VirtualBox F8 Error
by Steve O Hernandez on Oct.23, 2007, under Technology
When running VirtualBox on Ubuntu (Fiesty) and trying to install Windows XP as the guest OS, you must press the F8 key to accept the Terms of Usage. However, VirtualBox won’t let you for some strange reason. After looking around for a little bit, I tried the combination Right Ctrl + F8 and it worked! So I can only assume that either 1) the function keys (F-keys) need the Host Return key to work, or 2) this is a bug that was supposed to be fixed but wasn’t.
January 18th, 2008 on 11:16 PM
Thank you so much for posting this!! i had tried for sooooo long to get round the F8 issue, i even borrowed my mates keyboard because i thought i might have had something to do with my usb keyboard.
Thanks again Mr!
November 13th, 2008 on 9:44 AM
In case anyone runs across this post who’s running VirtualBox on OS X, on a Mac keyboard pressing the Fn key at the same time as F8 will do the trick.
March 3rd, 2009 on 10:48 AM
Thanks! That Mac tip was JUST what I was hoping to find. Cheers!
March 13th, 2009 on 8:40 AM
Thanks for the Mac Keyboard tip, I thought my F8 key was broken!
October 5th, 2009 on 3:01 PM
thank you SO MUCH i looked for this for a very long time beceause i didn’t want to pay for parallels desktop but my f8 didn’t work but now i know the trick thank you!
October 5th, 2009 on 3:02 PM
thank you SO MUCH!!!
May 29th, 2011 on 3:01 PM
Hello there,my host os is windows 7, i’m installing windows xp on my virtual box, i’ve tried Right ctrl + f8 but it doesn’t work on my dell laptop, Please help.
Thanks and God bless