Virtual Box Startup Terminated E_FAIL (0x80004005) Fixed

I tried to startup my Windows 8 VM the other day and it failed to boot and I immediately got this message:

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The virtual machine ‘Windows 8’ has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may be available in ‘F:\Virtual Machines\Windows 8\Logs\VBoxHardening.log’.
Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component:
MachineWrap
Interface:
IMachine {b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0}

I first tried some suggestions that I found on Google. They did not work. I noticed that I was not using the latest version of Virtual Box. I downloaded the latest version 5.1.30 r118389 (Qt5.6.2) and installed it. I was able to start my Windows 8 VM afterward.

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