Installing Docker on Windows 7 Fails

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

Following installation instruction for Windows 7 listed above

Step 1
Checked that virtualization enabled and OS is 64-bit

Step 2
Used all defaults for Docker Toolbox installation

Step 3
Getting the following error:

Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Unable to start
the VM: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe startvm default --typ
e headless failed:
VBoxManage.exe: error: The virtual machine ‘default’ has terminated unexpectedly
during startup with exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005). More details may be av
ailable in 'C:\Users\username.docker\machine\machines\default\default\Logs\VBoxH
ardening.log’
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component MachineWrap,
interface IMachine

Looks like something went wrong in step ‘Checking if machine default exists’…
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I’ve tried different versions of Virtual Box and Docker (see below), NDIS6 and NDIS5, but still getting the same error message.

Any help appreciated.

Information

  • VirtualBox 5.0.24/5.0.26
  • Docker 1.11.2/1.12.0
  • Windows 7 64-bit
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