Installing BMW INPA and Other diagnostic tools

Note: This is an ongoing guide, as I get things figured out, I will continue to update it.

Precursor:

My car is suddenly a very expensive paperweight and #1 step is to troubleshoot the computers (DMU)
At the same time, my diagnostic computer was in a shed, and died, so I need a new rig.

So, I decided to update all of the tools, and run them in isolation.

Step 1: Install Vagrant, Virtual Box

Windows 10 and 11 now have winget so

winget install virtualbox

winget install vagrant

Step 2: Setup VMs

make a new folder for each VM and run

vagrant init <whatever box you want>

vagrant init gusztavvargadr/windows-10 (for windows 10)

vagrant init gusztavvargadr/windows-11 (for windows 11)

Note: I did both as I don't know which OS will actually support the BMW tooling

Step 3:Start virtual box

In the folder where the OS of your choice is located:

Vagrant up (then wait until the box downloads)

Note: as of the time of this writing, vagrant has a bug, and everything promptly exploded to start.

Solution 1: Install virtualbox 7.0

Solution 2: hack the vagrant file

https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/13501#issuecomment-2352562190

Note:

Seems this box (or windows linux subsystem) have a problem with port forwarding of 55895

Solution 1: remove all port forwardings from network section. We'll need USB (and maybe other stuff later, so we'll enable it as needed).

Step 4: Install IMPA

Reference: 
Fast Way to Install BMW INPA Standard Tools on Windows 10 | OBDII365.com Official Blog

Same blog, but older post with a ton of details:
BMW INPA Download & Install on Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10 | OBDII365.com Official Blog

Source: Latest NCS Expert / INPA / NCS Dummy versions? | The M3cutters

I guess this is worth a read as well. Lots of references to it, but lately folks say it doesnt work 

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