VirtualBox 1.5.4

Oracle - (Open Source)

VirtualBox is an easy and elegant solution for those who want to control a computer from another computer.

VirtualBox offers virtualize your operating system (OS) guests on a host machine. Called hypervisor, the application supports Windows OS X, Linux, Mac, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc.. as host, Mac OS X missing the call as a guest.

It also includes a remote access via HTTP protocol, convenient for demonstrations on a clean system.Â The ability to manage multiple states of the system is particularly interesting and its interface is very simple.

Virtualization solutions allow installing an operating system on a virtual machine using the resources of the host PC , thus enjoying very good performance. In the genre, several solutions are known for their ease of use, such as VMware Workstation , Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1.

A virtual machine is a useful way to use two operating systems simultaneously and harmless to the host computer. There is the possibility to install Linux on a virtual machine on Windows and vice versa .

Title:: VirtualBox 1.5.4
File Size:: 17.0 MB
Requirements:: Windows XP
Language:: en-us
License:: Open Source
Date Added:: 28 Dec 2007
Publisher:: Oracle
Homepage:: http://www.oracle.com
MD5 Checksum:: DCCA2D0B6B83707D89F0102E12C8DE01

This version is a maintenance release. It adds USB 2.0 support and a PulseAudio backend.

" GUI: fixed registration dialog crashes
" GUI: allow to enter unicode characters to the name of the registration dialog
" GUI: pre-select attached media in the disk manager when opened from the VM
settings dialog
" GUI: remember the last active VM
" GUI: ask before reset the VM
" GUI: dont accept empty paths for serial/parallel ports in XML
" GUI: fixed NumLock / CapsLock synchronizazion on Windows hosts
" GUI: dont start the kernel timer if no VM is active (Linux host)
" GUI: fixed accelerators in German translation
" VMM: improved compatibility with Solaris guests
" VMM: properly restore CR4 after leaving VT-x mode
" VMM: fix interrupt storm with Windows guests under certain circumstances (e.g.
disable + re-enable the network adapter)
" VMM: with VT-x a pending interrupt could be cleared behind our back
" VMM: workaround for missed cpuid patch (some Linux guests refuse to boot on
multi-core CPUs)
" VMM: fixed code for overriding CPUID values
" VMM: improved error handling on out-of-memory conditions
" API: dont crash when trying to create a VM with a duplicate name
" API: dont crash when trying to access the settings of a VM when some other VMs
are not accessible
" API: fixed several memory leaks
" ATA/IDE: fixed SuSE 9.1 CD read installer regression
" Serial: several fixes
" Floppy: fixed inverted write protect flag
" Floppy: fixed handling of read-only images
" USB: virtualize an EHCI controller
" USB: several minor fixes
" Network: fixed MAC address check
" Network: host interface fixes for Solaris guests
" Network: guest networking stopped completely after taking a snapshot
" Network: dont crash if a network card is enabled but not attached
" PXE: fix for PXE-EC8 error on soft reboot
" NAT: update the DNS server IP address on every DNS packet sent by the guest
" VGA: reset VRAM access handers after a fullscreen update
" VGA: dont overwrite guests VRAM when displaying a blank screen
" ACPI: implemented the sleep button event
" VRDP: fixed crash when querying VRDP properties
" VRDP: netAddress fixes
" VRDP: fixed the Pause/Break keys over VRDP
" VRDP: workaround for scrambled icons with a guest video mode of 16bpp
" VRDP: reset modifer keys on RDP_INPUT_SYNCHRONIZE
" VRDP: reset RDP updates after resize to prevent obsolete updates
" Clipboard: Windows host/guest fixes
" Clipboard: fixed a SEGFAULT on VM exit (Linux host)
" Clipboard: fixed a buffer overflow (Linux host)
" Shared Folders: fixed memory leaks
" Linux installer: remove the old kernel module before compiling a new one
" Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.24
" Linux host: script fixes for ArchLinux
" Linux host: load correct HAL library to determine DVD/floppy (libhal.so.1 not
libhal.so)
" Linux host: make sure the tun kernel module is loaded before initializing static
TAP interfaces
" Windows additions: fixed hang during HGCM communication
" Windows additions: fixed delay when shutting down the guest
" Linux additions: added sendfile support to allow HTTP servers to send files on
shared folders
" Linux additions: make additions work with Fedora 8 (SELinux policy added)
" Linux additions: sometimes ARGB pointers were displayed incorrectly
" Linux additions: several small script fixes