First post, by xjas
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As the title says. 5.2.x is the last build to support 32-bit OSes. There are no specific system requirements listed, although forum scuttlebutt mentions XP support is "unofficial, but should work." I've found a few people posting claiming to have it running, but no specifics.
I'm getting this error:
^^ this happens when I try to launch the Vbox frontend, not when I have the frontend open & try to start a VM like some sites on the web suggest. I can't even get that far obviously.
Apparently this happens even on the "officially-supporting-XP" 4.x branch after a certain version, as well as 5.x.
I've found a couple postings that purport to offer a solution to this, neither of them worked. Firstly, "Right click My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Signing > Ignore" didn't solve it (even after reinstalling Vbox) although it did stop the installer from throwing me like 50 warnings about Windows Logo certification for Vbox's network drivers.
Secondly, I read this page and ran through the steps there (which involved installing the .NET Framework 1.1 and the SDK separately, not just the SDK as the site suggests.)
For the record, I only vaguely understand what any of the settings of SetReg do, so I tried messing around with all of them, including cloning the author of that article's. Nothing worked.
I did remove, reboot, and reinstall Vbox (multiple times) after tweaking the above settings.
I'm running a fairly fresh install of XP32 SP3 Enterprise off an original CD, with a few extra packs (various .NET frameworks, Visual C redistributables, DirectX, etc.) installed. Do I need to run Windows Update to get some new certificates or something?
Tearing my hair out here. Any help is appreciated.
Note: I'm trying to install VirtualBox on a Windows XP host system, not install an XP VM as a guest under VirtualBox. Just to clarify.
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