Virtualbox 7.0.10 on Manajaro 22.1 stable host: Intel 11th Gen - Win 7 64-bit Pro on VM guest freezes and don’t start

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I have just done.

Sorry, I am new here and still learning the rules.

Thanks for the tip.

I’ve read articles, forum topics and Virtualbox tickets from the last 36 months using key-words such as manjaro, freeze, win 7, windows 7, windows, intel, 11th gen, etc.

These are the ones more likely to have some degree of relation to my problem:

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https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem

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https://www.perlmonks.org/?node=XY+Problem

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I’ve read your excellent and very instructive article.

These are all the changes I’ve made since the very first default try of installing Windows 7 64-bit Profession on VM guest:

  1. Manjaro 22.1 stable as host:
    vim /etc/default/grub
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“… udev.log_priority=3 ibt=off”
    sudo update-grub
    reboot

  2. Keep VBoxSVGA as the standard option on graphics card.

  3. Increased video memory up to the allowed limit of 128mb.

  4. Enabled 3D video accelerating.

  5. Decreased suggest RAM base memory from 2048mb down to 1024mb.

  6. Disabled floppy option of boot. I’ve kept only CD and HD selected.

  7. I’ve kept default options of I/O APIC enabled and all the rest disabled.

  8. I have increased from 1 CPU to 2 CPU units.

I am not sure if all these steps are really needed, but my Win 7 booted and installed perfectly.

The residual annoying problem is the appearing of some blurred dialogs on Windows 7, but I won’t disable 3D/2D in the virtual machine graphics section since this is not a big problem to me, so far.

And as people say: if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.

Thanks for your kindness help.