn't really meant for this use case.
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  503. If your host PC is powered off, none of your VMs will be accessible. If you want a dedicated server you can keep on just for VMs, you want to look into a type 1 hypervisor like ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox, etc.
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  504. Every BIOS is different in terms of layout and options. It may have a different name or be in a different section.
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  505. Right click the VM entry, and click on "remove"
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  506. You probably need to install the virtualbox guest additions. That will install the graphics driver and should help with the screen size.
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  507. Its probably easier and faster to just reinstall the OS on your vm than trying to find a way around the password.
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  508. It is. You may want to watch a couple of videos on how to setup one up correctly though.
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  509. Not sure what you mean by deactivated....
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  510. of course
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  511. I doubt it will work. I don't believe there's an Apple Silicon version of Virtual Box just yet. The closest I've heard is using Parallels, but its not free.
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  512. Not sure what you're asking. If you're installing a virtual machine, nothing happens to your main system. You have to remember: A virtual machine is basically a computer running inside of your computer. You can install a new system on your VM, and it won't affect your host system.
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  513.  @_999_  Nah dude. If you're testing viruses on a virtual machine, you should take the appropriate precautions to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible. If you don't know how to do that, you clearly aren't ready to be testing viruses or malware. lmao. What does "that will trigger enough the network" even mean???
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  514. macOS does not run on any computer that isn't a Mac. You could in theory install macOS on a virtual machine, but it will be a massive PITA. There are tons of guides and videos showing you how to do this, but it likely won't be easy. I haven't used it, but you can try a free program called PhotoRec which can attempt data recovery.
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  515. You can try doing that. Just note that virtualbox is not meant for 3D gaming. You can try it, but it may or may not work especially if you're trying to run very intense 3D games. It won't hurt anything, but just don't expect it to work correctly.
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  516.  @super_kenil  You'll need to install the virtualbox guest additions drivers. This usually helps with graphics performance as well as letting you get automatic full screen. But as I said earlier, the gaming performance inside a virtual machine may not be great.
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  517. Give the virtual machine more disk space. This is a 3 year old video so the system requirements likely have changed over time.
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  518. Of course.
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  519. No. If its powered off, it will not take up any RAM.
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  520. Not quite. The Android software on your phone is designed to run on ARM CPUs and not x86-64 like Intel/AMD CPUs. There is a project called Android-x86 which allows you to to run Android on a regular computer, but it won't be the exact Samsung experience.
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  521. You're in the wrong video dude. I suggest starting with basic computer knowledge videos. There are many videos and guides out there. You can then start looking into more advanced topics once you have a general idea of computers.
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  522. Are you trying to install macOS in a virtual machine or install VirtualBox on a Mac computer?
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  523. Its fine. You just import the OVA file into VBox. Import Appliance. If you want the ISO, choose the bare metal option from the download page.
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  524. Linux is not an OS so the question isn't exactly correct. Linux refers to the Linux kernel, but a lot of people use the term Linux to refer the nearly infinite number of distributions (distros) out there. Ubuntu is a Linux distro but there are tons more. There isn't exactly a "better" distro as it greatly depends on your use case/knowledge. In general, Ubuntu and Linux Mint are pretty good and well recommended for beginners. Sometimes you just need to try different distros to see what works best for you.
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  525.  @travelwithcj7  lol. You have lots to learn. It doesn't make sense to do it the way you want. Yes you can install virtual machiness inside of virtual machines but why would you do it that way? You will loose performance since you are virtualizing several layers deep. You just install a virtual machine and create another one once you're done "hacking". Or the better way is to setup a virtual machine as you wan it - with all the software and configuration exactly the way you need it setup. Then create clones of that 'master' virtual machine as needed.
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  526. Right click on the VM and choose "Remove".
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  527. You will need to use a VPN on the virtual machine.
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  528. That does not make any sense at all....
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  529.  @suzieq8379  You ramble too much It is difficult to understand run on sentences you know
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  530. Depends on the actual job. You can remote in via VPN if that is available.
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  531. None. Apple doesn't give you access to a UEFI menu. What Mac do you have? if it has an M1/M2 CPU, you can't use VirtualBox.
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  532. For the most part, yes. However, if you're going to do this, I recommend disabling the networking feature of your VM as well as the shared folders and bi-directional drag and drop features.
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  533. No. If you want to protect your VM, you'll need to install an a/v solution it as well.
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  534. You download it from the Kali website. It looks very different than the one in the video. You have 2 main options: An OVA file or an ISO file. The OVA file is a pre-made virtual machine. You just import it into VBox and it will handle all the rest for you. If you want to go through the install process, you download the ISO file. Create your VM, add that ISO file to the VM's dvd drive to boot from and go through the install process. The OVA file will be under the VM category and the ISO will be in the bare metal category.
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  535. The resources are only used when you have your vm running. If its powered off, it won't use any CPU/RAM.
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  536. With what?
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  537. The fastest and easiest way is to do a direct connection. Plug your laptop to your TV via HDMI (most common video connection) cable. You may be able to do a wireless screen cast, but this may not be ideal due to the inherent delay in wireless communications.
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  538. If the VM is not running, it will not use any CPU or RAM resources. It will still continue using disk space regardless if it is powered on or not. VirtualBox is a type 2 hypervisor meaning it requires a host system to run. If you restart your host OS, the VMs will be shut down. It won't "screw" anything up, but they just will not be usable if the host is restarting or shutdown.
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  539. Sounds like you're trying to get around some website's terms of service.... Anyways, it will appear to come from the same source since your internet traffic from your VMs still goes through your router .You may need to use a VPN on each VM, but it depends on whatever service you're trying to get around.
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  540. You need to setup USB passthrough in the VM's settings.
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  541.  @umanijaz5118  Its unlikely. If you're really worried about this, you may want to buy a dedicated computer for VMs and probably put that computer on its on VLAN so that its separated from your home network.
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  542. In theory, yes. Realistically, its not going to happen. The Xbox OS is designed specifically for a very limited set of hardware. So even if you were able to somehow extract the software, it wouldn't run on conventional PC hardware. And plus, the Xbox OS has always been based on Windows, but at a more limited version.
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  543. What's the exact error you're getting? And at what step in the video are you getting this error?
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  544. Hard to help without details....
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  545. 😆😆😆 lmao. Why?
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  546. An OVA file is a pre-built VM. You just import into VBox and that's it. No need to go through he install process. If you still want to do so, you will need to download the ISO file (bare metal option)
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  547. Can't please everyone...
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  548. No. No virtual machine can ever be 100% secure, but you can take certain precautions to minimize the risk. If you're really that worried, you may want to have a computer just for sensitive tasks running something like Qubes and only using it when you need to do those sensitive tasks.
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  549. Yes except for disk space.
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  550. Well no since you need a wifi adapter to work with wifi based attacks....
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  551. Well you have to figure out what resources your virtual systems require. If you give the guest systems too little RAM or CPU cores, you may have poor performance.
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  552. If you're talking about the Kali download, you have 2 main options: The Virtual machine download option will download an OVA file. This is a pre-built virtual machine that you just import into VBox. That's it. If you want to go the install route, choose the bare metal option to download the ISO file.
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  553.  @molotovick  the bios looks different between computers and manufacturers. You should be able to find some guides online for your specific model.
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  554. You can try, but it likely won't work well. There is no ChromeOS version of VBox. You will need to enable Linux support to install the Debian version. However, most Chromebooks don't usually have powerful hardware so the performance may not be very good.
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  555. 64-Bit lets you use more memory (more than 4 GB of RAM).
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  556. Its hard to say exactly what will happen as it depends on the programs anti-piracy measures. Some programs register the computers hardware ID (HWID) and/or a GUID. If they detect that it changes, it may realize its running on a different machine and refuse to work. Other programs may not care. As long as the software product key is valid, that's all that matters. The only real way is to test it out yourself. Technically speaking, you're still supposed to observe any software licensing agreements/restrictions even if you run the software in a virtual machine.
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  557. Of course. I'm using W11 and Vbox works fine on my Thinkpad.
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  558. It largely depends on what VMs you plan on running and what they need to do. For that much, you may want look at a type 1 hypervisor like Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox or VMware ESXi. You can assign each VM its own ip address. In terms of hardware, I would look at at least 16GB of RAM, if not a lot more. Plenty of SSD storage and a decently fast and modern CPU. Again, all this varies depending on what you want your VMs to do. If you're going to be running basic Linux systems, you don't need that much power.
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  559. It will have a different private IP address but will still share the same public IP address since any internet traffic from the VM still goes through your router. If you want a different public IP, you'll need to use a VPN or a different internet source, like your phone's USB tethering.
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  560. That's the fun part about Linux. When things don't work, its often quite difficult to figure out why and how to fix it. Welcome to Linux. I think you need to install the VirtualBox guest additions. I don't remember the exact steps, but VBox let's you add the VBox guest additions ISO to your VM. Once those are installed, you should be able to adjust your resolution and do things like drag and drop. There are plenty of guides online showing you how to do this.
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  561. Not quite sure what you're asking. You can create a VM and have it saved on yoru USB drive. It won't affect the files on it. You just need to point the directory that VBox uses to your USB drive. However, its not ideal running a VM from USB as the performance may not be great depending on the USB drive and what you're doing in the VM.
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  562. Is your laptop part of a Windows domain environment? In other words, is managed by any company OR have you set any custom group policy settings?
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  563. What didn't work? Installing VirtualBox or a guest vm? Need more info.
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  564. lmao. Not to be rude, but if you have to ask this, you're going to have a very difficult time in your "insta hacking" journey....
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  565. His video is not a virus, but there are many scam bots on channels like this. YouTube doesn't seem to really care about fixing the issue, though.
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  566. I wouldn't say "comfortable". The advantage dual booting has is that you have full access to the hardware on whatever system you're running. Virtual Machines don't have full access and may have some performance drops as the computer is running 2 systems. However, especially for newcomers, trying to setup a dual boot system can be challenging especially if people aren't familiar with partitions and boot loaders. With a vm, you don't have to worry about accidentally formatting your actual drive or deleting the incorrect partition.
