"Install Guest Additions" doesn't work on Windows XP guest OS
For the last couple of versions of the Virtualbox Windows Guest Additions, I have been unable to install updated Guest Additions in the standard way. That is, the Devices->Install Guest Additions... menu item does nothing, except it opens the tray on my DVD/CD-RW drive.
I do have Windows Guest Additions 3.2.0r61806 installed on the Windows XP guest OS, but I had to download the new Guest Additions CD image manually. I can't remember where I got that CD image, so I have no idea where to download the newer 3.2.6 Guest Additions image. So far, Googling has turned up nothing helpful. Oracle seems to have it well-hidden.
So how do I get the latest Guest Additions installed? It seems that Oracle assumes the "Install Guest Additions" item will always work, so they provide no way to download the CD image directly. What a pain.
FWIW, I am using Virtualbox 3.2.6 PUEL, not OSE. I have the Oracle Virtulabox repository in my software sources, so I get prompted for updates as they're released.
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