VirtualBox è un software di virtualizzazione distribuita secondo i termini della GNU General Public License, per architettura x86 che supporta Windows, GNU/Linux e Mac OS X (beta) come sistemi operativi host, ed ¨¨ in grado di eseguire Windows, GNU/Linux, OS/2 Warp, OpenBSD e FreeBSD come sistemi operativi guest.

NOTE DI RILASCIO:
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: fixed PAE guests running on 32-bit hosts (4.0 regression; bug #9458)
VMM: fixed INVALID_PARAMETER guru meditation caused by insufficient memory conditions (4.1.0 regression; bug #9240)
VMM: fixed clobbered CPU registers during stos/lods/ins/outs emulation under rare circumstances
VMM: another fix for 64-bit guests on recent AMD CPUs
GUI: warn the user if he uses an outdated extension pack and allow to download and upgrade in that case (bug #8025)
GUI: fixed spurious LCtrl key events on some Windows hosts (4.0.6 regression; bug #373)
VBoxManage: another fix for extpack install --replace (bug #9308)
VBoxManage: allow to specify the UUID of the target image in convertfromraw
VRDP: fixed a rare crash when two or more clients connect to the server (bug #9503)
VRDP: fixed a case when a client was not resized correctly (bug #9242)
USB: make device capturing work on Windows hosts with usbhub class filter drivers installed (bug #9298); bugfixes for Windows host USB support
VHD: fixed reads crossing block boundaries (bug #8532)
VMDK: fixed progress indicator when creating split VMDK images
Floppy: fixed medium size detection for physical mediums (Windows hosts only)
Main: fixed VM initialization if a shared folder does not exist (bug #7941)
Main: fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and resetting of immutable disks (bug #9549)
Main: fixed not detaching of virtual storage after a snapshot restore operation (bug #8296)
Main: always reset modified state after restoring a snapshot (bug #9387)
Main: fixed writing of changed VM settings to disk when using snapshots (bug #8932)
Main: fixed taking screen shots (e.g. the preview window) for headless VMs if the Guest Additions are active
Virtio-net: fixed the problem with UDP packets exceeding MTU (bug #9370)
3D Support: fixed incorrect rendering and possible crashes when switching to/from fullscreen with enabled 2D acceleration
3D Support: fixed compiz under ubuntu 9.10
Guest control: Miscellaneous small bugfixes
Linux / Solaris hosts: don´t use hard links in packages (4.1.2 regression; bug #9441)
Mac OS X hosts: fix installation issues when installed as root (bug #1578)
Mac OS X hosts: fixed packet capture issues with vboxnetX host-only interfaces (bug #8076)
Solaris hosts: fixed incoming multicast packets for Crossbow based bridged networking (bug #9532)
Solaris hosts: fixed starting EFI guests due to missing EFI ROM files (bug #9535)
Windows hosts installer: fixed ADDLOCAL usage on command line (4.1.0 regression; bug #9488)
Windows hosts installer: fixed dangling shortcut to the .chm help file (bug #9646)
Windows hosts installer: try to fix installation error 2869 which appeared under certain circumstances (bug #9664)
Windows hosts: VBoxHeadless should never open a separate console window (bug #3549)
Guest Additions: fixed hang while waiting for guest execution output (4.1.2 regression; bug #9446)
Linux Additions: add support for X.Org Server 1.11 (bug #9519)
Linux Additions: suppress an incorrect error message and allow a shared folder to be mounted in multiple places (bug #9627)
Linux Additions: start VBoxService correctly on openSUSE 12.1 (bug #6229)
Linux Additions: properly finish the installation even if the compilation of the DRM module fails (which is not fatal)
Solaris Additions: fixed memory leaks and panics while mounting (from console) and unmounting shared folders.
Windows Additions: fixed swapped mouse cursor hotspot coordinates (4.1.0 regression; bug #9447)
Windows Additions: fixed PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA BSOD in VBoxDisp.dll when running SnippingTool (bug #9508)
Windows Additions: make image viewer work correctly with Aero enabled (Vista and Windows 7)
Windows Additions: fixed incorrect window border blurs under Aero with ATI cards (Vista and Windows 7)
Windows Additions: fixed incorrect rendering when moving 3D applications outside guest desktop and back under Aero (Vista and Windows 7)
Windows Additions: fixed guest hangs when switching back from fullscreen text mode apps (bug #9636)


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