VirtualBox/Installation/Windows

Supported Windows host operating systems (64 bit)

Virtualbox 7 supports the following Windows hosts:^[1]

Windows 8.1
Windows 10 RTM (1507 / 2015 LTSB) build 10240
Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607 / 2016 LTSB) build 14393
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709) build 16299
Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) build 17134
Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809 / 2019 LTSC) build 17763
Windows 10 May 2019 Update (19H1 / 1903) build 18362
Windows 10 November 2019 Update (19H2 / 1909) build 18363
Windows 11 (21H2)
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022

Download and Install with Chocolatey

If you have already installed Chocolatey,^[2] the easiest way to download and and install VirtualBox is (in PowerShell: Run as administrator):^[3]^[4]^[5]

   choco install virtualbox
   choco upgrade virtualbox

That's it. Then you're ready for Setting up a Virtual Machine.

Download

The VirtualBox installer can be downloaded from the official VirtualBox website. You might want to compare the checksums to verify the integrity of downloaded packages. The SHA256 checksums should be favored as the MD5 algorithm must be treated as insecure!

Installation

Run the downloaded installer and follow the on-screen instruction to install Oracle VM VirtualBox. You can opt to add a desktop and start menu shortcut.

NOTE: Your network connections (including the Internet connection) will be interrupted for a short time while the installer installs VirtualBox network drivers.

[1] "1.4. Supported Host Operating Systems".

[2] ttps://chocolatey.org/

[3] "Grid Singularity: Step 2: Install Virtualbox"

[4] "Installing Virtualbox via choco "

[5] "Install oracle virtual box using PowerShell"

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