Oracle VM Virtualbox 5.2.10

Oracle VM VirtualBox is an industrial-strength open source virtualisation tool that makes it easy to create virtual machines (VMs), simulated computers that run on your PC but act as though they were separate systems. It's a powerful capability that has many different applications.

If you'd like a closer look at Windows 8 before you upgrade, for instance, then you could install Microsoft's latest in a VM, then access it in a window on your XP or Vista desktop.

Or maybe you've upgraded to Windows 8 and find a favourite old app doesn't work any more? Create a Windows XP VM and you might be able to run it again.

VirtualBox can also be a useful security tool: if you download and test apps in a VM, then any malware you might encounter will be isolated from your main system.

And it's the perfect choice if you want to try out another operating system with the minimum of hassle. Right now you can install Google Chrome OS, all the mainstream Linux variants (2.4 and 2.6), OpenBSD, OS/2, ReactOS, SkyOS, DOS, and just about every version of Windows there's ever been. (Of course you'll need to have the system discs to hand.)

VirtualBox 4 included an interface redesign, making it easier to view and manage your virtual machines. VM displays can now be scaled, so you can reduce a window size by half (for instance) and still see everything that's going on. The ability to limit a VM's CPU and IO time means the program will be less of a drain on your system's resources, and there are a host of other performance optimisations and bug fixes available.

Main Features VirtualBox :

• VMM: more work on improving the emulation of certain MSR registers on certain host CPUs (e.g. bugs #12734, #12736, #12744, #12748, #12686, #12770)
• VMM: fixed single-stepping for real-mode guests (VT-x without unrestricted guest execution) and some I/O instructions (bug #12636)
• VMM: fixed a potential problem with COW pages if nested paging is not available
• GUI: Mac OS X: experimental native full screen support for Mountain Lion and Mavericks (bug #12292)
• GUI: Mac OS X: removed the mini-toolbar minimize button which doesn’t work under Mac OS X full screen mode anyway
• GUI: experimental HID LEDs synchronization for Windows and Mac OS X hosts: fixed keyboard re-synchronization if the feature is disabled (as done by default; bug #12758)
• GUI: fixed a potential crash when opening the preferences menu (bug #12862)
• OVF: fixed a crash of the VirtualBox Manager when re-starting guest export (bug #12586)
• 3D support: several fixes
• HGCM: fixed a problem with saved states which could cause several guest misbehavior after a VM was started from a saved state
• Storage: fixed a bug preventing to compact differential snapshots under certain conditions
• VBoxSVC: fixed a segmentation fault on Linux hosts if a very long path exists under /dev (bug #12760)
• API: fixed guest misbehavior under certain conditions if a storage medium was attached or removed at VM runtime
• Windows installer: make the –silent parameter work again (bug #12764)
• Mac OS X Networking: prevent local traffic (VM-to/from-host) from leaking to wire (bug #12750)
• Windows Additions: fixed the environment for guest processes (4.3.8 regression; bug #12782)
• Windows Additions/WDDM: fixed divide by zero exception with multiple guest screens under certain conditions
• Linux Additions: install correctly on Ubuntu guest systems with a /usr/lib64 directory (bug #12513)

How To Download :

Download Virtualbox 5.2.10

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