Cannot boot Windows guest in VirtualBox without kernel module error

windows service kernel virtualbox
Anthony Mastrean picture Anthony Mastrean · Jan 13, 2016 · Viewed 63.8k times · Source

I'm running Vagrant (1.8.1) + VirtualBox (5.0.12) on Windows 7 and trying to boot up a Windows 7 image (modernIE/w7-ie8). However, I get this error:

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VirtualBox - Error In supR3HardenedWinReSpawn
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<html><b>NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: 0xc0000034 STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND (0 retries) (rc=-101)</b><br/><br/>Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.<br><br><!--EOM-->where: supR3HardenedWinReSpawn
what:  3
VERR_OPEN_FAILED (-101) - File/Device open failed.

Driver is probably stuck stopping/starting. Try 'sc.exe query vboxdrv' to get more information about its state. Rebooting may actually help.</html>
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OK
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I ran the query command, but the service "is not found".

> sc.exe query vboxdrv
[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus:OpenService FAILED 1060:

The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

I tried rebooting, too. Nothing.

Answer

Ram Ch. Bachkheti picture Ram Ch. Bachkheti · Aug 4, 2016

I am on windows 10 and following steps works for me:

Steps:

  1. Navigate to "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\drivers\vboxdrv"
  2. Right click on "VBoxDrv.inf" file and select Install option

  3. Open the Console as a administrator and run the following command

    sc start vboxdrv

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