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VirtualBox Windows 7 Host, XP Guest cannot play audio

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As the subject says, I cannot get an XP guest to produce sound on my Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit host. Sound works fine in the host OS. If I set the host audio driver to "Null Audio Driver" and the audio controller to ICH AC97, all appears to work, except no sound comes out the speakers. The Intel AC'…

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Fix for: VirtualBox Windows 7 Host, XP Guest cannot play audio

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I had the same problem (host: Windows 7 64-bit, sound OK and guest: Windows XP SP3 32-bit, no sound). What I observed: In the configuration of the Virtualbox machine, I had: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 (default parameter) In the guest O…

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