VirtualBox

VirtualBox 4.1.14 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.

fixed the problem with packets larger than MTU-4 when PCnet or PRO/1000 was bridged to certain types of adapters on OS X hosts
fixed a segfault under rare circumstances
fixed Windows WDDM video driver crash for SMP guests
Windows Guest Additions, VRDP: fixed occasional text corruption
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VirtualBox 4.1.12 is  now available for download.This is a maintenance release.what’s new in this release?

VMM: fixed VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED and VERR_RAW_MODE_INVALID_SMP guru meditation due to an invalid reschedule to raw mode
VMM: fixed PDMCritSectLeave guru meditation under rare circumstances with SMP guests
VMM: proper Math Fault handling with certain legacy guests
NAT: fixed a socket leak under certain conditions
Storage: better sanity check against reading beyond end-of-file
Audio: fixed a crash in the NUL audio backend
HGCM: fixed a crash during savestate under rare circumstances
VBoxSVC: several locking fixes
VBoxManage: return the correct error code if controlvm savestate failed
Guest Additions: VBoxService should not crash on exit
Windows Additions: set the correct time stamp when a file is closed
Windows Additions: better help if the DirectX backups are not properly installed
Linux Additions: Linux 3.4-rc1 compile fixes
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VirtualBox 4.1.10 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.

VMM: fixed a potential problem causing to schedule interrupts during SYSEXIT right after STI
VMM: fixed a potential guest memory corruption issue with page fusion
VMM: adjusted the module matching algorithm for page fusion a little, generally resulting in slightly more shared pages
Main: host interfaces no longer have “defaults” for IP address and network mask attributes
Main: don’t depend on a password for certain guest control operations
3D Support: fixed Windows XP hosts support
3D Support: rendering fixes for Linux hosts with NVIDIA graphics

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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.8 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

fixed VERR_MAP_FAILED during savestate under certain circumstances
stop updating the VM status icons when the VM is paused
NAT: increase maximum number of parallel connections making connections with port forwarding more robus
USB: fixed OS/2 boot hang when using recent USB drivers
BIOS: fixed hang at launch of DOS applications generated by Clipper 5.3 (note that hardware virtualization may be required)
Main: don’t crash if a medium is ejected twice
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.6 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

fixed screen corruption.
fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setup.
improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels .
Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15.
fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4
install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.0.10 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

added support for X.Org Server 1.11.
fixed compiz under ubuntu 9.10.
fixed VM initialization if a shared folder does not exist.
fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and resetting of immutable disks.
fixed not detaching of virtual storage after a snapshot restore operation.
fixed clobbered CPU registers during stos/lods/ins/outs emulation under rare circumstances.
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.0 is now available for download and this is a major update version.what’s new in VirtualBox 4.1.0?

Support for cloning of VMs
Experimental support for PCI passthrough for Linux hosts
Experimental WDDM graphics driver, supporting Windows Aero and providing Direct3D support using a Guest
Experimental support for SATA hard disk hotplugging available with VBoxManagestatus of modules and
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