VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter Driver Error - windows-7

I installed virtual box in my computer and it said device driver installation failed.
i tried to manually update the Virtual Box host only ethernet adapter but windows gives an error message saying "Access Denied"
My computer is running on Windows 7 and my virtual box version is 4.2.12
And When I try add host-only network via Virtual Box it gives an error saying "Failed to create host only network interface"
Please Help.

Go to the lefttop corner of VirtualBox manager.
File-Preferences-Network-Host-only networks.
Remove these that you have, if any. (acknowledge as root)
Add a new one. (acknowledge as root)
Check its existence in cmd - ipconfig
Choose it using Host-only connection in Network of your virtual machine.
Maybe, you haven't administrator rights? Then you won't get acknowledgement window, and you really can't create it.

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Failed to open/create the internal network Vagrant on Windows10

I upgraded my Windows 10 to the last update yesterday and now, when I launch vagrant up command, I get this error :
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it
to boot. Valid states are 'starting, running'. The machine is in the
'poweroff' state. Please verify everything is configured
properly and try again.
If the provider you're using has a GUI that comes with it,
it is often helpful to open that and watch the machine, since the
GUI often has more helpful error messages than Vagrant can retrieve.
For example, if you're using VirtualBox, run `vagrant up` while the
VirtualBox GUI is open.
The primary issue for this error is that the provider you're using
is not properly configured. This is very rarely a Vagrant issue.
When I try with GUI I have this error :
Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter' (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND).
Failed to attach the network LUN (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND).
I have re-installed VirtualBox 5.0.10 and the extension pack,
reconfigured Host-Only Ethernet Adapter, but always the same error...
Any ideas?
I found a solution
Open Windows Network Connections
Right click on VirtualBox Host only adapter that created
Choose properties
Check "VirtualBox NDIS6 Bridged Networking driver"
disable and Enable the adapter
There is a known issue with the new NDIS6 driver, you can install it to use the NDIS5 driver
Try reinstalling it with a parameter (Run as administrator)
> VirtualBox-5.0.11-104101-Win.exe -msiparams NETWORKTYPE=NDIS5
This worked for me.
Update: Newer versions made it easier to pick the NDIS driver from within the installation wizard - just pick NDIS5 when asked.
ref: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-win-performing
Open Network and Sharing Center and go to the Change adapter settings in the sidebar.
Right-click on the host-only adapter in the list of adapters and then Configure button -> Driver tab -> Update driver button.
Select Browse my computer ... and in the next dialog select Let me pick .... You should see the list with just host-only driver in it.
Select it and click next. After the driver is updated, please try using host-only network in a VM again.
I tried the above options, but in vain. Eventually I uninstalled docker-toolbox (1.11.x) and virtualbox(5.16.x) and CHECKED the following option in the docker-toolbox installer GUI (by default the NDIS5 option was unchecked)
Also the virtualadapter in network connections had "Bridge Networking Driver" option UNCHECKED and that worked fine for me
The same error occurred when I updated Windows.
Tried everything. Nothing worked.
Finally, went to Device Manager-> Network Adapters
Disabled and enabled the Virtualbox Host only Adapter
And it worked!
Restart your PC
Sadly, https://stackoverflow.com/a/33733454/2191572 did not work for me in Windows 10 x64 with VirtualBox 5.2.6
The box was already checked and a simple restart fixed it.
After years of telling people to try restarting, I failed to follow my own golden advice; face, meet palm.
I had the same problem after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Tried all the popular answers which did not work. Finally, I understood that Windows had changed the name of the adapter. Virtual Box was configured to use Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller while device manager had this as Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2. Selecting proper controller fixed the problem.
Uninstall Virtualbox and install the latest version, at the time of this answer it's 5.12. I installed Vagrant which automatically installed Virtualbox 5.10. I ran into this issue after installing the Windows 1511 update, uninstalling the Vagrant provided Virtualbox and installing the latest version fixed this.
The two answers did not solve my issue but combining them, I was able to solve the problem.
My situation was I was trying to install and run Docker on a Windows 7 pc and kept getting an error:
"Looks like something went wrong... Press any key to continue..."
After much digging, I was able to relate the issue to the host network adapter that was created by Docker.
I had the NDIS6 driver installed but it was enabled. I tried to uncheck, disable, recheck, enable etc but it did not help.
I then uninstalled VB and reinstalled as per the first answer to get the NDIS5 driver.
This was unchecked, so checking it I was able to move past this issue.
I just ran into this problem with VirtualBox 5.1 on Windows 8. It turns out the problem was with the Kaspersky virus protection I have installed. It added the "Kaspersky Anti-Virus NDIS 6 Filter" on the host-only adapter on the windows side. When I disabled that filter the VM started properly:
