How to fix black screen on virtualbox after installing Windows 11

Anonymous
2025-04-10T04:56:17+00:00

Hello everyone,

I installed windows 11 on the VirtualBox and I am getting black screen when Windows is getting trying to boot.
Please is anyone could help me out. I am a beginner

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade

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  1. Siva Shankar 11,010 Reputation points
    2025-04-10T08:29:01+00:00

    Hello ,

    I’m here to help you in resolving your issue

    Enable 3D Acceleration

    1. Shut down the virtual machine.
    2. In VirtualBox Manager, click on your Windows 11 VM → Settings.
    3. Go to Display tab.
    4. Check "Enable 3D Acceleration".
    5. Set Video Memory to the maximum (128 MB).

    After trying above steps, please reach out to me if you have any doubts or issues

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