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  567. A virtual machine is a virtual computer running on top of a real computer. So yes, you will have 2 operating systems running simultaneously. If you do not want this, you can make a dual boot setup. That means that you install another operating system on your hard drive/SSD. So when you turn on your PC, you can choose between Windows or whatever Linux distro you install. Only one system will be running at a time with a dual boot setup. Most Linux distros have a feature that will automatically partition your drive and setup a dualboot system if it detects another OS like Windows installed. It still recommended that you have a backup of anything important before doing this.
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  568. What Kali did you exactly download? They have different downloads depending on if you want to do a bare metal install or a pre-built VM.
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  569. VirtualBox has a USB Passthrough mode. As the name implies, it passes whatever USB device you select. I have found it can be finicky at times so I don't use it very often. Read the documentation help guide.
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  570. If you choose the Virtual Machine option, it will download an OVA file (for VBox). You just import this file into Vbox. An OVA is a pre-built VM. Just import and you're good to go. If you want to go the install route, you choose the bare metal option. This will download the ISO file which you add to your VM to go through the install process.
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  571. A virtual machine likely won't help you. VirtualBox is not meant for gaming. That's one of the drawbacks about Linux. Things don't always work well. You have to find workarounds if possible or just deal with the fact that you can't run those games. I'm assuming you already have WINE installed? In short, WINE lets you attempt to run Windows programs on Linux. Steam I believe has something called ProtonDB that can also help you run Windows-only Steam games on Linux. Again, its not guaranteed to work perfectly though.
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  572. Yeah no... The only recourse is to contact Instagram support. There's nothing anyone here can do to get the account back.
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  573. Very unlikely. It will simply affect the guest system. If you're going to do this, make sure all host-guest and vice-versa communications are turned off.
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  574. Does it open?
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  575. The main issue you will run across is that cell phone systems (Android and iOS) are built for ARM CPUs (or Apple silicon). They're not your typical AMD or Intel-based CPUs. As such, VirtualBox cannot emulate an ARM based CPU and can't run any ARM code, like Android. I believe there is/was a project aimed at getting Android running on AMD/Intel PCs, but I don't know if it is still possible. There is something called BlueStacks that lets you run Android apps on mac/Windows, but I don't know if it will run the Android system itself.
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  576. You really think he's going to do a video on that?? lol. Simple google search of "configure pfsense dhcp for pxe boot" will show you what you're looking for.... In short, you'll need to configure your pfsense's DHCP server to point to the PXE server as well as the file that you want to boot.
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  577. I believe you can install to any drive/directory but its usually best to just install it in the default location.
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  578. No. If you don't have VirtualBox and a VM actively running, they won't take resources other than storage.
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  579. That's fine.
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  580. You don't need to use them. Its just for demonstration.
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  581. Live-boot works pretty much the same as if you install it to the VM's virtual drive. The main difference is that nothing will be saved when you power off the VM. Live CD distros copy most, if not all of the OS and programs into RAM letting you run it without installing, but as soon as you power off or reboot, everything is lost.
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  582. It may be called Virtualization or AMD-V or similar. Not every manufacturer has exactly the same layout or wording.
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  583.  @lofiboi5440 You'll have to look online for that laptop model.
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  584. That makes no sense. "doesn't pop up the thing for the iso".... what does that mean? What time in the video are you having trouble with?
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  585.  @fishimply  Can you try removing the ISO file from your vm's DVD drive and see if it boots that way?
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  586. What? What exactly are you having trouble with?
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  587. What exactly are you trying to do?
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  588. Did you install the guest additions? I believe you have to install any available updates for the guest additions to get installed. This should help improve performance.
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  589. Kinda hard to help without details....
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  590.  @Huss4gaming50  And what's the exact error you get?
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  591.  @Huss4gaming50  That might be something on your computer blocking the download. Make sure your antivirus/firewall isn't blocking it.
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  592. What are you trying to install? What specific part do you get stuck on? Details....
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  593. Sure.
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  594. What issues??
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  595. As part of the install process, the installer partitions and formats your virtual hard drive. If you meant dual booting, well a virtual machine, as the name implies is a virtual computer that runs inside of your real computer. You can run multiple virtual computers at once (depending on the host hardware as well as the guest systems). You don't have to worry about partitioning your real drive or potentially loosing data.
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  596. NAT is fine in most cases. That is unless you want your VM to have full access to your network as if it were directly connected to your router. In that case, you would choose bridged adapter.
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  597. If you want the ISO file for Kali Linux, choose the bare metal option. The page has been redesigned since he made the video.
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  598. No. If a VM is powered off, it won't use your hardware except for the disk storage.
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  599. Are you downloading the Windows version from Oracle's page?
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  600. What exactly did you download? What file are you talking about? Need more details.
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  601. I'm pretty sure you can, but the interface will be different than VBox.
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  602. You are looking at a type-1 hypervisor. VirtualBox and VMware Player are type-2 hypervisors. What that means is that VirtualBox and VMware Player are programs that run on top of your host operating system. A type-1 hypervisor like Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Proxmox, is essentially the operating system. The hypervisor takes up some resources, but not much.
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  603. If you're asking how to install it, its the overall same process the he showed here. You just download the ISO for Fedora instead of Ubuntu.
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  604.  @yumiescobar1425  Have you tried searching for the exact error message on Google? Chances are someone has had a similar issue already and has a fix.
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  605. I don't believe VBox supports Win9x out of the box anymore. There was a workaround somehow to enable higher resolutions. You'll have to look it up.
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  606. Make sure you have a bootable ISO in the virtual CD drive. Make sure its set as the 1st boot device.
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  607. Sure
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  608. Try giving the virtual machine more disk space, say 50-100 GB.
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  609. Did you add the ISO to the disk drive of whatever operating system you want to install?
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  610. And what is that problem??
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  611. It helps to know what hardware you have. What CPU do you have? What guest OS are you trying to run? Have you installed the virtualbox guest additions? Are you running any other programs other than VBox?
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  612. An OVA file is a pre-built virtual machine. You just import it into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. If you want the ISO file and to go through the entire setup process, choose the bare metal option from the downloads page.
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  613. What are you talking about dude? I think you're on the wrong channel/video.
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  614. Yep.
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  615. I'd go with at least a 25 GB virtual disk.
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  616. If you want the iso file, you choose the bare metal option. If you want a pre-buil VM, choose the VM option to download for VMware or VirtualBox.
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  617. For what? Exactly are you installing?
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  618. A dual boot system is good also, but I would recommend it if you're pretty much committed to installing 2 systems on your computer. It does have the advantage of whichever OS is loaded to have full access to the hardware. However, you ideally should know about disk partitioning and bootloaders. Otherwise, you can easily loose data if you don't understand what you're doing. In my view, VMs are good for when you want to play around or test things in a virtual environment without potentially damaging your main OS.
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  619. What tech business do you run? Its standard in most medium to large organizations, even if they aren't tech oriented organizations.
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  620. Well that means that whatever programs you're trying to run are programmed to not run in a virtual machine. Nothing you can do about that.
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  621. If you want the ISO file, choose the bare metal option from the downloads page. An OVA file is a pre-built VM. You just import it into VBox and that's it; no need to go through the install process.
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  622. Your virtual machines will still have the same public IP address you get from your ISP. That is because your internet traffic between the virtual machines still goes through your router. If you're concerned about security on the virtual machine, you should really rethink what you're doing.
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  623. It does work the same way its just that the page looks very different. If you want the ISO, you choose the bare metal option.
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  624. As long as its not an M1/M2 mac, sure.
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  625. That doesn't make sense. Why would you want to install Intel chipset on an M1 Mac if they don't use Intel CPUs??
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  626. Its another operating system to use and learn. If you've never used a Linux OS, it will be quite different than say, Windows, Mac, or ChromeOS.
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  627. The way you word it makes it sound that no one has ever made a video of installing XP on a vm. Its been done many times. Surely you can do a simple YouTube search.... The "hard" part is obtaining a Windows XP install disc/ISO. The legality of that is dubious unless you already have a CD/ISO.
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  628. You'll most likely need to install the VirtualBox guest additions. How you do this depends on the guest OS You installed.
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  629.  @EpicOne1111  I believe with those, you can check for updates in the host system. It should recognize that its running in a vm environment and automatically download and install the Guest Additions.
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  630. That's fine. Its a different program so the interfaces and menus will look different but it will work more or less the same.
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  631. The website layout has changed since he made the video. If you want to download the ISO, you choose the bare metal option. If you want the pre-made VM, you choose the virtual machines option.
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  632. Yeah sure thing scam troll bot. You bots always crack me up with your absurd stories. How much do you get paid?
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  633. Did you attach the Ubuntu ISO to your virtual machine?
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  634. That's probably something on your computer. Do you have any add-ons installed on your browser? Sometimes some add-ons can interfere with websites. I use U-Block Origin as my adblocker and don't have many issues visiting most websites. I don't know if you've already tried it, but clear your browser's history and cache. Built-up cache can have some websites behave oddly.
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  635. Yes. By default, the virtual machine gets a virtual adapter that is in NAT mode. That means that Virtualbox acts as a router to your guest system. In other words, the guest system doesn't have a direct connection to your main router. You would need to set the Attached to setting to bridged as he shows.
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  636. For ISO image, you choose the ISO file of whatever operating system you downloaded. This is the ISO file that will be used to install the OS. The edition section only applies to Windows ISOs. you can select to install Windows 11 Pro for instance, and it will automatically install that edition for you.
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  637. If you don't know what you're doing, your real PC can still get infected. If you're going to be playing around with potential viruses and malware, its best to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible. You also have to keep in mind there are rare viruses that can break out of virtual machines and other types of malware that can detect that its being run in a virtual environment and not run which can lead to a potential false negative. Most typical viruses won't act like this, but just be advised that's a possibility.