ON WINDOWS 10
After spending 3 frustrating hours of uninstalling & re-installing minikube, virtualbox that did not resolve the problem, I saw the network adapters in my
Control Panel->Network and Internet->Network Connections window.
There were 3 enabled "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" ones.
I disabled them all.
Then on services screen (run->services.msc) find the Tcp/Ip NetBIOS helper
and restart it.
A new network adapter with a proper name like "VirtualBox Host-Only Network #3" will be created.
Now type:
minikube delete
mnikube start
It worked for me.
hope It helped someone!
I hate this :)
I have worked around for a while, all you need to do is open VirtualBox,
File > Preferences / Network > Host-Only Networks
You will see VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
click on it, and edit.
My IP settings for vagrant VM was 192.168.10.10, you should edit up to your VM IP
Here is my Network settings;
I have Windows 8.1 and had this problem with VirtualBox 5.0.16.105871. I tried every suggestion I found here, virtual box site, and other forums. None worked for me. I had this error when tried to start a VM with host-only interface:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine LinuxVMDev0.
Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter' (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND).
Failed to attach the network LUN (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
Finally the only solution that worked for me was:
Uninstall 5.0.16
Install version 4.3.36 that did not have this problem (at least in my PC)
Without uninstalling 4.3.36, install version 5.0.16 in the default way
(Always installing as Administrator, i.e. running the installer as administrator).
That worked for me after trying different solution during days.
I found a solution for my problem,
There was a conflict in my network adapters, I simply disabled the one who appears in the error message, then started again the running command, and a new adapter has been created after many approval messages from windows.
I hope this solution could help in some cases.
If the accepted https://stackoverflow.com/a/33733454/8520387 doesn't work for you, then disable other enabled Ethernet Cards.
After this try to run your vagrant script again and it will create a new Network Card for you. For me it was #3
My solution was updating VirtualBox.
I first ran into this issue after fresh install of Docker toolbox(v1.12.5) on my Windows 8.1. What worked for me was update of VirtualBox. Then I had the same problem after some Windows Update, and updating VirtualBox fixed the issue again.
Fo me, updating VirtualBox to 5.1.23 fixed the issue. You can download this version for Windows from the official website.
In my case I just do :
1- update the Hyper-V config like this picture.
2- reboot machine.
3- run virtualbox
4- run vagrant up
For me, disable and enable the network connection wasn't enough to make it work.
I had to delete the content of the .docker repository in my home user (c:/Users/your_user/.docker/).
After doing that i reinstall Docker Toolbox and VitualBox and use machzqcq tips to check the install virtualbox with NDIS5 driver.
I found the answer here : https://github.com/docker/toolbox/issues/473
You can try disabling the "VirtualBox NDIS6 Bridged Networking Driver" on all but your actual physical network adapter(s) before attempting to create the VirtualBox host-only adapter again.
See this answer.
After a Windows 10 update my VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter was actually gone from the OS' network adapters (view these under Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center -> Change adapter settings). Had to reinstall VirtualBox to bring that back to the OS.
Then in the newer version of VirtualBox, the host-only adapters are under Global Tools (top right) -> Host Network Manager. Make sure the DHCP Server is enabled for the adapter.
Example config:
I tried every single thing on this page (and thanks everyone!). Nothing worked. After literally hours and hours, I finally got it working.
My problem was that I had no error preceding "something went wrong in step ´Checking status on default´".
This line in the start.sh script failed.
VM_STATUS="$( set +e ; "${DOCKER_MACHINE}" status "${VM}" )"
Running the following line from the Command Prompt worked and returned "Running".
D:\Dev\DockerToolbox\docker-machine.exe status default
So I started following all the fixes in Github link and found the fix.
In the start.sh script, I changed the line
VM_STATUS="$( set +e ; "${DOCKER_MACHINE}" status "${VM}" )"
to
VM_STATUS="$(${DOCKER_MACHINE} status ${VM})"
Open Control Panel >> Network and Sharing Center. Now click on Change Adapter Settings. Right click on the adapter whose Name or the Device Name matches with VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter # 3 and click on Properties. Click on the Configure button.
Now click on the Driver tab. Click on Update Driver. Select Browse my
computer for drivers. Now choose Let me pick from a list of available
drivers on my computer. Select the choice you get and click on Next.
Click Close to finish the update. Now go back to your
Terminal/Powershell/Command window and repeat the vagrant up command.
It should work fine this time.
https://www.howtoforge.com/setup-a-local-wordpress-development-environment-with-vagrant/
for me, I had to delete the .virtualbox & .docker folder In my user directory... which worked out fine

