How to use VirtualBox - Tutorial for Beginners

[@patrickdaly5068]

I saw a video in which a former MS employee got one of those scam calls from India saying his Windows PC was infected. He recorded the call and let them get on his computer, but he had set up a virtual machine, so they couldn’t do any damage. The scammer even got his supervisor on the call, and both of them got pretty frustrated that they couldn’t open the things they were trying to open. It was pretty humorous.

[@raroreren]

what’s the video called

[@noertri618]

So is vm really secure and safe??

[@legohexman2858]

​@@noertri618to scammers who don't know much about computers, probably

[@jay10194]

A vm has the same security risk as any other pc. Treat it as such, maybe look into vm escape lol.

[@ThatBritishGuyOG]

​@@noertri618yeah I use it to test if a download has viruses on it

[@alfonzfistron]

Thanks for the tutorial! Really helpful and it was clear what to do. For anyone who reads this: If you start the VM and there is an error saying that a critical error has occured, try restarting your PC. This happened to me and restarting the PC worked.

[@HideOut55007]

I've been an IT professional for 30 years & this video Lesson is Awesome, Thank You!

[@no3ironman11100]

Great video, well categorized, kept short enough to not get confusing but long enough to hold all the information you need to get started and potential issues categorized. One just has to watch the steps and execute them as you go. Thank you!

[@Robert-yp9zs]

The "watch..and execute..." an excellent suggestion for those with two PCs.

[@no3ironman11100]

@@Robert-yp9zs just tab in and out, use your phone, or have two screens.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

Considering how complex the idea of Virtualization is, I’ve always been so impressed by how intuitive and easy to use Virtualbox actually is. I’ve been using it for years and although I’ve heard of VMware and other software I’ve really had no practical reason to look elsewhere. Virtualbox has always just clicked in my mind the first time I used it. It shows you that software that does something complex doesn’t actually need to be complex to learn and operate. In my mind it’s a case of great software design!

[@gsaldanajr]

By far the most easiest and user friendly way and step by step on how to do this. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!!!!!

[@Winteriine]

Interacting with this to hopefully bump it up in the search results! This is a very clean and easy to understand tutorial, so thank you for making the video! Here’s hoping I can use your advice to get my own virtual machine running.

[@ramnik.khanna]

@Kevin, you're a mind reader! It's just yesterday that I was looking for a tutorial video by you, on how to install a VM on my PC, but couldn't find any! And then today, I got the notification of this new video by you! Thanks a lot for a well explained walk-through!

[@Grea812]

you should be scared of how these algorithms work.

[@DenseMelon]

@@Grea812 dont think algorithms tell youtubers to upload a video

[@ProduktOfEv0lution]

@@Grea812 right? Sometimes I just be thinking shit and it pops up. Im serious too....

[@SimplyDuker]

@@ProduktOfEv0lution Worse scenario where you don't know what certain things are called while possessing such items in your hands only for Facebook to show you a post containing the exact items and their official name on the next day. Shit's really concerning, if you ask me.

[@Strizzy359]

THANK YOU!!! I have delayed my process on the odin project this summer/fall because I couldnt figure out how to run this VM effectively! This helped so much!!

[@CRUDE360]

Speaking as a complete beginner. This is awesome

[@romerorv2008]

Running two instances of the same game in one laptop lead my search here. I learned something new and useful. Thank you so much!

[@forgotabhi]

wow i was just looking for yet another up to date installation guide but your explanation was just amazing! subbed

[@markm2048]

Probably the best video on Virtual Box I seen for newbies

[@LameOwl]

Easy to follow and just what I needed. Got VBox installed and the installed Kali Linux. Thank you!

[@XoticBrandsTV]

This was really helpful. Provided just the minimum amount of information for me to execute my project.

[@MikeyP82sf]

Thanks so much! Just started my IT journey and this was SO helpful. Just gained another subscriber!

[@magnusm4]

Installed it for fun and it was enjoyable to get it running and working on the first go. A little confused about writing in a username, password then when starting it up it asked me to do the same again. I loved the startup window asking about softwares to install. As I like to work on hobbies I was surprised it had Krita and OBS in it's list. I don't get how they made installing and setting up an operating system look like counting to 3 compared to simply installing and playing a game.