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  638. That's USB passthrough. Its finicky sometimes. Open the VM's settings, and look for the USB section. It may be under ports (at least it is on Mac). Click on the + icon and look for the name of your USB device.
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  639. Lol your username almost tricked me.
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  640. There is no ChromeOS versions of VirtualBox. There are some ways you can get a Linux versions of VBox to work on a Chromebook, but that is not officially supported. The more important consideration is the Chromebook itself. Chromebooks are typically not very powerful. So even if you ran Windows in a vm, it may not run great depending on the Chromebook you have. You ideally want to give Windows at least 4GB of RAM, preferably 8 and I doubt most average Chromebooks have that much ram. The VM will have absolutely nothing to do with the copyright strikes you get from your ISP. Your ISP does not know what devices are doing what on the internet. They just see internet traffic going to and from your router. Even if you made multiple VMs and pirated material, they will still that you are downloading/uploading copyrighted material; they just won't know what device in your home network is doing it. You can install a VPN on your vm to masquerade your activities. The vm will really only help if you are downloading shady files from shady websites. With the vm, you can test the files to see if they contain viruses or other malware.
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  641. You have to enable Linux mode on your Chromebook and install the Debian version of VBox. Just note that most Chromebooks don't have great hardware so the performance may not be very good.
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  642. Its possible, but not all that easy. There are plenty of guides showing you how to do this.
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  643. It tells you right in the error message: You don't have virtualization enabled in your BIOS.
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  644. Depends on what type of vm you want to run.
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  645. Well it depends on the laptop's hardware. Chances are that it won't run newer systems too well. But again, it depends on the hardware. I strongly recommend installing an SSD and at least 8GB of RAM.
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  646.  @timsteinkamp2245  The SSD should make it pretty responsive, but the CPU will also play an important part in overall performance.
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  647. If it is an Intel Macbook, sure. If it is an Apple Silicon Mac (i.e M1/M2 etc), then no.
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  648. I think its about 25 GB, but I may be wrong.
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  649. Good luck with that. VirtualBox isn't really ideal for graphics tasks. You can play around with the graphics settings inside of the virtual machine's settings, but it may cause performance or stability issues.
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  650. You need to remove the Ubuntu install ISO from the VM's virtual DVD drive. I don't remember the exact steps, but it should be in the Devices tab.
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  651. You do technically have to follow all licensing agreements if you're working inside of a vm. Realistically, you don't actually need to purchase a Windows license. MS lets you run Windows 10/11 indefinitely without paying for a product key.
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  652. Try giving your VM more disk space, say 50 GB or more.
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  653. Sounds like user error....
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  654. That's the "fun" part about Linux. You have to be willing to learn and figure stuff out on your own. In most instances, if you run updates on your virtual Linux system, it will eventually pickup the drivers and software for the VirtualBox Guest Additions. It may take 10+ minutes to fully download and install. Once that's updated, you should be able to get a better resolution and some better performance.
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  655. You can try, but I don't think modern VBox versions support Win9x very well anymore.
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  656. What's the exact error message and where are you getting this error message?
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  657. lmfao this dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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  658. Every computer will be different. They won't all have the exact wording. On some, it may be listed as Virtualization.
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  659. Its not as user friendly as VBox though.
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  660. If you dual boot, you get the full hardware performance compared to if you run a virtual machine.
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  661.  @leiahav7213  Yes that's ok to enable. And you may need to enable it otherwise the virtual machine may fail to startup. It will probably throw a "fatal" error if virtualization technology isn't enabled.
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  662. There should be a little arrow next to the error that gives you more info. What does it say? Otherwise it is pretty vague.
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  663. What more information does it give? There should be an arrow near the error message which will give you more info.
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  664. PopOS is based on Ubuntu so you can select that. I doubt will cause any problems.
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  665. You'll need to reset the BIOS. Mother PCs/motherboards have a manual that tells you how to do this. You usually short 2 pins to clear the CMOS which in turn clears the password. On modern laptops, it may be more difficult to do this.
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  666. In the Kali Linux home page, there's a documentation button that you can click on. It will have an installation guide.
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  667. Each VM will have its own private IP address but they will all have the same public IP address since all the network traffic goes through your router.
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  668. I would give it 4 GB of RAM. You can likely run it with 1, but the performance may not be particularly great.
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  669.  @elbibokoning7889  Did you install the VirtualBox guest additions? That can help with performance. Virtual Machines will still run slower than on bare metal, so don't expect blazing fast performance.
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  670. I don't know if you can permanently allocate a monitor, but I know you can just move the virtual machine window to another monitor and set it in full-screen. I don't know if you can use a keyboard/mouse for the virtual machine and another set for your host OS at the same time though.
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  671. Its the same overall process regardless of the guest OS you want. Windows is a more resource heavy OS compared to a lot of Linux distros so that's why the default settings are higher for Windows VM.
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  672. The virtual machine won't use CPU or RAM if its powered off. It will still take up disk space.
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  673. You can create another user account from within Kali's settings. I don't remember the exact steps but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
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  674.  @lowkeeme2819  No sorry. I'm pretty sure there are countless other resources that can help with that.
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  675.  @thetalkchannel3001  Kinda important to know what error you're getting....
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  676. Yeah it still works. No reason why it wouldn't. The requirements for Kali have changed, so you will need to add more storage space to your VM if you plan on using that. You will need to obtain a Windows 7 install disc or ISO. Other than that, its the same overall process as installing any other Windows version. The hard part may be finding one. There's no official way to obtain it from MS anymore. Internet Archive is probably your best friend, but you still need a valid product key or a way to get around that.
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  677. It will take up storage, but not RAM. RAM is only used when you power on a VM. But storage is used regardless if the vm is powered on or off.
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  678. That's true because all the internet traffic still goes through your router. You can use a VPN or other internet connection on the VM if you want.
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  679. If you have an Intel-based iMac, sure. If its an Apple silicon Mac, then no. I don't believe there's any public release for it. You can use an alternative like Parallels or VMware Fusion.
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  680. In theory you could, but its not supported and not that easy to do. There are countless guides and videos on how to do this. Just be prepared to rip your hair out trying to get things to somewhat work.
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  681. It doesn't "auto download inside". He just showed how to download it to demonstrate that you can install different systems on a vm.
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  682. That's because YT removed the dislike counter. Before that, the video had at least 1k down votes.
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  683. lmao. Windows 7 EoL. A lot of software will slowly loose support, if they haven't already.
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  684.  @Gipfelfini  Still not enough info. What hardware did you give your virtual machine? You have to keep in mind this a 2 year old video. The system requirements for OS's change over time.
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  685. Try using another browser like Firefox or MS Edge. Sometimes some extensions and anti-virus/anti-malware programs can interfere with downloads. As for entering the BIOS, it depends on your computer. I think the easiest way is to hold the left shift key, restart your PC, choose Advanced troubleshooting options and then choose UEFI Firmware. This will take you into the UEFI where you can make changes to it.
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  686. If you look at the downloads page, you'll see 2 main options: virtual machine or bare metal. The VM option is for downloading a pre-built VM. Its an OVA file so you just import that into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. If you still want the ISO file, you choose the bare metal option. There's also a documentation button in the home page. If you're interested in Kali Linux and hacking in general, you will need to think outside the box, so to speak and do a lot of reading on your own; documentation is where you get the information. Not sure what you mean by Virtualbox being revamped. On Windows, the 6.1.32 version (latest one I believe) looks pretty much the same as it does in the video.
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  687. What? Running virtual machines is not illegal at all. Using Kali linux is not illegal at all. What you do with it may or may not be illegal. Its like a tool. You can use tools for legitimate purposes just like you can use them for illegitimate purposes.
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  688. If you need the most performance, installing Kali as a dual boot system is the best choice. If you're just learning and playing around with Kali linux installing on a virtual machine is probably the best choice for that.
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  689. Yes, vms can get hacked. A VM is pretty much a virtual computer. The guest operating system is vulnerable to whatever attacks/exploits are available for that version. Your host system shouldn't be affected by the guest getting hacked. Though want to turn off any host to guest (and vice versa) communications like networking, drag and drop, shared clipboard, etc.
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  690. What kind of virtual machine is it? If it is a Windows Server VM, you can have Remote Desktop setup so that any computer on the network can access that vm just as if you were using it in person. VMware ESXi has a web interface you can use to access VMs from within the browser or through a remote console like VMRC.
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  691. There are tons of guides and articles and videos explaining the basics of many of the nearly infinite number of Linux distros out there. I can't post links, but they're easy to find. Pretty much every major Linux distro should have a beginner's guide or getting started guide or similar on their page.
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  692. The 7Zip version is a pre-built virtual machine. You just extract the contents of the 7Zip file and run the virtual machine file. That's it. I also strongly suggest reading the documentation on the Kali page.
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  693. Yes you get storage back if you delete the vm.
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  694. there is no official support for ChromeOS. There are guides online showing you how to do it, but it doesn't always look straightforward.
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  695. Yes virtual machines are a good way to learn about IT systems. You can run many virtual computers and servers on 1 physical machine (assuming your PC is power enough for it) instead of having to buy many physical machines. Virtual machines are used extensively in the IT world, but they don't usually use VirtualBox. They go higher and use type-1 hypervisors where they have dedicated servers that run many virtual machines. But for learning and testing, setting up your own virtualbox setup is good enough.
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  696. Its just for demonstration. You can install whatever OS you want.
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  697. Either one works fine. The bare metal option is if you want to download the ISO file and go through the install process. As the name implies, its meant for when you're going to install it on a computer directly; but it will work fine on a vm. The VM option downloads a pre-built VM that you import into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. Just import and you're ready to use it.
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  698. Brand of computer is irrelevant. You can install a Windows VM and use that to open potentially malicious files. You want to disable any host/guest communications to make sure that potential viruses. You also have to keep in mind that some viruses/malware can detect if its running inside of a virtual machine and will not activate. This can lead to potential false negatives.