VirtualBox Ubuntu 14 guest running on win7 host has no Internet access with Bridged Adapter

My VM Linux ubuntu 14.04 LTS running on Win 7 host lost Internet access while running on Bridged Adapter. I do not know the precise event that this happened after - therefore it is hard for me to troubleshoot. So I'm here for some help :)
A couple of points:
It worked before - not sure what changed though. One thing might be related: I installed VMware player on the same host as well (but it is shut down);
Attaching the VM to NAT based Internet connection works fine;
I tried playing around with some of the settings in VirtualBox manager when the problem arose;
I tried disabling the VMware services (like DHCP service, NAT service, etc.) - that did not help.
I have attached some screen-shots that might be helpful. Thank you for your input! I would really appreciate not only the solution but the thinking process of how to troubleshoot it.
I solved it - in my case I have both VM virtualbox and VMware player installed in my machine. The connetions somehow got mixed up even when I was running only one of those applications.
Going to VMware Player > Virtual Machine settings for your VM > Network adapter > Configure adapters and try swithing around the adapters if you have the same set up as I had. It might be helpfull to restart the VirtualBox VM after you do some switching in VMWare player (but I'm not sure it is necessary);
Also, I think the internet connection was succesfully established on virtualbox VM once I turned on the VMWare VM - but I'm not sure 100% about it.
Please add comments if you had similar issue and how you resolved it - I think this would save countless nerve cells aroud the world :)
Fist of all, if your NAT mode network is working well then I assume there is nothing wrong with your virtual box installation. While the NAT mode doesn't require much additional setting beside set the virtual machine to use DHCP, the bridged adapter mode need some additional configuration. Because it's basically to simulate that your virtual machine has it's own LAN cable and plug it into the switch or router by "riding" your real connection (whether it is wired or wireless). So, to make it work please configure your Ubuntu's wired connection to use the same configuration as your host computer/windows (but of course with different IP address).
Good luck mate.
If you want to use VMs in bridged network options, do the following changes in the VMware network. Open Virtual network editor on VMware.
click on changes setting at the bottom. It will as you for admin permissions. click yes. now you will be able to see new connection in the list(possibly VMnet0) and able to edit the network settings.
select Bridge from option and click on Automatic settings. Unckeck all the other network options except the computer adapter. save the settings and restart VMs.

"Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to" VMware Workstation 10.0.1 while booting a VM

I've just installed the VMware Workstation 10.0.1, but when I try to boot a virtual machine (I've created a new guest and I also have a virtual disk image of another VM), it doesn't start to run and I get this error: "Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to". I've googled around but didn't find a solution to the problem. I am using Windows 7 64 bit.
I also have VirtualBox installed (maybe VMware goes in conflict with VirtualBox?).
What should I do? I need those virtual machines to run.
If the above solution didn't work, just restart your machine (Physical machine) and try booting again.
I needed to "allow" the VMware system extension (macOS warned me about this being blocked on install, but I ignored it).
In brief: System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General > Click "Allow" on the "VMware blocked" message
See accepted answer here for further details: https://superuser.com/questions/1256489/how-to-fix-vmware-fusion-pro-10-cannot-find-a-valid-peer-process-to-connect-to
Am not sure if this is really a solution but in my case it worked.
I had to go to the "Virtual Machine Library" and Double-click the VM that's throwing the error and that fixed it.

Connect to QNX on VirtualBox via IP

I would like to connect to QNX Neutrino OS (qconn) running on the VirtualBox from the Momentics IDE running on the Windows 7 (the same computer) via IP on 8000 port. I tried to get IP address of this virtual machine, and it seems to be the same as my real machine's and it doesn't work on it. Thank you in advance for your help.
So, just to clarify:
You are using Windows 7 as your host OS
QNX Neutrino RTOS is running in a VM
Using Momentics on the Windows host, you want to connect in the IDE to the QNX target
Let's assume the IP address of your Windows 7 machine is 192.168.1.101 (acquired by going Start ==> Run... ==> cmd ==> ipconfig )
First, have the network type for your QNX OS VM set to NAT (Network Address Translation). Then, you need to setup port forwarding (please see this URL: http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/2010/12/virtualbox-4-nat-port-forwarding-gui/).
Once you've finished, you should be able to connect from the Momentics IDE in Windows 7 to the QNX VM by specifying the following QCONN target in Momentics:
Target: 127.0.0.1:8000
HOSTNAME: QNX_NTO
The forwarding you setup will cause all connections to 127.0.0.1:8000 (the Windows host loopback connection) on port 8000 to be automatically redirected to your QNX VM.
I've done this myself and it worked. Hope this helps for you.
Cheers!
If possible, configure your QNX guest virtual machine to use Host-Only Networking - this will put it on a private network segment with your host Windows 7. You should then be able to access it by the IP address is it assigned. By default your Win7 host will have an address of 192.168.56.1 and your virtual machine will likely be assigned 192.168.56.2.
If your guest requires access to the internet or other networks, you could experiment with other network options like Bridged (the virtual machine would appear as another computer on your same network) or NAT (you would need to add port forwarding options).

how to acces host services in virtual box with out additional networking

I have ubuntu 10.04 and virtual box running win xp now i want to test my page layout in ie so i want to access apache from with in my virtual box how can i set up this with out additional networking on the host (i.e. i want to have some kind'a peer to peer connection between the host and the guest)
You should be able to access your local (host) machine's Apache server from your Virtual Box using the default gateway of the virtual machine. If you type ipconfig at the command prompt, you will find that IP address.
Once you have that, just browse to that IP and folder in IE. (Or any other browser you might have installed, for that matter.)
Shutdown XP and delete all networking options for the VM from VirtualBox. Create a new networking option (by default), this is NAT. Start the XP VM and install VirtualBox Guest Additions. Rrefer the VirtualBox help file for instructions. You need to first mount the Vbox Guest Additions ISO as a CD-ROM drive. Restart the VM. Your XP guest and the Ubuntu host will be given IP on the same subnet. You can access Apache websites running on the host by typing the host IP address in the URL.

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