virtualbox, can't get to work[Resolved]

[wutsinterweb]

Quick Update: I went back into BIOS/UEFI and chose "other OS" rather than Windows Secure boot and then retried after repairing bootloader, and now it is working as per that link and instructions. Thank you!!!

[Pierre]

in your screen_shot of that Error (rc=-1908)
- - it does tell you what to do:

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

type that, in the Terminal Box in your LinuxMint System

when you do that .. is there any further error ?

[wutsinterweb]

Well, thanks to everyone here and your patient guidance, it is sorted now. It is annoying how Windows Secure Boot makes headaches even if you don't use Windows. I guess when I reset my UEFI to defaults months ago, it restored that and disabled Intel VM support and on top of having to fix them, I had to restore, twice, the bootloader and then I had to run those command line strings as suggested.

All's well that ends well, but I didn't get enough sleep now.