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  699.  @lee-uf7vx  That sounds like a shady technician. If you're up for the task, you can reinstall the correct Windows on your laptop. You will need access to a working Windows PC though. You will need the Windows 10 Media Creation tool from Microsoft- you can easily find it by doing a quick google search. The tool will let you create a bootable USB installer that you can then use to install Windows on your laptop. Once the USB installer is made, boot your laptop from the USB drive to install Windows. You will need to delete all the w10/w7 partitions. Once that is done, you have a fresh copy of Windows 10 installed on your laptop. You will then need to install the drivers for your laptop model; you can find them from the laptop manufacturer's page.
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  700. Its not meant for gaming, but you can try. It most likely won't work well for modern and technically demanding games.
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  701. What Kali did you download? They have the pre-built machine and the ISO? Need more information.
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  702. Yes of course.
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  703. Same overall process. VirtualBox has an option to let you choose the location of the virtual machines. Performance may not be great over USB and on an external hard drive, just be aware.
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  704. Its the same overall process. You just install Windows instead of a Linux distro.
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  705. He has a proxmox video....
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  706. An OVA is a pre-built virtual machine. Import it into VBox and that's it; no need to go through the install process. If you still want to do so, choose the bare metal option to download the ISO file.
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  707. You can try, but I believe most proctoring software will detect that you're running a virtual machine.
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  708. You can try, but it likely won't work that well. older games like games from 2010 or older may work, but modern games won't work.
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  709. As long as it isn't an M1 Mac. M1 CPUs are fundamentally different than Intel/AMD CPUs. To my knowledge, VirtualBox isn't available for M1 CPUs yet. Parallels supposedly works on M1, but I don't have an M1 computer to test with.
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  710. None. Apple doesn't give you any UEFI to work with. If its an Intel Mac, you can just use VirtualBox. But if its an Apple silicon Mac, it won't work. There's no support for Apple M Chips currently.
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  711. So what exactly is your question? If your host computer doesn't have enough physical RAM to run your host OS and guest OS, then you'll need to install more RAM.
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  712. If you want the ISO option, you choose the bare metal option in the downloads page.
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  713.  @David-xh8ff  I believe VirtualBox lets you share folders from your host OS to your guest OS which appear as a network share. You can use this to share files between your host and guest systems.
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  714. No because iOS runs on iPhones and iPads, not Macs. What you meant was macOS. Technically, you're not supposed to install Mac on a non-Apple computer. Its in the license agreement that no one reads, but still agrees to. Apple designed their system to not work on non-Apple computers, but there are ways on how to do this. I don't know if things have changed in the past few years, but the last time I tried it almost 7 years ago, things like iMessage and FaceTime didn't work because my virtual mac had a fake serial number. I think Apple checked the S/N to make sure it is a real device to allow those services to work. It may be different now, but you may want to double check.
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  715. There are usually ways around the password if you know how to search on Google for your linux distro. If you don't have anything important, it may be easier to just start over and create a new vm.
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  716. So what exactly do you need help with?
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  717.  @solomonseidu4435  You can spend the time troubleshooting or do a clean install. There are log files that can help point you in the right direction as to why the upgrade is failing. A clean install is much easier, but everything will be erased as part of the process so you want to make a backup of your important stuff before continuing. Its actually prudent to have a backup just in case even if you are doing a Windows upgrade.
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  718. If your host hardware is good, you can likely run multiple VMs. Just depends on the host hardware and the virtual hardware of each vm and what those guest OS' require.
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  719. What do you need help with??
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  720. You can, but you won't really have too good of an experience. You have to keep in mind that your host system takes up some RAM, so you will be left with maybe 1.5-2GB of RAM for your VM or less.
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  721. Not sure what you're trying to ask.
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  722.  @boyillahareeshreddy3410  If you install the screen recorder software on the host system, you will be fine. The guest system has no way of knowing what is running on the host system.
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  723. Sure. If you know how and have the correct hardware, mainly a USB Wi-Fi adapter that supports packet injection, sure.
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  724. You can add an extra DVD drive or remove the existing ISO and add a new one. What exactly are you trying to do? If you want to install another OS, just create a new VM.
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  725. You don't. Apple doesn't give you that option.
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  726. Its not that hard. A simple Google search will take you to Microsoft's download page. i can't post links since youtube will most likely delete my comment, but it isn't hard to find.
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  727.  @GameBearCartridge  That's normal. You're still expected to observe all licensing requirements when running virtual machines.
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  728.  @kinstella6211  What host hardware do you have and how much RAM and CPU cores did you give your W10 VM?
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  729. It is possible, but not easy to run a Mac virtual machine under Windows. Apple goes to great lengths to prevent you from running their software on non-Apple computers.
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  730. @ I've been out of the "hackintosh" scene for years. Its cool and all, but unless you really need the macOS experience but don't want to pay for a Mac, its not worth it. As I said, Apple goes to great lengths to prevent you from doing this. There are plenty of guides and tutorials on how to do this, but you will probably be ripping your hair out trying to get it to work correctly. And a simple update can break everything.
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  731. Not directly. you would need to create a virtual hard disk file first. This is essentially a digital copy of the hard drive. There are plenty of programs that do this like Disk2vhd and others. Once you create the virtual file, you attach it to your VM.
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  732. Have you tried installing the virtual box guest additions?
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  733. You would use a VPN service on the vm.
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  734. Download the Windows ISO from Microsoft's page and create your VM. Its the same overall process as he shows in the video, but you substitute the Linux ISO for the Windows ISO you downloaded.
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  735. Did you delete the virtual machine or simply remove it from the list? If you did the latter, it won't delete the virtual machine files. They will still be on the computer, but they won't show up on the list.
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  736. There's no official support for ChromeOS.
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  737. The bare metal option is if you want the ISO file. You would mainly choose that option if you plan on installing Kali to a real computer. The virtual machine option will give you an a OVA file which is a pre-built vm. You just import into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. Either way will work fine, but the OVA option may be easier since its pre-built.
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  738. It is possible for some viruses to be designed to detect if they are running in a VM and not do anything and/or break out of a VM. It is unlikely that viruses for game 'hacks' would have this though.
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  739. It is possible to run macOS on a vm, but its not easy or supported. Apple does not allow you to run macOS on any non-Apple computer. There are tons of guides out there showing you how to install it in a virtual machine. You just have to find a guide that works best. You'll probably be ripping your hair out trying to get it to boot the installer and ripping what's left of your hair getting it to work correctly after installing. Have fun.
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  740. If you're going to ask for help, it kinda helps to know what you mean by "it doesn't work". That is incredibly vague. Not being rude, but working in school IT support, it is frustrating trying to help people who provide little to no information about the problem and just say that it doesn't work.
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  741. At the download page, you have multiple options. If you choose the VM option, you can download an OVA file which is a pre-built VM package. Just import it into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. If you want to do the install process, choose the bare metal option to download the ISO. Either way works the same.
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  742. You'll need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions. I believe when you update Kali Linux, it will automatically install them for you. The Guest Additions contain the drivers that enable higher resolutions as well as display scaling.
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  743. Its more of a marketing fluff term. A lot of these guys throw the word 'hacking' out there for views. Yes you can use virtual machines to learn to hack things. But it requires a lot of learning and practice. And it isn't as easy as one might think. At least it isn't as easy as you would think given how much they throw the term out there.
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  744. If the VM is powered off, it will not use resources except for disk space. It will continue to use disk space regardless of whether the VM is on or off.
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  745. Yes you can do that, but you have to be careful. You want to isolate your host and guest systems as much as possible.
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  746. You don't need a product key to install Windows 10. At the screen where it asks for one, you will see "I don't have a product key" at the bottom. If you click on it, it will then take you to a screen where you can choose which edition of Windows to install. Of course, without a product key, you won't be able to use the personalization settings and a watermark will appear. Other than that, it will work exactly the same as if you have a key.
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  747. LOL. You spam troll bots are getting more and more clever.
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  748. What exactly did you try? Installing a virtual machine shouldn't have affected your hard drive in anyway.
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  749. You all right there dude?
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  750. So what exactly are you unsure about?
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  751. You will need a USB wifi adapter to passthrough to the VM. The VM's network connection appears to be wired because from its perspective, it is a wired connection. By default, VMs have a virtual network adapter that functions as if it were an ethernet connection If you want to use wifi on your VM, you need a dedicated USB wifi adapter and enable USB passthrough.
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  752. Sounds like a coincidence. Not sure what's going on.
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  753. I believe if you bridge the virtual machine's network adapter with your host system, it will work.
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  754. That depends on how your laptop is configured. If your school's IT team is halfway competent, they would block installs to non-admin users.
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  755. Nope. If you can't recover your Google account, you're pretty much out of luck.
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  756. That's normal. An OVA file is a pre-built vm. Just import it into VBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. If you want the ISO file, choose the bare metal option.
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  757. You can't use this as an ISO since it isn't one; its a 7zip file. This is meant for VMware, not for VirtualBox.
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  758. I think its easier to install the VPN software on your VM rather than on your host system. IT is technically doable, but more complex to setup. If your guest virtual machine gets a virus and is on the VPN network, it could potentially infect your company's network, but I would assume they have reasonable protection on their systems.
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  759. What do you mean by "without restarting it"?
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  760. Kali Linux is a security-oriented distro with a plethora of cyber-security tools and scripts. It is not intended to be used as your main system, but rather as a tool. Ubuntu is a general use system intended for every-day use.
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  761. XP is very outdated and won't work well on the modern web. most websites will refuse to connect or may load poorly if you're trying to use whatever version of Internet Explorer XP shipped with. The next thing I would recommend would be to look for a web browser that still supports XP and install that. You may need to download it on your host system and then transfer it to your guest XP Machine.
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  762. In most instances, your host system will be fine. Just make sure you disable any host/guest communication like shared clipboard, drag and drop, etc.
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  763. Kinda helps to know what error you're getting...
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  764. That depends entirely on your computer's motherboard. There's no universal guide that works across every single computer in existence. I don't know if this still works, but from what I remember, when you clear the CMOS, it will erase any custom settings in the BIOS, including passwords. If this is a modern laptop, this likely won't work.
