Install virtual box on win 10

RobTi · 7 Oct 2020 at 08:39

Hi I ran into a problem after the last win update for viewing pdf car files, so a workaround that I have been told to use is win XP in a virtual box. So is there only one virtual box or many and if so any recommended to use ?
Thanks

bimbleuk · 7 Oct 2020 at 08:42

VirtualBox is an Oracle product for running VMs. Windows 10 comes with Hyper-V client both free to install/enable. Plenty of guides for both on the net.

Don't install both at the same time as yo may get issues.

skyripper · 7 Oct 2020 at 08:43

https://www.virtualbox.org/
You'll need to run some kind of operating system on any Virtual machines you start.

no idea what Win XL is though.

Armageus · 7 Oct 2020 at 08:58

RobTi said:
Hi I ran into a problem after the last win update for viewing pdf car files

If it's just an issue viewing PDF files, seems a bit overkill to install a VM, then an old OS, just to view PDFs?

Presumably you have the latest Adobe Reader installed?

Alternatively it's worth trying either Sumatra PDF or Foxit Reader
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-free-pdf-viewer.html
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/

Django x2 · 7 Oct 2020 at 14:04

I'm assuming we all know that to read PDFs you just need Chrome

Armageus · 7 Oct 2020 at 14:43

Django x2 said:
I'm assuming we all know that to read PDFs you just need Chrome

From experience at work, it often chokes on the most random of PDFs though

RobTi · 7 Oct 2020 at 15:10

skyripper said:
https://www.virtualbox.org/
You'll need to run some kind of operating system on any Virtual machines you start.

no idea what Win XL is though.

Sorry win XP

RobTi · 7 Oct 2020 at 15:22

Thanks it’s an old disc with car workshop manuals on it I managed to get one set of manuals to open by deleting the Adobe fonts but all the rest throw up errors yet they all worked fine till the 2004 update