

To begin VirtualBox Extension Pack installation, first head over the to the VirtualBox Downloads page, and navigate to the folder of the latest version.

Support for a virtual USB 2.0/3.0 controller (EHCI/xHCI).

But before we proceed to setup VirtualBox Extension Pack, here are some more features that Extension Pack also adds: In the above picture, notice how it says "Invalid Settings Detected"? That is because Extension Pack for VirtualBox needs to be installed to use USB 2 or 3 features. This is a great feature to have if you want to run a home server or media server from within your Virtual Machine. What this means is that you can access your USB drives from within your VM at or near USB 3 speeds. The impending release of VirtualBox 5 is exciting because it brings USB 3 support.

In this post, let us look at how to install VirtualBox Extension Pack on Linux (including Ubuntu) and Windows. VBox Extension Pack adds certain advanced features, some of which are closed-source. We have already showed you how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu and Windows, install Guest Additions on Windows and Ubuntu, Setup Shared Folder, and Mount Shared folder on Ubuntu and Windows. In this case, the particular virtual machine can’t be resumed without removing some of the configurations or updating the extension pack to the latest version.Īs shown below, if you select USB 2.0 or 3.0 support without having the latest version, you will get the following warning message.If you want even more features on VirtualBox than what Guest Additions offers then you will have to install VirtualBox Extension Pack. Normally when you open a saved or new virtual machine without updating the extension pack, you will get an error message related to USB2.0/USB3.0. If you use some of the advanced features such as USB 3.0/2.0, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards inside the virtual machines, then you must install or upgrade VirtualBox extension pack to the latest version.Įarlier we published a guide about installing VB guest additions on Windows 10 and how to use VirtualBox to install and test Windows 2012/2016 R2 server OS at your home PC. Whenever Oracle releases updates for their free virtualization software VirtualBox, we must update the extension pack to get additional features on the guest virtual machine.