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  765. Does it give more information? If I remember correctly, when you get an error, there is usually a little arrow that you can click on that gives you a bit more information.
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  766. Of course. There are countless ISOs you can download of Linux and Windows and other systems.
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  767.  @Es00chan  That's what this video is about. Make sure you add your ISO to your VM's DVD drive. Otherwise, your vm will not boot from anything and take you to the shell screen.
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  768.  @JG-mt7eh  Yes, but performance may decrease on both the host and guest systems as updating can be resource intensive. You also have to keep in mind that if you need to reboot your host OS, your guest OS will need to be shut down.
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  769. Yes. If the VM is powered off, it won't take up any resources except for storage. If your VM is 50GB in size, for instance, it will continue to use 50GB of space regardless of it being powered on or off.
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  770.  @rubinanazir2662  At least 20 GB. I'd consider 50.
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  771. You can, but performance may not be great over a USB hard drive. Doesn't hurt to try it.
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  772. Yep.
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  773. I have no idea what you're trying to ask....
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  774. Of course dude.
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  775. What exactly is the point of your comment then?
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  776. ??? Smart nobreaks???
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  777. Kinda hard to help without knowing what ain't working.......
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  778.  @sciencetech2545  I can't post links, but there is a short, good help guide from Kali's documentation: Installing VirtualBox Guest Addition (Guest Tools)
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  779. As long as your PC is somewhat powerful, it should work. You have to keep in mind that when you're running virtual machines, those machines also need resources, like CPU and RAM. The more machines you run simultaneously, the more powerful of a system you will need. Especially true if you're running heavy systems like Windows.
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  780. A type 1 hypervisor is when the operating system is pretty much the hypervisor. This would be something like Hyper-V, ESXi, or Proxmox or similar. VirtualBox and VMware Player are type-2 hypervisors. That means that they get installed like regular computer programs.
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  781. That should be fine. You just have to point VBox to use your external SSD for the virtual machine storage.
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  782. There is potential for that, but its unlikely. You want to take precautions to isolate your VM as much as possible from your host system.
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  783. Each virtual machine is a different computer, but in a virtual format. Your vms will have different internal IP addresses, but will all share the same public IP address since all internet traffic goes through your router.
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  784. Yes you're being paranoid. You have to keep in mind that Kali Linux is a security oriented Linux distro. It has tools and programs that can be used in malicious ways just as they can be used in good ways. If you're "paranoid" about Kali Linux being a hacking tool, then I don't think you're the target audience for it.
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  785. Sure. But do note that virtual machines aren't really ideal for gaming especially VirtualBox. You can try it, but don't expect the performance to be good or even work at all especially with demanding games.
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  786. Good luck. Most testing software will detect if you're using a virtual machine. I'm sure there are ways to try to work around it, but I don't know of any.
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  787. Nope. Apple doesn't give you access to a BIOS interface on their computers.
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  788. Helps to know where it fails. What error do you get??
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  789. Right click the virtual machine entry and select Remove.
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  790. A vm won't have the full performance as if it were installed directly on the computer, but it doesn't mean it will be completely slow and laggy. A lot depends on your host hardware and how many CPU cores and RAM you assign to your VM. If you only have 4 GB of physical RAM and a 10 year old CPU, then of course your guest systems won't run great.
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  791.  @swit5711  You can, but you still need to be careful. Make sure to disable any host to virtual settings like the clipboard, drag and drop, and shared folders. You also want to disable the VM's network adapter.
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  792. Of course.
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  793. Same overall process.
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  794. Of course. You can install pretty much any OS you want.
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  795. You will likely need to give your vm more disk space.
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  796. What Windows version are you trying to install?
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  797.  @kermitthethanos7518  When it asks what installation you want (upgrade or custom), you choose custom. You cannot upgrade Windows if there is no Windows OS installed. The Upgrade option would only be used if your PC (or VM in this case) has Windows already installed and you wanted to upgrade to a newer version (like W7 to W10 for example).
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  798. Chromebooks don't have a user interface, to my knowledge, for UEFI. There is no official support for VirtualBox on ChromeOS, but if your CB supports Linux apps, you can run a Linux version of VirtualBox. There are plenty of guides on how to enable Linux support and install VBox. Just keep in mind that Chromebooks tend to have pretty low-end hardware, so depending on what OS you plan on running in a vm and what games you want to play, performance may be abysmal.
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  799. The virtual machine will most likely work fine for what the job requires. Ideally, you want your Mac to have a decent amount of RAM and storage. Windows 10 won't work great if it has less than 4GB of RAM, so you ideally want at least 8, preferably 16 GB of RAM on your Mac. You also need at least 25 GB of storage to dedicate to the VM.
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  800. Kind of. Apple does not allow you (its in the terms of service that no one reads but still accepts) to install macOS on a non-Apple computer. It can be done, but is not that easy nor is it supported.
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  801. You can only pass through a USB Wi-fi adapter. You can't create one virtually.
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  802. What PC do you have? If its still running Windows 7 its probably fairly old and not that powerful relative to today's standards.
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  803. VMs aren't exactly meant for gaming, at least not without some extra configuration.
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  804.  @WaynPeller  You're supposed to install the drivers for the VM. VirtualBox calls it the guest additions. it mounts it in the VM's DVD drive and you install it. It also depends on your host hardware as well as how much RAM/ CPU you give the VM. VMs will generally be slower than on real hardware but not terribly slow.
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  805.  @WaynPeller  That's because you're using a 13 year old CPU. I don't know what host OS you're using but you have to consider that it (the host OS) will take up RAM as well as the host system.
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  806. of course.
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  807. You need to remove the ISO from the VM's virtual DVD drive.
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  808. Yes you can install virtual machines to an external hard drive. You just have to change the default virtual machine location inside of the program's settings. Just note that performance over USB may not be great especially with a hard drive. If its an external SSD, it likely will work fine.
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  809. If you have an Intel-based Mac, you can run VirtualBox. However, if it is a newer Mac, the ones that run Apple Silicon (M1/M2 etc) then this won't work. Those CPUs are fundamentally different than Intel CPUs and there is no Apple Silicon version of VBox. You can use something like Parallels or UTM.
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  810. If you downloaded the pre-built Kali image for VBox, you should be able to just open the vbox file (smallest file size) and the virtual machine should startup.
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  811.  @jokerlo87  not sure what that means....
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  812. You download the microsoft media creation tool. This tool will let you download a Windows 10 ISO which you can then use in VirtualBox.
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  813. Yes you can run viruses on a virtual machine. Some viruses can detect that they're running in a virtual environment and won't run which may lead to a false negative. It is possible for some very sophisticated malware to break out of a virtual machine. I don't believe its a very common occurrence, but it has been known to happen. In most instances, as long as you turn off all host/guest communication, you should be ok.
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  814. Yes you can run viruses on teh vm. As long as you disable any host/guest communications, you should be mostly fine. There are some viruses that can escape a vm environment, but they're rare. Also, some viruses can detect if they're running inside of a virtual machine and won't run which may lead to false negative.
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  815. If this is a desktop computer, you may be able to take out the CMOS battery and clear the CMOS settings to remove the BIOS password. If its a laptop, its probably not feasible to easily remove it.
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  816. I would try re-installing Kali Linux. I would also fully update it after its finished installing.
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  817. There are countless videos on YT explaining this very thing. If you search for "Windows 10 install virtualbox", you'll find plenty of videos. What specifically isn't working?
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  818. Not quite. VMs are not really meant for gaming. If your host hardware/software is not good enough to run the game, it won't run on the VM. Or if it does somehow run, it may not have good performance.
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  819. You have to keep in mind that Kali Linux is a security-oriented system. It has tools that can be labeled as "malicious".
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  820. No. Your host system has to be powered on in order for the guest OS systems to work.
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  821. The thing is VMs aren't really meant for gaming. You can try to run your game, but it may or may not work well depending on the game and the vm's hardware.
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  822.  @misclic2408  The vm will have a different identifier than your host system. So the game developer should see that you're playing on a different computer. Though it may be possible that they flag your account so even if you're using a new system, they may not let you play under that same account.
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  823. You can try, but it probably won't work well. VMs from Virtualbox aren't exactly meant for gaming. Performance likely won't be great especially if you're trying to run high-end games.
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  824. There's something wrong with your Windows install if its using 8 GB of RAM while idling. I know Windows is a RAM hog, but it doesn't us that much idling in normal circumstances. Do you have a lot of programs open or at startup? Anyways, you should be fine with giving Kali Linux 4 GB of RAM, if not up to 8 GB of RAM.
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  825. What activation key are you referring to? If its for Windows, the licensing agreement that no one reads, but still accepts states that you can only use a product key on 1 computer. If you want to transfer the license to another system, you can, but you have to deactivate that copy of Windows. Most other programs that use some sort of copy protection system work the same way.
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  826. Try giving your virtual machine more disk space. This is a nearly 3 year old video so the requirements of the systems have likely changed
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  827. How much RAM and CPU cores are you giving your virtual machines? What is your laptop's hardware?
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  828. You don't. The closest you can get is Android by using Android-x86 which is a version of Android designed to run on AMD/Intel CPUs. macOS and iOS are designed to work only on Apple hardware. You can technically run macOS on a virtual machine, but it isn't all that easy again since it is designed to run only Apple computer. iOS is only designed to work on iPhones.
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  829. On W10 Pro, Education, etc. Its not available on W10 Home.
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  830. What hardware does the laptop have? Mainly CPU and RAM. Windows 7 isn't supported as a host system anymore. SO you'll need to use an older version of Virtual box.
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  831. You can put virtual machines on USB drives, but I don't know how good the performance would be. I would recommend a USB 3.0 device at least and ample storage. An external SSD may be a better choice.
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  832. You are kind of correct. However, it is still an inherent risk running an operating system that doesn't receive regular security updates.
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  833. lol no. This has nothing to do with your internet connection.
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  834. You can use either one. He was just showing you that you can create and run multiple virtual machines.
