Windows 11 VM on a Windows 11 computer crashes frequently

[gskoczylas]

I have a computer with the Windows 11 Pro operating system. I have VirtualBox 7.0.10 installed on this computer, and in it – a Windows 11 VM. My VM often hangs.

I use Delphi 11.3 Pro almost exclusively in the VM. I wondered if it was just the Delphi IDE that was hanging up, but came to the conclusion that the problem was in VB, not Delphi. It has happened to me a few times that the VM has hung while booting, at least once when Windows hasn't even booted yet.

These hang-ups happen randomly – sometimes moments after starting the VM, sometimes after a few minutes or so, and sometimes the VM even runs for several hours without issues.

Host:

• Desktop computer
• Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
• 32 GB RAM
• Processor AMD with 8 cores (16 logical processors)

Guest VM:

• Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
• 16 GB RAM
• 6 cores
• 3 shared folders
• Virtual Guest Additions installed (also ver. 7.0.10)

[gskoczylas]

I may have fixed the issue described above. I have disabled support for USB in the VM configuration. Since then, so far, the VM has not hung up once.

Enough time has not yet elapsed for me to be confident that this action has helped permanently.

[gskoczylas]

A few minutes after writing the above comment the VM hung up twice in a row - including once before Windows fully booted.