Win7x64 VM not shutting down correctly.

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  1. RASelkirk

    RASelkirk MDL Senior Member

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    #1 RASelkirk, Jul 24, 2020
    Hi all,

    I've built two Win7x64 VM's using Oracle VM Virtualbox, both running on Win7x64. The first (and oldest) does fine. The latest build refuses to S/D using "send the power off signal". I can still do this by clicking the guest menu button and selecting "Shut Down | Shut Down". Trying to figure out why "send the power off signal" seems to simply eat the click and do nothing...

    Russ
     
  2. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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    #2 Carlos Detweiller, Jul 25, 2020
    AFAIK, "ACPI Power button" requires the matching VirtualBox GuestAdditions to be installed. If they are missing, are not the correct version, or the service is not running, ACPI might fail. Something to check.
     
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    #3 RASelkirk, Jul 25, 2020 (OP)
    Well, GuestAdditions is installed, both Virtualbox and GA are the latest versions (6.1.10) as of July 09.

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  4. Carlos Detweiller

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    #4 Carlos Detweiller, Jul 26, 2020
    Hm, I'm using 5.2.44. Please note that 6.1.12 has been released on July 14th, it's always wise to retest with the latest version even if the issue isn't explicitly mentioned in the changelog.
     
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    #5 RASelkirk, Jul 26, 2020 (OP)
    OK, thanks!