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  835. I think you can try Parallels for Mac, but I've never used it and its not free.
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  836. What version of Kali did you download? If you downloaded the virtual machine option, it downloaded an OVA file which is a pre-built vm. You just import that OVA file into VBox and you're good to go. If you want to go the install route, you download the ISO (bare metal option) and attach that ISO to the VM's DVD drive.
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  837. It will still use up disk space whether or not the vm is running. Otherwise the other resources are not in use if the virtual machine is not powered on. Its like a real computer in the sense that if the PC is turned off, the RAM and CPU are not actively being used.
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  838. What doesn't work? What's forbidden? Kinda hard help without details. Not being rude or snarky, but working in tech support, it gets beyond frustrating when people say "doesn't work" and no details.
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  839. What part are you asking about?
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  840.  @noapoleon_  Those are spam troll bots.
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  841. Try using VMware Player. Some people have better luck with it.
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  842. You may need to redownload the ISO of whatever Linux system you're trying to install. Its possible it may have gotten corrupted.
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  843. If you want the ISO, choose the bare metal option. An OVA file is a pre-built VM; just import it into VBox and you're done.
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  844. Does it throw an error message when you try powering on?
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  845.  @napolitan8073  But what does the exact error message say?
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  846.  @napolitan8073  Well you answered your own question. Its telling you that you don't have virtualization enabled in the BIOS.
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  847.  @napolitan8073  What CPU do you have? If its an AMD CPU, its usually called SVM and/or AMD-V
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  848. No. He just uses it as an example. You can install whatever system you want on your virtual machine.
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  849. Of course. There's no VBox version for Raspberry Pi's. Those use fundamentally different CPUs than typical Windows PCs so the software won't work.
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  850. Right Ctrl+F puts the VM in full screen. You most likely need to install the virtualbox guest additions to whatever guest OS you install in order to get proper scaling and resolution.
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  851. Yep.
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  852. If the VM is off, it won't use RAM or CPU.
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  853. Kali Linux is based on Debian which Ubuntu is also based from. In other words, they're similar systems at the core so that's why Ubuntu is selected.
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  854. What doesn't work? error messages?
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  855. Sure. But gaming performance on VirtualBox likely won't be very good.
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  856. There's a project aimed at getting Anrdoid on regular computers. I believe its called Android-x86 or similar.
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  857. What error do you get?
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  858. Probably not. Running virtual machines does add some overhead. If you're just testing or experimenting, it probably will be fine. But if you wanted to do this in a production environment, you will want something different. Like using a type 1 hypervisor (ESXi, Hyper-V, etc).
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  859. Depends on what you use it for and the laws in your country/region.
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  860. You install whatever system you want. He's just showing that as a demo. You install 1 OS per virtual machine. I guess technically you can create a multi-boot virtual machine, but it just makes more sense to install on separate VMs.
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  861. You may want to give the virtual machine more disk space, say 50 - 100 GB.
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  862.  @RIG_team  How about RAM? I would consider at least 6 GB of RAM. If it still fails, you may need to redownload the Kali Linux ISO and start over.
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  863.  @RIG_team  and if you delete the virtual machine and create a new one and try again?
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  864.  @RIG_team  I really don't know what to tell you. The only other thing to try is to use the pre-built virtual machine instead of going through the install process with the ISO file.
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  865. That should be fine, but also keep in mind RAM. I would consider at least 32 GB of RAM for your host system.
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  866. Doesn't work that way my dude....
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  867. If you want the ISO file, choose the bare metal option. If you want a pre-built VM, choose the virtual machine option to download the OVA file. In short, an OVA is a pre-built VM; you just import it into VirtualBox and that's it. No need to go through the install process. You have to keep in mind that running a virtual machine will require more resources. If your laptop cannot handle the programs you mentioned, it probably won't handle them very well on a virtual machine either.
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  868. Microsoft has a media creation tool page. Download that tool and it will ask you if you want to make a USB installer or burn to a DVD. Choose the latter and it will download the W10 ISO for you.
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  869. Yes. But they will have the same public IP address as all internet traffic still goes through your router. Only way to get another public IP is to use a VPN or a different internet connection for that VM.
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  870. are you using a physical CD drive or the virtual CD drive?? What guest system did you install? What type of software are you trying to install?? Kinda hard to help without details.
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  871. No you can't do that anyways. Apple doesn't give you a way to interact with the UEFI like with a typical PC. The more important question is if your Mac supports VBox. If you have an Intel-based Mac, you should be ok. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, it won't work. You'll need to use something like Parallels or UTM
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  872. Not every motherboard/BIOS has exactly the same options or wording. You'll need to look around the BIOS on your system.
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  873. Doesn't really make a difference.
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  874. So what exactly are you downloading? From where?
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  875. No it doesn't use memory if the VM/virtualbox is not open.
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  876. You're supposed to install the OS in the virtual machine. If you simply boot off of the ISO, and don't go through the install process, that's known as a Live CD. its no different than if you put the CD into a real PC and booted from it. It makes sense since you're running the OS from the CD and not from internal disc.
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  877.  @briappa6670  no.... You mount the ISO as normal. You power on your virtual machine. Most live CD environments will have an "install" option on the desktop that you click on and the installer pops up. You go through the install process. Once its done, it usually prompts you to remove the disk (you unmount the ISO in the case of a virtual machine) and then restart the machine. Once it comes up again, the machine will boot from its virtual hard drive with the new OS install.
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  878. Virtual machines are inherently slower than running on a real computer. A lot depends on your host hardware and how much CPU cores and RAM you give your VM.
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  879. Sure. The interface will look very different, but the overall core concepts are still the same.
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  880. Right ctrl key+F to enter full screen. You may need to install the VirtualBox Guest additions in order to get the resolution to scale correctly.
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  881. Can you verify that your Kali vm has internet access?
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  882.  @Ghazala128  sorry. I'm not familiar with that setup. That's different than running it through virtualbox.
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  883. If you want the pre-built VM, you download the OVA file (section that says for VM). If you want to go through the installation process, you download the ISO file by choosing the bare metal option.
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  884. It shouldn't. Its prudent to disable any host to guest (and vice versa) communication as well any networking features of the vm.
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  885. Make sure you gave the virtual disk enough space. I would give it at least 50 GB.
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  886. This is probably not the best way to do that. Ideally, you want to boot your PC from a Live CD that contains data recovery tools like PhotoRec or similar. I don't think VirtualBox has official support for passing through a hard drive. I know you can use USB-Passthrough, but it can be finicky at times.
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  887. Download the Media Creation tool from Microsoft and download the ISO file from the tool. You then add the ISO file to your VM's DVD drive.
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  888. For me it was when I was working in a dried fruit company as an IT intern. I was aware of vms already, but I didn't know about type-1 hypervisors like ESXi, which is what they used. I remember 1 day I went through their little data center and saw several servers. I asked what they were for and one of the server guys told me that they were for virutalizing. I was amazed at how many virtual servers they were running on just 2-3 physical servers. A few months after that, I bought my own HP workstation PC from eBay for about $40 and another $40-$50 in some RAM, CPU, and storage and a copy of ESXi they graciously donated to me.
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  889. Same as on a regular PC. You download the program and install. If you've ever installed a computer program, its literally the same process on a VM.
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  890. You can add more RAM to your VM, but you have to be mindful of how much RAM is on your computer. You can't give your VM more RAM than you physically have.
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  891. lol. Good luck. Virtual machines like VirtualBox aren't really meant for gaming, especially newer 3D games. You can try it, but don't expect good performance.
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  892.  @Dillkeyz  I don't remember his setup, but it uses virtual machines. But its a more advanced version where you setup a hypervisor and install virtual machines on it. You have to setup a PCI-E pass-through so that the virtual machine has access to a graphics card. It is doable but way more complex to setup.
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  893. I'm not entirely sure why you need a virtual machine for this. You should just be able to connect the USB drive to your PC and open the files from within File Explorer. You will need to provide more information
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  894. When your vm is powered off or suspended, it won't use any RAM.
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  895. What exactly are you afraid of?
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  896. By default, VBox will create a virtual network adapter for your VM which will let you use the internet on the VM. As far as the VM is concerned, this is an etherent connection.
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  897. Not every computer and BIOS has exactly the same configuration options as other systems. Sometimes the wording is different or the interface or options are different.
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  898. You can try, but its most likely not going to work well. VMs aren't exactly meant for gaming.
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  899. How much disk space did you give your VM's hard drive? It looks like Ubuntu requires at least 25 GB of drive storage to install.
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  900. There is nothing illegal about using a virtual machine. You still technically have to follow all software license agreements though for the software you are planning on using, though.
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  901. Of course.
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  902. I don't understand what the problem is. It doesn't matter if you're on a desktop computer or laptop. And if you have to ask how to hack someone by their phone, good luck. You still have a lot to learn to "hack".
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  903. Kinda hard to help without more info...
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  904. Computers are different between manufacturers, that's why the BIOS interface looks different. They all have most of the same features and options, but usually in a different interface and/or name. You'll need to install the virtualbox guest additions. These are basically additions that allow your guest operating system to work correctly. I believe if you update your Kali Linux install, it will automatically download and install them for you. After that, it should automatically adjust the resolution and scaling.
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  905. What do you mean?
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  906. Every computer will be a bit different. The menu options and interfaces will look different across brands and models. Some manufacturers disable certain features or give you very limited control compared to others. So you'll just have to look around to see what's available for your specific system.
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  907. Not likely. Smartphones use CPUs fundamentally different than a computer's CPU. VirtualBox is designed to run on Intel or AMD CPUs which no smartphone uses.
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  908. Well what's the exact error message?
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  909. Correct.
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  910. macOS? There aren't any official ones. Apple doesn't want you to install macOS on a non-Apple computer. There are plenty of less legitimate ways of obtaining it if you know how and where to look.
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  911. No. Virtual machines aren't exactly meant for this use case. You could probably do it, but it may not be a simple task.
