Installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox. Error status: 0xc0000225?

Today, after finally taking the plunge into the Linux world (I'm trying to refocus my work to the Rails ecosystem), I installed VirtualBox on Linux Mint 13.

 

Simple enough, a little visit the software center and done.

I created my new virtual machine and tried installing Windows 7 from my .ISO file but behold a glitch!

 

 

Windows failed to start.

A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.

Status: 0xc0000225

 

The fix is real simple.

All you have to do is open the settings for your virtual machine:

System > Enable IO APIC

Save your new changes and launch the virtual machine again, everything will now run smoothly and you'll be able to install Windows 7.

from: https://coderwall.com/p/rwmuvq