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Why does VirtualBox want my attention every morning?
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Mar 15, 2026161 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'm running Vista 64-bit Ultimate on this PC. On it, I've installed VirtualBox, and in that I'm running Linux. Everything's working great. I leave it running all the time. When I come in in the morning, every time, the "Sun VirtualBox" item in the Windows taskbar is bright orange, like it's trying …
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I have wondered the same thing, and the best I can determine is the the VirtualBox GUI has done something (like check for updates) that is triggering the notification on the taskbar. I wish I knew what it was specifically, but I don't know. Trolling…
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