[@technoWZ5598]

My favourite software virtualisation tool! VirtualBox is great for running Linux, any version of Windows, BSD, Haiku OS, React OS, etc. You can run so many older OS's with this too! I love this program because it works on Linux, meaning I can use Windows specific software in a VM on Linux without having to reboot into Windows, or install Windows. As of right now, I use VirtualBox version 6.1, which I find easier than the newer 7.0, although I guess I'll have to update eventually. I don't believe version 7 is available yet for most Linux distro's. Keep up the fantastic work with your videos, we really appreciate it. :)

[@andreynguyen2503]

Hey. Does your Linux VM run smoothly? When I installed mine, KZbin is glitchy as hell. The video keeps freezing, and the sound keeps breaking up. I checked all the videos about the correct settings. My host machine specs are good for a vm (Win 11, i7 12gen 1260P, DDR4 16 RAM, SSD 512)

[@technoWZ5598]

@@andreynguyen2503 Linux VM's generally are good when it comes to running smoothly in virtual machines. Not exactly sure why you are experiencing issues with KZbin.

[@AlDamara-x8j]

@@andreynguyen2503 Same here, it is runny awfully slow. Videos don't even load and the system is laggy!

[@GuyWithBeardButNoMoustache]

if i download stuff in it, do i get them back after shuttingdown or start a new? what if i want to install some cracked stuff? games, if they were infected do they affect my host?

[@shad0w-t1tan7]

holy, this is insane, a quick and easy tutorial, love it!

[@CodersDomain]

You are awesome man! I am new at this and not even my favourite Tech creators have shown me how to get started in linux from the absolute bottom

[@edwald4056]

Clear and straight to the point. Love it. New subscriber.

[@batch9518]

wow very great tutorial! sadly, much better than my teacher who just expects us to know everything without teaching 💀. There goes my tuition.

[@laxmankhadka3800]

I really love your explanation you are like a brother we have in our church his name is Brendan. God bless you, Kevin

[@satioOeinas]

Easy to follow and straight to the point! Thank you Kevin.

[@akhileshb_]

Best tutorials on youtube, thanks Kevin!

[@fellowlearners]

Thank you, I watched several other videos but it still took me 2 hours until I watch yours.

[@babygrandadplays]

Your videos are always really helpful and no dilly dally. I appreciate that

[@KevinStratvert]

Glad you like them!

[@kbqvist]

Thanks! I have managed to get Ubuntu running on a Windows computer, but got stuck in my attempt to install an Android virtual machine. Maybe you could go through that process in another video?

[@T4eva]

Virtual Machine/Box is truly awesome to have. I can't wait to start having fun with it.

[@oldnewsboy]

Excellent video - could not ask for more, at this point in my learning. Keep it up

[@simbakali]

Thanks. Next video talk more about virtual network settings on VMs. Thank you so much.🙏

[@ingzimmerman899]

I really appreciate your step by step procedure. Tks.

[@BBKing1977]

Did you have any issues capturing video of the VM when in full screen mode? This looks like it could be a good option for making my own recordings, so long as the screen capture works well.

[@onurertek2466]

Thanks for this video. It helped me a lot to start using virtual machines.

[@kuukurii1897]

My man... that was a nice and comprehensible walkthrough.

[@GlowingAviation]

Thank you so much! I’ve always wondered.

[@BiqSam2002]

This is the channel every student needed...big up cuss... ♾thanks

[@bp3445]

Love the background 55 seconds in. Good video too

[@CamiloSanchez1979]

Fantastic tutorial Kevin, you truly are your brother's keeper.

[@NoWayJoseNJ]

Kevin ive done this before but im here for a refresh. Thank you bro.

[@smileeface]

Thank you for this tutorial! Straight to the points, no failure!

[@vinkanchana3849]

Thank you Kevin. It’s too complicated for me, but I love to watch your video. Keep flowing for some beginner aw well. 😊

[@Ruben-GG]

Thank you for the incredibley comprehensive, yet easy to follow, guide! I can now get started.

[@Hank-Random]

Thank you Kevin. Another clear and concise instructional video.

