Guest Additions don't work for Windows ME

spamnchips · Post by **spamnchips** » 6. Nov 2008, 19:37

I have Virtualbox 2.0.4 running on a Windows XP system. I also have the guestadditions.iso installed and it works for my Linux and Vista guests but for some reason it will not maximise ( CTRL F and CTRL G) the window on Windows ME. ANy ideas why this is please ?

Regards
John

Post by **mpack** » 6. Nov 2008, 19:56

The guest additions are only for Linux guests and Windows guests based on NT (Win2K, XP, Vista - not sure about NT4). WinME was derived from Win98 and hence (like Win98) isn't supported in that way.

Check this link :-

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=9918

The discussion is about Win95/Win98, but much of it will apply to WinME also.

http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/User_FAQ · Post by **stefan.becker** » 6. Nov 2008, 20:31

Upgrade to Windows CeMeNT

XP is the best solution as guest, the WinDOS-Versions are not supported very well.

Post by **mpack** » 6. Nov 2008, 21:34

stefan.becker wrote:XP is the best solution as guest ...

That depends on what you are trying to solve.

Part of the fun of VMs for me is their ability to preserve legacy operating systems. For non-fun aspects then I agree that XP is the best (Windows) guest.