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  912.  @wokkeredmi2193  Nope. Like I said, your typical VMs aren't meant for this use. Linus Tech Tips has a video about something like this. I can't post links since YT delete my comment, but its called "Nvidia tried so hard to stop this".
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  913. Did you passthrough the USB Wi-Fi adapter? There should be USB settings in the VM settings.
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  914. Your host hardware will need to be able to run whatever games you want to play. So you have to figure out what games you want to plan accordingly. You can create a virtual machine that runs Windows 10, but you have to keep in mind that VMs aren't exactly meant for gaming, so the performance may not very good.
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  915. What is the exact message? What OS are you trying to install?
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  916. Its a start.
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  917.  @LostBear-777  link for what?
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  918. Same overall process but you download the Kali install ISO...
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  919. What do you mean?
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  920. Did you restart the virtual machine?
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  921. The VM has a virtual network adapter which has its own MAC address. Its important to note that the VM has a different internal IP address but will share the same public IP address since all of the network traffic to the internet will still go through your router.
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  922.  @joshgiles5251  You'll have a different IP address since your VM connects to the VPN. However, the MAC address will remain the same.
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  923.  @joshgiles5251  Yes. Like I said, each VM you create has its own virtual network adapter with its own MAC address. It has to be that way since you can't have multiple devices with the same IP/MAC address.
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  924.  @krish1888  I doubt he will. It is against Apple's terms of service to install macOS on a non-Apple computer so I don't think he's going to risk that. And plus, if you do this very search on YT, you'll find tons of videos explaining how to do this very thing.
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  925. Go for it!
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  926. virtual machines aren't meant for gaming. You can try it, but chances are that the performance will be terrible especially for a game like COD Warzone.
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  927. What disk are you using? Hard to help with information.
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  928. No as that is tied to your FB account and not a particular computer.
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  929. An OVA is a pre-packaged VM. You import that file into VirtualBox (I believe its called "import appliance".) and it creates the VM for you. If you want the ISO file, you choose the bare metal option.
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  930. Probably not. Regardless, its not a smart idea to try to bypass network restrictions. That's a perfect way of getting fired, or at least in trouble. If your company's IT dept is decent, they would be able to detect that you're trying to work around the restrictions.
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  931. In terms of internet access? You would need to connect the VM to a VPN server in whatever countries you want to 'simulate' being in.
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  932. You don't. Most Chromebooks, to my knowledge, don't have a UEFI interface you can work with. Chromebooks aren't usually powerful systems so chances are that your VM won't run well, especially if you tried running Windows.
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  933. You ok there dude??
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  934. Linux systems are case sensitive when you're working through the command line. CD is not the same as cd in Linux.
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  935. That's normal. Your vm still goes through your router so you're going to have the same public IP address on the vm. You will need to use a VPN on your virtual machine in order to get a different public IP.
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  936. Virtual card?
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  937. When you install a virtual machine, it will take up real storage. So for instance, if you create a virtual hard disk with 50 GB of space, at first, it will be a small file. However, as you start installing things on the virtual machine, it will take up more and more space on your real hard drive. So if you use 20 GB out of 50 Gb on your virtual machine, your virtual hard disk file will be a 20 GB file. The VM will take up resources as long as its powered on. When you power off your VM, it will release those resources except for the amount of storage the virtual hard disk uses.
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  938. Need more details... Where doesn't it show up?
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  939. I think its because VBox is more user friendly and doesn't require you to have a Pro or enterprise or any other edition of Windows that's not Home.
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  940. Because different manufacturers have a different interface. Most of them have the same core functionality and settings, just in a different interface and/or wording.
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  941. Yes of course. That's a good way to learn how to use Windows Server and its features.
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  942. That is certainly an option. Though, it has the potential of deleting everything if you don't fully understand what you're doing.
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  943. You're going to need to be a lot more specific. What account are you talking about?
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  944. So what exactly are you trying to do? Your question doesn't really make sense.
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  945. It varies depending on your computer. Has nothing to do with Windows 11, but rather the motherboard. Every motherboard manufacturer is different and they have different menus/wording.
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  946. Its possible, but not supported. Apple does not distribute their operating system as ISO formats; they can only be officially downloaded on a real Mac. There are plenty of videos and guides on how to install Mac on VirtualBox, but again, its not easy.
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  947. Its the same overall process. The main difference is that you download a Windows ISO and use that instead of a Linux ISO.
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  948. What do you mean its "diff"? Lmao. What is so different that you don't know what to do?
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  949. bruv that's useless. Where do you get the black screen bruv?
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  950. You'll need to read the documentation for the system you installed.
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  951. That makes no sense at all.
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  952. You may need to give your virtual machine a larger virtual hard disk. I would recommend at least 50 GB of space.
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  953.  @marieburton8753  What are you blabbering on about?
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  954. Technically yes, but you can run W10/11 indefinitely w/o paying for a license. Older Windows versions can't officially be run without a valid product key.
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  955. The virtual machine will have a different internal IP address. That's because by default, the network adapter is configured with NAT. That means Virtual box acts as a "virtual" router between the guest VM and your real router. You will still have the same public IP address because the internet traffic still goes out your real router. You can get a different public IP if you setup a different internet connection for your VM OR if you use a VPN for that virtual machine.
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  956. What do you mean by bury?
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  957. Right click on the vm you want to erase, and choose "remove"
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  958. The Kali website was redesigned since he made the video so that's why it looks very different. An OVA file is a pre-built virtual machine. You just import it and it will be ready to use. If you want to go through the install process, you download the ISO (bare metal option).
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  959.  @ignazdvdev4981  No dude. You won't destroy your machine with this. If you want to go the OVA route, delete the vm you created for Kali and import the OVA file. That's it. If you want to go the ISO route, keep the Kali VM and download the ISO file. Add that ISO to the VM's DVD drive and boot from it and go through the install process.
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  960. Nope. Apple doesn't allow apps like this.
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  961. That error means that the virtual machine can't boot since there is nothing too bot from. You'll need to add an ISO of the guest system you want to install onto the virtual DVD drive.
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  962. Either will work. However, if you want to install it on a real computer, its best to have a dedicated one. If you don't have access to another computer, its better to install it in a vm.
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  963. Did this happen recently? Did you do anything that may have caused this? Hard to help without information, like brand and model...
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  964. You can, but I wouldn't. Kali isn't meant to be used as your main OS, but rather a tool you use when necessary. You can do it and it will most likely work fine, but its not the recommended use case. If you want to install it on a real computer, you probably want to dedicate a computer just for that purpose.
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  965. Yes. Make sure you disable any host/guest communication before doing this though.
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  966. Yes you can. Just note that some malware can detect if its inside of a VM and may refuse to work.
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  967. You can try, but performance likely won't be very good.
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  968. There's still the potential that some viruses break out of the virtual machine and infect your host system. This is not very common though. However, if you're playing around with viruses, its in your best interest to disable any host/guest communications like network, drag and drop, shared folders etc
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  969. What doesn't work? Details....
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  970.  @MeijerBoy  What's that?
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  971. False. VirtualBox runs on any currently supported version of Windows.
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  972. Yep, but "hacking' is the buzz word a lot of these guys love to throw around for views.
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  973. Import it into Vbox and you're good to go. An OVA file is a pre-built virtual machine. If you want the ISO file so that you can do the installation, you will need to choose the bare metal option.
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  974. No. If the VM is powered off, it won't use CPU or RAM. It will take up disk space.
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  975. You can do that, its called cloud computing. Performance will depend based on the cloud vm's hardware and your internet connection and what you're trying to do with it. I'm not quite sure exactly what you're trying to do in terms of computing. Personally, I wouldn't use Chromebooks as they aren't very good as you have noticed.
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  976. If you're really that paranoid, you should do a reinstall of Windows (or whatever system your PC has) and change all of your passwords of your online accounts.
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  977. Nope. 32-Bit systems cannot run 64-Bit programs.
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  978. Uh.... What are you trying to do???
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  979. @newchallee Uhhh..... and how is anyone supposed to help you????? I have no idea what emulator you're trying to run nor on what guest system.... Not trying to be rude, but is difficult to help without any information....
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  980. That doesn't make sense dude. If you download the ISO, you attach it to the VM's DVD drive, boot the VM from that ISO file and then you can install the guest OS in the vm.
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  981. Then there isn't really anything else you can do.
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  982. Does it freeze during the install or during regular use in Kali?
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  983.  @koolkidz9193  How much RAM and CPU cores does the VM have?
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  984.  @koolkidz9193  I would give it at least 4 GB of RAM. If it still continues to act up, you may need to reinstall it.
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  985. If you're doing things by the book, you have to pay for a product key from MS or other authorized retailer. Unofficially, you can run W10/11 indefinitely w/o paying for a product key. You just won't be able to personalize your vm (can't change default wallpaper) and a watermark will appear. Other than that, it will work exactly the same as if you paid for it.
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  986. What Macbook do you have? if it has an Intel CPU, yes. If it has an M1/M2 CPU, then no as there is no support for Apple Silicon.
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  987. You can try it, but performance may not be that great. VirtualBox isn't that good for running demanding 3D applications.
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  988.  @canuck2025  yes you can install different systems on different drives. Usually you install Windows first, and then your Linux distro. It can get a bit tricky if you're not familiar with partioning and boot loaders.
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  989.  @canuck2025  Yes you can do that.
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  990. Most likely not. You can try, but virtual machines aren't really meant for gaming or graphics intense tasks. The closest you can probably get is using some sort of PCI-E gpu passthrough, but that is more on the advanced side.
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  991. You need to enable virtualization in your BIOS.
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  992. Good luck with that. This video won't help you with that.
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  993.  @forever5255  He does hacking videos for ethical hacking. Based on your initial comment, it doesn't seem like you're trying to do it for ethical reasons.
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  994. Maybe yes, maybe no. Depends on the games in question. VirtualBox isn't exactly meant to run games. You can try it, but no guarantees it will work perfectly. No risk either.
