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I am currently running Windows 7 on my Macbook under Virtual Box. I noticed when I first installed it, that its screen resolution was 1024x800 and not 1280x800 (Resolution of Macbook). I tried to change it in Control Panel in Windows but "1280x800 wasn't there. and I'm wondering if there is a way to change the resolution to native resolution. ?

Thanks,

John

Have you installed the guest additions?

How do you do that?, sorry I'm a complete n00b at this

Open the guest and at the top left of the window click device tab and then click install guest additions.

Ok, so it seems that, I got it installed successfully but now the maximum is 1024x800 which is what I'm currently set at and what I need is 1280x800. Got any ideas?

Thanks.

John

Click on the machine tab and make sure that the auto-resize is selected. Then you can drag the windows size with the mouse or do a (crtl + F) to go full screen. It is all in the VBox Users guide that came with the program as well as the FAQs here.

Changing resolution for my Win8 VM

VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any
VBoxManage setextradata "Win8" "CustomVideoMode1" "1280x800x32"

Here "Win8" is the name of the VM