[@gisfdlc9210]

Thank you so much, Kevin. You explain everything way better than my teacher🤝👍

[@DatOneSquirrelandothers]

Hi Kevin! I love the tutorial, and I'm a huge fan of yours. Quick question- When setting up a VM, there is a box to check labeled, "Skip Unattended Installation" and I was wondering what it does and if I should check it. Thank you!

[@workingTchr]

Thanks! Totally lucid, and you anticipated all of my questions.

[@23454357]

I’m having a small problem: when I create a VM, the menus show me all the options, but not the 4:52 “iso image option” so I create a VM that runs no os. When am I supposed to install the os? Thanks 🙏

[@tommymaddox3051]

Great tutorial brother, straight to the point and very detailed leaving no info out✅

[@Speedy4you10]

@Keven Stratvert thank you very much for this tutorial! Just one question though. Do you actually need a physical disk to actually install operating systems in virtualbox or no? I have an Alienware desktop which doesn't have a cd rom tray. Thank you.

[@KevinStratvert]

No, all you need is an iso file, which you can download. Microsoft and Linux distributions all offer iso downloads for their respective operating systems.

[@PKpanzerkrieger]

Clear and straight to the point. I love it!

[@JeffSheen]

Great Video... First class.... Got me up and running in VirtualBox..... but :) there is always a but... I need more help with the file shearing, or is that folder shearing?? Would love to see a video that covers ALL the in's and out's of this..... I m trying to get old files into programs running in windows XP in VirtualBox... I am having a lot of trouble in getting to the files and understanding how it all works...

[@raihankun6914]

thank you! you're very helping me into these things i hope ypu doin well in your life

[@lionheart8430]

Just start Cloud Computing course and part of my assignments is to create VM and I found this video very short and easy to follow 🙂 😀

[@LuiIacobellis]

When you delete a VM from VirtualBox, does it release the allocated RAM & Cores that were allocated to it during provisioning?

[@tejasraman6913]

Kevin, you didn’t talk about installing the guest tools or the extension pack for virtual box. Other than that, this is a beautifully explained tutorial.

[@rufmeister]

Be very careful with the extension pack. It is not free, it is covered by an Oracle license, and is only free/allowed for personal use. That doesn't sound too bad, but Oracle is known to keep track of VB/EP downloads, hoping to find one that they can somehow track back to a company, and then hunt down that company for an audit. Should not technically be problem for a home user just playing around, but it means that any skills learned about VB would not be useful on the job market, and if you bring a laptop to some kind of company (employer or just visiting for other reasons) and it contains VB, you are a potential financial liability, putting Oracle's crosshairs on them.

[@ahmedgaming1384]

Thank you finally a bid that not 3 years old

[@Zalodowialy]

english is my second language, yet it's easier for me to understand everything from you than from my teacher lol

[@sridharsathya8719]

Thanks for the video; however, if I'm going to use Ubuntu why not use WSL(2) rather than virtual machine?

[@0xc4ae1e5]

If you want a desktop WSL is very finicky.

[@jasonlong1313]

Soooo easy! This is better instruction than my IST prof! You are the best! Thank you

[@josephdaquila2479]

If you build an executable file within a virtual machine, it should work on an actual OS for the OS that you are virtualizing, right?

[@tonyvain100]

Great job with the video. Just what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

[@dharvashah8111]

such an underrated tutorial

[@TehGarfieldSpartan]

Thank you very much! With this tutorial, I installed Windows 10 on my VM!

[@RobloxianX]

Very nice. Now I can test out Operating Systems before I get them!

[@rafiali4144]

just what i wanted to see. Thank you!

[@GelynCinco-p6e]

Thank you Kevin, I just learned about your channel and I'm loving it.

[@SP649thereal]

this video helped me set up my first VM thanks so much. it was very helpful!

[@samsmusichub]

Does each VM get its own physical address, IPv6, and stuff like that?

[@adrianbaros5476]

Duuuudeeeee, thanks so much for making me understand it. At first i had some problems like the VM not working and me being dumb and not adding the CD thingy, after a while i did it. Thanks kevin

[@smcdonald9991]

Superb intro, well done.

