Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Host: Win 7 x64, v5.0-BETA1, Intel HD 4400 GPU
Guest: Win 7 x64, v5.0-BETA1 GA, Aero, 3D

Win7 Aero shows blue screen...

Workaround: disable 3D acceleration.
NOTE: This bug is possibly related to bug [DirectX8] 3D Mark 2001: Pixel Shaders broken (link)
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Windows 7 Aero guest works for me on my Linux Box which has an Intel HD 4600 GPU.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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loukingjr: Do you use VirtualBox 5.0 host + additions 5.0 in guest ?
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Well yes, or I wouldn't have posted. :)

Aero also works on the OSX host I have but that's an NVidia card so I didn't mention it.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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I get this same issue after using the VM a while.

Usually you can trigger this with switching display modes like from Full Screen ==> Seamless ==> Windowed (and/or vice versa) frequently.

And I am using the Nvidia gpu driver.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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loukingjr wrote:Windows 7 Aero guest works for me on my Linux Box which has an Intel HD 4600 GPU.
I revisited this issue because of quickbooks' post. Seamless mode does not work for me. As soon as I switch to seamless I get a black bar near the bottom of the screen which I assume is suppose to be the taskbar. From then on windowed and full screen mode are black until I restart the guest. I can switch back and forth between full screen and windowed mode with no problem.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Seamless mode works, without Aero here.
Workaround: disable 3D acceleration.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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I should have been more clear. Since this post was about Aero and Aero requires 3D acceleration I didn't think Seamless mode without 3D was material.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Seamless mode with Aero never worked to my knowledge. If you think otherwise, plz post a screenshot.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Technologov wrote:Seamless mode with Aero never worked to my knowledge. If you think otherwise, plz post a screenshot.
Your wish is my command…
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BTW Alex, I was only testing what quickbooks said about how to force Aero to break. I only got it to break using Seamless mode.

Edit: I should mention the screenshot is runnng OSX Host VB 4.3.26
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Thanks.
hmm, strange, Seamless + Aero never worked for me (on all hosts: Intel/AMD/NVIDIA GPUs, Windows, Linux hosts).
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Welcome. It definately doesn't work for me with VB 5.0 b1 on a Linux host. I don't have 5.0 installed on an OSX host at the moment so I can't test it.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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I just bought a Windows 8.1 box. I'll see if I can get it to work there in a bit on VB 4.3.26.
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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Interesting. I couldn't get Aero to work at all with W7 guest, W8.1 host. VB 4.3.26
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Re: Windows 7 Aero guest doesn't work on Intel GPU

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You should open separate thread on this forum. + vbox.log + specify GPU.
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