Installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox. Error status: 0xc0000225?
Today, after finally taking the plunge into the Linux world (I'm trying to refocus my work to the Rails ecosystem), I installed VirtualBox on Linux Mint 13.
Simple enough, a little visit the software center and done.
I created my new virtual machine and tried installing Windows 7 from my .ISO file but behold a glitch!
Windows failed to start.
A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
Status: 0xc0000225
The fix is real simple.
All you have to do is open the settings for your virtual machine:
System > Enable IO APIC
Save your new changes and launch the virtual machine again, everything will now run smoothly and you'll be able to install Windows 7.
Written by Sergio Tapia Gutierrez
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I ran into the same problem today installing Windows 7 Enterprise in Virtual Box on Mountain Lion. This fixed worked. Thanks for saving me a ton of time!
@craigmaslowski You're very welcome, I'm glad it saved you some needless work.
This fix worked for me too, you the man!
Genius, thanx
Nice, thx
Thanks A lot ♥