Update: SUN vXM VirtualBox 2.1.4
xVM VirtualBox has been updated to 2.1.4.
Shared folders still don’t work out of the box with Windows 7 Beta guests, but I managed to get it to work by using this trick (via Fat Bloke):
- open Regedit (as administrator)
- navigate to this key and change the value to 0 (zero): HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet001\Services\VBoxGuest\Start
- reboot the Windows 7 guest
- create a shared folder
- Navigate to (or map to a letter) \\vboxsvr\SHARENAME
exe installer, 36.1MB, MD5 sum: 4E6E7990D88C58D38551572A326A1F70
For 64-bit hosts: Download VirtualBox 2.1.4 (64-bit)
exe installer, 39.9MB, MD5 sum: F82F3A1047DC4932C28AAF487F29AFAA
Other stuff: VirtualBox for Linux, Mac, Solaris + SDKs and older versions
Windows hosts: Fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916)
Windows hosts: Fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130)
Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)
Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules (bug #3115)
Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they don’t override existing system rules (bug #3143)
Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to communicate with each other when attached via TAP interfaces (bug #3215)
Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if dbus or hal are not available (bug #3136)
Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was disabled (bug #3098)
Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had been started using sudo previously (bug #3270)
Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests in parallel
Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs
VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172)
VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot
REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with software virtualization (bug #3245)
GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256)
GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action send the shutdown signal if the guest is currently not using ACPI
GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts when keys are auto-repeated (bug #1296)
API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087)
VBoxHeadless: really don’t start X11 services (clipboard service, 3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)
NAT: fixed occasional crashes when the guest is doing traceroute (non-Windows hosts; bug #3200)
NAT: fixed crashes under high load (bug #3110)
NAT: fixed truncated downloads (Windows hosts only, bug #3257)
NAT: don’t intercept TFTP packages with a destination address different from the builtin TFTP server (bug #3112)
USB: several fixes for USB passthrough on Linux hosts
USB: reduced host CPU utilization if EHCI is active
VRDP: fixed VRDP server black screen after a client reconnect (bug #1989)
VRDP: modified rdesktop client (rdesktop-vrdp) now uses NumLock state synchronization (bug #3253)
LsiLogic: make FreeBSD guests work (bug #3174)
ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)
iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM
3D support: added missing GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS_ARB (bug #3246)
Windows Additions: fixed ERROR (e0000101) error during installation (bug #1923)
Windows Additions: fixed Windows Explorer hang when browsing shared folders with 64 bit guests (bug #2225)
Windows Additions: fixed guest screen distortions during a video mode change
Windows Additions: fixed the Network drive not connected message for mapped shared folders drives after the guest startup (bug #3157)
Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files in O_APPEND mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)
Linux Additions: the mouse driver was not properly set up on X.Org release candidates (bug #3212)
Linux Additions: fixed installer to work with openSUSE 11.1 (bug #3213)
Linux Additions: disable dynamic resizing if the X server is configured for fixed resolutions
Linux/Solaris Additions: handle virtual resolutions properly which are larger than the actual guest resolution (bug #3096)



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