Shared folders for Windows XP guest on Virtualbox

After set shared folders at Virtualbox, Windows XP finds that folder by itself.

It's at

My Network Places -> Entire Network -> VirtualBox Shared Folders

notice : one thing I'm not sure is that I have already install Virtualbox guest addtions before set this shared folders

Shared folders for Windows 7 Beta guest in Virtualbox 2.1.4

I found the trick here. I have tried it and it's work for me. My machine is Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex which running Virtualbox 2.1.4

- open Regedit (as administrator)
- navigate to this key and change the value to 0 (zero): HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet001\Services\VBoxGuest\Start
- reboot the Windows 7 guest
- create a shared folder
- Navigate to (or map to a letter) \\vboxsvr\SHARENAME

Share files between Linux host & Linux guest on Virtualbox

Make Virtualbox know which folder you want to share
Devices -> Shared Folders -> Add New Shared Folder
Fill shared folder destination and its name for calling in the guest (Also tick read only or permanent as you wish)

In the guest's terminal
Create folder somewhere you want which the name as what you defined.
Use this command
sudo mount -t vboxsf [folder's name] [the path where the folder is at]


credit : Sharing Folders Between Host and Guest

How to get USB work in Intrepid

The work around to enable USB in Intrepid is different from Hardy.

The way to do that is to add this below line in the bottom line of /ect/fstab file

#usbfs
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0

that is it!

credit : Intrepid/Virtualbox/USB