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  995.  @BladeGirl92  I don't think I can really help much as there are a myriad of games and possible problems and solutions. If they are popular games, there may be an active community forum system with potential workarounds/fixes.
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  996. wifi drives? drivers? Linux systems have a wide range of hardware that works out of the box. no drivers usually necessary. If you want to use wifi on your kali vm, you will need a USB wifi adapter. I don't believe you can passthrough your built-in wifi card if you're using a laptop.
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  997. Try making your VM's hard disk larger.
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  998. No since it is a type-2 hypervisor. That means that Vbox needs a host operating system to run since it is a program. There are type-1 hypervisors like ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox that are essentially the OS. You install it on your computer and then use another computer to connect to your hypervisor over its web interface and create and manage virtual machines.
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  999. It not new. That's been standard for years.
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  1000.  @abdulrahmanhomus595  What specifically do you need help with?
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  1001.  @kgomotsolouisaseema  What specific time stamp?
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  1002.  @kgomotsolouisaseema  Not sure what you mean with that time stamp.
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  1003.  @mrchang1741  yep
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  1004. What Linux distro are you talking about?
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  1005. It won't damage your computer. However, it may run slower depending on the guest OS you decide to install and the virtual hardware you give the VM. This of course also depends on your host hardware.
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  1006. What is the exact filename you downloaded? What OS are you installing VBox on?
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  1007. You will need a 2nd wifi adapter and enabled USB passthrough on the VM. To my knowledge, you cannot passthrough your computer's wifi adapter unless its a USB one.
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  1008.  @unknownbuddy3987  not that I'm aware of.
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  1009. You import the OVA file into VBox. If you want to go the install route, choose the bare metal option to download the ISO file.
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  1010. That's not usually how it works. An OVA is a format used by different virtual machine hypervisors to share virtual appliances. If you download an OVA, you are effectively downloading the entire VM. You just have to import it into VBox and start it. You don't need to install it since its already pre-packaged. If you were to download the ISO, you would need to go through the install process.
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  1011. Nope. You have to keep in mind that a VM will usually run a bit slower since it is sharing resources with your host system. If your host is slow to begin with, the VM won't be very fast. If the hardware can't handle running the software you want, a VM won't help you at all. It will probably run worse.
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  1012.  @raymytech  Actually yes there. That's cloud computing. I don't know of any specific services that do that, but I imagine there are out there.
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  1013. If you're talking about dualbooting a virtual machine, you could, but it makes more sense just to create a new VM for each distro you want.
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  1014. You would probably need to look into a good VPN. I don't have any in particular to recommend. Though I would stay away from the free VPNs.
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  1015. No
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  1016. You don't. There's no support for it. I believe Parallels for Mac will work, but its not free.
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  1017. Yes you can. Though performance may not be great
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  1018. Can you clarify? Are you trying to install macOS in a virtual machine or are you trying to install VirtualBox on a Mac?
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  1019. You'll need to read the documentation from wherever you downloaded the OVA file.
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  1020. You can still use VBox, but you won't have much RAM to give to your virtual machines. Performance may not be very good, especially if trying to run Windows vms.
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  1021. What is your host computer's hardware?
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  1022. No. You can use a disc if you have one, but it isn't required. You need an ISO (a virtual disk file) of whatever OS you want to install. That is the typical way of installing an OS on a virtual machine. You can also use a pre-built system (known as an OVA file) which you import into Vbox.
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  1023. Well no. the vm has its on HWID. It will have the same public IP address since the internet traffic still goes through your router. That is unless you use a VPN on the VM.
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  1024. They don't really go together. He's just showing you that you can download different systems.
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  1025. Every BIOS manufacturer will have different wording. You may need to go through the many options and menus or look it up.
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  1026. Yep. If you create a VM with a 120 GB virtual hard disk, it won't immediate create a 120 GB virtual hard disk file. However, when you install an OS, the virtual file will grow as large as the install. In other words, if your OS install takes up 50 GB, the virtual hard disk file will grow to be 50 GB.
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  1027. If you have an Intel-based Mac, sure. I don't know if they've released a version for M1/M2 Apple chips though.
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  1028. Yep. You may need to change the default VM directory in VirtualBox's settings first.
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  1029. You must have a terrible teacher then.
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  1030. If its the website, you can't do anything about it until they fix it.
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  1031. You wouldn't really use a virtual machine for video editing. VMs don't have the full hardware support so the performance may not be very good, especially for CPU/GPU intensive tasks.
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  1032. You should be able to install it in a VM, but I don't know how well the performance will be. Photoshop will probably work fine, but premiere will most likely not run well.
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  1033. Try giving your virtual machine more disk space, say 50 GB or more.
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  1034. It doesn't look like USB boot is officially supported.
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  1035. If you are running a live CD inside of the vm, then yes. However, if you have an OS installed on the vm, it is like turning off your physical computer.
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  1036. You'll need to either remove the ISO file from the virtual DVD drive or change the VM's boot order so that it boots from the virtual hard disk instead of the virtual dvd drive.
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  1037. I don't think virtualbox officially supports booting from a USB drive.
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  1038. You don't. Mac computers don't have a way for you to access the BIOS/UEFI like a non-Apple computer does. Apple doesn't want you to do that.
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  1039. Well you need to install Windows since there is no official support for MS Office on Linux. On Windows, its installed exactly the same as on any other Windows computer. Download the installer, run it, and wait for it to download and install.
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  1040. It tells you in the error: AMD-V is disabled in the BIOS. You have to enable virtualization in your computer's BIOS.
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  1041. You have to keep in mind that Kali Linux is a cyber security specialized distro. It has tools that can be used for hacking purposes.
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  1042.  @kingjasonn1  I think you can create a virtual Mac system but its not easy nor is supported. Apple specifically prohibits you from installing macOS on a non-Apple computer and go to great lengths to prevent you from doing this. There are workarounds to get it installed, but it will require a fair amount of effort. I don't have any guides or videos to recommend though.
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  1043. They dropped support for Windows 7 as a host system. You will need to download an older version of VBox.
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  1044. If the VM is powered off, it won't take any CPU or RAM from your hardware. It will still, however, use disk space.
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  1045. There is USB passthrough, but it can be finicky at times.
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  1046.  @allieboy181  Yes.
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  1047. sounds like user error. How exactly did it "screw up" your computer?
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  1048. By default, VirtualBox VMs have their own internal networking adapters with their own MAC addresses.
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  1049. You downloaded the prebuilt virtual machine. You extract all the contents and add the virtual machine file to your virtual box. The pre-built VM, as the name implies, is already built and ready for use. You don't have to go through the install process.
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  1050.  @Bluekoodo  I don't have any. The 7Z file is a compressed file. You open the file and extract the contents (drag and drop) to a folder on your Desktop or wherever you want. Then you open VBox, click on the "Add" button, navigate to where you extracted the virtual machine contents and open the virtual machine file. Then you should be able to start the vm.
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  1051.  @Bluekoodo  I'm not sure about that. You may need to check around various websites and forums to find a solution. Sometimes reinstalling VBox may help, but it really depends on why that error is happening.
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  1052. You can. However, you will need a dedicated USB Wi-Fi adapter. You then "passthrough" the USB adapter and it will show up in Kali as a wifi adapter. Sometimes its hit or miss though.
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  1053. Yes you can do that. You just copy the virtual machine files over to the USB drive just like you would any other files. Do keep in mind that USB performance many not be that great especially if you're running a heavy OS like Windows.
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  1054. What do you mean? I'm running Windows 11 and can run VBox just fine. Need more details.
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  1055. You're going to have to be more specific. What do you mean by contact with winrar?
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  1056. He goes over that at: 15:17
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  1057. You will most likely need to use a USB wifi adapter. I don't believe you can passthrough PCi-E wifi adapters.
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  1058. You'll need to read the documentation for whatever software you're using.
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  1059. Technically, yes. Windows is not free software and you're expected to pay for it. Unofficially, Microsoft lets you run Windows 8-11 without paying for. They don't tell you this, but you can run them indefinitely without paying for a product key. You won't be able to personalize it and a watermark will appear in the bottom right corner.
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  1060. Make sure you install the guest additions. Once you do that, press the right Ctrl key and F. It should automatically resize the VM's screen.
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  1061. Its pretty easy. You can export the VMs into an OVA file. An OVA is basically a pre-packaged virtual machine. You right click on your VM, choose export and go through the process. Repeate for each vm. On your new laptop, you import the OVA files.
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  1062. Yes you can do that. You can install VBox on a Linux host. In practice, it isn't a smart idea to run Kali Linux as your main host.
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  1063. When you're creating your VM, select your ISO and proceed with the install process.
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  1064. You have to keep in mind you're working a virtual machine. When the installer formats the drive, it is formatting the virtual hard drive of the VM. It will have no effect on your real computer.
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  1065. Did you enable virtualization in your computer's UEFI?
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  1066. No. Its an entirely different operating system.
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  1067. You can use virtual machines to learn about different IT topics, like servers. You can setup a virtual server environment to play around with instead of buying physical servers for every service you want to learn and play around with.
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  1068. It is possible, but not supported. Apple doesn't want you to install macOS on any computer other than a real Mac computer. There are countless videos on YT showing you how to install the Mac system on a vm.
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  1069. VMs aren't exactly meant for gaming. So performance may not be good depending on the games and your hardware. You install games just like you would on any other computer.
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  1070. Yes
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  1071. Its generally safe. Make sure you turn off all host/guest communications (network, clip board, drag and drop etc). There are some pieces of malware that are known to break out of VMs, but they're not common.
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  1072. It doesn't 'download' as an itunes file. You probably have your PC set to open .iso files in iTunes which is why it has the iTunes logo. If you're on Windows, I believe you can right click the file, choose properties, Opens with > Change, choose Windows Explorer and now you can mount it and view its contents. You don't really have to do that since all you need to do is to attach the ISO file to your VM's DVD drive.
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  1073.  @ethanzorn5658  When you choose the Windows Explorer option and then click ok, you double click the ISO file to automatically mount it. This is assuming you're running at least Windows 8.
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