direct 3d not enabling windows aero

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RileyTEMC
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direct 3d not enabling windows aero

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hi, i have a virtual machine of windows vista and i have installed vbox guest additions with direct 3d support enabled, and when that didn't work, i tried a ton of other methods, but none of them worked can someone please help me?
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Re: direct 3d not enabling windows aero

Post by loukingjr »

Aero for Vista seems to be broken. I don't know how many VB versions ago that happened.
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Re: direct 3d not enabling windows aero

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Aero works on Vista with the VB 4.3.12 GAs.
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Re: direct 3d not enabling windows aero

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Im new to virtualbox, what does that mean?
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Re: direct 3d not enabling windows aero

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"GA's" refers to the Guest Additions. Download the Guest Additions that comes with version 4.3.12 and install them in the guest.
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