[@doodahgurlie]

Really great job with this tutorial, Kevin. Would love to see a more in-depth video where you add/move a vdi image. Also maybe a bit more info on snapshots and how they work and such. Maybe show a mix of various Linux distros (Ubuntu, Kali, etc.) with Windows. Or maybe toss in VMware for comparison. Also demo sharing files between host/guest.

[@silvcry7349]

First of all, great video thank you for explaining it so well. I have a question, do you know why i cannot use the auto resize function? when I click it nothing happenes and when I click it again it adjusts the whole window size to the size of the virtual desktop with the background so it stays small and just makes the window of the virtual box smaller.

[@olivesouch6423]

1:42 Lenovo has F1 to access BIOS Menu to me.

[@erlonzefanias]

Great video, helpful, concise e straight forward.

[@_ASHWIN__KUMARA_]

seriously thanks for explaining sir!! really helped a lot

[@chazcon5133]

Awesome video, great VM tutorial!

[@atlantic_love]

Your video didn't talk at all about the actual install process of Ubuntu. I was presented with a screen asking me if I wanted to "try out" Linux or install it. And clicking on "auto resize guest display" doesn't allow me to maximize the display to fill my monitor screen.

[@AllOSesOfficial]

“Try Linux” gives you the chance to see if you like it and is temporary. Install allows you to actually install the Linux distribution. That is the explanation

[@groovebag61]

Splendid explanation! You must be a teacher right?

[@DM_DooM]

Saved my life bro! great video.

[@emsquare3575]

Awesome video.

[@halohalo4845]

what a nice & neat tutorial! Thank you so much! Kevin

[@hygo64]

A really good tutorial! Helped me a lot. Thank you!

[@Amin-et2jm]

Hi Kevin. Can you please introduce some light software for upscaling our videos in Windows?

[@beardordie5308]

And also increasing frame rate (requires a machine learning program to create the additional frames and interpolate). I think I used to have random GitHub software that did that but I don't remember.

[@emilyvo9934]

I recommend topaz upscaler, it provides a large selection of models that you can use to upscale

[@emilyvo9934]

@@beardordie5308I believe that some patreon user created a software or a gui that made it easier to increase the frames in a video

[@beardordie5308]

@@emilyvo9934 I found and used flowframes. It worked.

[@dsnako1]

Thank you so much for your insights, your amazing teaching abilities. Great job.

[@Deson_Bowenford]

I'm a very old school gamer. Is it possible to setup a DOS based system and if so what Hardware does Virtual Box emulate in this case? Video card and Soundcard expecially.

[@AbdulMalik-xv2rz]

Literally this video is so helpful, Thanks Kevin.

[@No-lg9xg]

4:42 what does the "VirtualBox VMs" folder mean i cant find it anywhere

[@reg4j298]

can it also be dynamic with the ram and cpu?

[@ssigitas69]

Thanks so much. Before you I watched few more videos about installing VirtualBox and Ubuntu. But your tutorial like always is the best 😁 Just one question...when you said remove virtual machine you mean remove Ubuntu OS not a VirtualBox?

[@joandemello]

thank you for the clear instructions

[@randomguyontheinternet5030]

not me thinking the ISO image was the icon image used for the display and skipping it XD Mr Google quickly told me the difference, so now I know what an ISO image is, but thanks for the help in making a VM.

[@decastro76]

Hi, thanks for this this clear and very complet tutorial. When you pause the virtual machine the cores that you reserved for they rest free to use in the native operating system? Or they still reserved to the virtual machine till you shut it down? Thanks once again.

[@raccoonair]

Excellent, thanks for sharing.

[@antemoh6007]

welldone buddy , i learned every thing i need from your vedio ! thanks for your time , good luck ;)

[@caseywellington4761]

Thank you for explaining what this is!

[@noway8233]

Cool , thanks for the tutorial

[@carlopelzen6515]

Thanks, very exhaustive tutorial, but let me ask: do you find is better to use VB or Wine?

[@sam-7405]

Thankyou very much! it was extremely helpful. for operating a Windows file inside VM would I also have to download a Windows ISO file?

[@b.i.t.t2091]

This works very well much better than windows mpst likely due to linux being open source and the video was easy to follow.