![]() There are some things to be aware of when using this technique: At the time of writing, I have a vm running on a headless 2008 server quite happily (see updates above for more recent progress). ![]() No knowlege of any scripting, programming or registry settings is required. The end result is fully automatic start/stop/save/pause/control (depending how you choose to configure tasks) of vm's in much the same way as if they were running as a proper windows service. Much of the text below is explanatory, the actual steps are quite simple once you have the theory down pat. Virtualbox has no (as of 19/04/12) way to run vm's automatically, so this is the most practical way to achieve vm automation without any registry hacking or using third party service utilities. It also explains how to execute vboxmanage commands in a modular way, free from the command line. This howto details setting up VirtualBox virtual machines to start and stop automatically (and safely!) through the Windows 7/Vista/Server 2008 Task Scheduler. UPDATE: Successfully tested on Windows Server 2008 R2! **This is untested in XP, Server 2003 or 2000**. ![]() Tested: Windows 7 64bit, Server 2008 64 bit.
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