On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:48:18 +0200, you wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:30:52 +0200
>Kees Nuyt <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> In windows XP it is best to install the VBox Guest Additions
>> from a boot in Safe mode, [...]
>
> And why is that? I never ever did this and never had 
> any problems installing the guest editions on XP. 
> I have no knowlegde of Vista but on Windows7 it also
> just worked.

Sometimes there seems to be a problem with getting drivers
to (re-)install. That might be a weakness of the installer
or the install scripts.
The advice to install Guest Additions in Safe Mode is
suggested often in the #vbox channel in irc.freenode.net.
-- 
  (  Kees Nuyt
  )
c[_]

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