Virtualbox, linux, remote desktop, NAT

Enable NAT in VB machine network settings, set port mapping e.g. SOME_HOST_PORT->3389 (remote desktop) and SOME_HOST_PORT->22(ssh)
To start VB as windows service use vboxvmservice.

References
http://vboxvmservice.sourceforge.net/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304304/
http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/
http://code.google.com/p/virtualboxservice/
http://www.techques.com/question/2-188105/Virtualbox-Start-VM-Headless-on-Windows
http://www2.ece.ohio-state.edu/computing/rdpssh.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/PortForwarding

non-intrusive compile-time types registration

Note - above does not work with VS compilers.
Generally this approach should be avoided, but nice to know:)