How to install Windows 10 Technical Preview on Oracle virtualbox

Softwares used

Windows 10 Technical Preview (32bit build 9926 EN-US)
Virtualbox 4.3.22
Windows 7

System requirements:

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
Free hard disk space: 16 GB
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
A Microsoft account and Internet access
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VirtualBox 4.3.0 released

VirtualBox 4.3.0 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

virtual multi-touch interface to support touch-based operating systems
new virtual devices and utilities, including webcam devices and a session recording facility.
improved networking functionality.
improved 3D acceleration accommodates.
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VirtualBox 4.2.16 released

VirtualBox 4.2.16 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

OVF/OVA: don’t crash on import if no manifest is used
GUI: do not restore the current snapshot if we power-off after a Guru Mediation
Storage: fixed a crash when hotplugging an empty DVD drive to the VM
Storage: fixed a crash when a guest read from a DVD drive attached to the SATA controller under certain circumstances
EFI: don’t fail with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts
Autostart: fixed VM startup on OS X
Windows hosts: native Windows 8 controls
Windows hosts: restore native style on Vista 32
Windows hosts / guests: Windows 8.1 adaptions
Mac OS X hosts: after removing VirtualBox with VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool, remove it from the pkgutil –pkgs list as well
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VirtualBox 4.2.10 released

VirtualBox 4.2.10 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.What’s new in this release?

GUI: fixed keyboard with XQuartz X server
Main/Display: fixed a crash with multi-monitors under certain conditions
Main/Properties: fixed a crash under certain conditions, for example after wakeup from host hibernate
Settings: don’t lose the internal network settings if they are not currently active
Storage: another incompatibility fix for VHD differencing images with Hyper-V
VBoxManage: don’t read beyond the end of the file specified with export –eulafile
Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.9-rc0 compile fixes
Linux Additions: fixed two warnings in the shared folders guest kernel module
Linux Additions: don’t crash VBoxService if libdbus is not available
Windows Additions: fixed upgrading MultiMedia Redirection (MMR) support
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VirtualBox 4.2.4 released

VirtualBox 4.2.4 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.What’s new in this release?

GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page
GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain conditions
VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of ballooning module
VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the guest
BIOS: fixed broken DMI information
BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks
EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot
Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty error
NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used
Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances
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VirtualBox 4.2.2 released

VirtualBox 4.2.2 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

VMM: adapted to changes in Mac OS X 10.8.2
GUI: restored VM item tool-tip functionality
GUI: added group item tool-tip functionality
GUI: fixed handling of the .ova/.ovf file name association
GUI: it was not possible to change any setting before the first VM was created
GUI: disable grouping action if all the selected items are full children list of the same group already
GUI: added menu for runtime drag-and-drop option change
GUI: cleanup shared-clipboard menu on visual-mode change

and more.
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VirtualBox 4.2.0 released

VirtualBox 4.2.0 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes
GUI: VM groups
GUI: expert mode for wizards
GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime
Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration
Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth; see the manual for more information
Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris; see the manual for more information
Added experimental support for Drag’n’drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned.
Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts
Enhanced API for controlling the guest
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