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We are not talking about files, but the bidirectional clipboard.

Etepetete wrote:I can only confirm that it works.
MarkCranness gave me a short tutorial on what to expect from copy and paste here: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 45#p104011 . It might prove interesting reading for you.

Sorry I was not clear. The copy / paste I was referring to is for content not from within the Explorer (BTW I never use this practice of moving files). Example:
From Host: select a chunk of text and copy it to the clipboard. Go to Guest (Win 2003 in my example), open Notepad and paste the text. Nothing happened, because in the guest, the clipboard is empty. The content copied from the host is not carried over. Can you try this and let me know?

NOTE: when you do that the FIRST time, it will work. Repeat this operation several times.

After reading the ticket posted by Perryg I went back to testing again. I ran a few programs in the background and then did copy and past between my favorite text editor and a pdf reader, creating new files, copying and pasting many times, etc. It still works for me. I do have to admit, it is only a short term test. From the ticket it seems that this problem in the past arose after the VMs were running for some amount of time so my test wouldn't be representative in comparison.

That's it exactly. Might want to add yourself to the ticket.

I have noticed that sometimes it works longer than others, depending on the amount of use the guest gets too, but you can read all about it in the ticket.

Perryg wrote:Started messing up in 3.0.8 and still there in 3.0.10
Here is my ticket.
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5266#comment:32

Made a cursory read of your ticket. I didn't see a solution so I assume it's a confirmed bug? I have added a comment to confirm that the bug also occur between Windows - Windows.

Well you are the third confirmed user. One Linux-windows and one windows-Linux and now you windows-windows.
I must admit that I am a clipboard power user. I run Linux seamless in Vista and all day I am C/P test back and forth.
Most people don't use it that much so it may not be as apparent to them since I have noticed (for me) if I do not do a lot in the guest it can take all day to mess up.
It appears to brake the stream because you can save-stop the guest and start it backup and it will work again for a period of time.

I've tried this v3.0.10 for Windows98 Guest, and its shared folder didnt work.
I've shared before starting VM, using Settings-shared folders. But after entering VM, I cant access vboxsvr or vboxsrv using Windows Explorer. I cant access using command prompt also (net use x: \\vboxsvr\sharedname). The message Error 56 (Cant find path) is always displayed.
I also have tried using Install Guest Additions (even I set shared folder from beginning, before start VM), but the error still comes.
Please help me to solve the problem.

adi_sj, a solution was posted here: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 78#p106650

I've noticed in several threads a suggestion to install the GA in the Guest in safe mode. I never had to do this so I'm wondering what that is about. Anybody have time and nerve to enlighten me?

Etepetete wrote:I've noticed in several threads a suggestion to install the GA in the Guest in safe mode. I never had to do this so I'm wondering what that is about. Anybody have time and nerve to enlighten me?

That's needed for 3D, because Windows file protection replaces the files back to original when you install them in normal mode.

Thanks Sasquatch!
I assume that has to do with versions newer than XP. I haven't had any issues with the 3D acceleration. If it also pertains to XP I'll do an install in safe mode in the near future and see if I notice anything changed.

3D is for XP and newer, and XP already has system file protection.

It came to mind that I probably am not having problems because I'm not using 3D acceleration. I don't have any games and such installed on my laptop and I don't intend to. Is there something on the Internet I could navigate to to test the 3D acceleration within my VM?

Etepetete wrote:It came to mind that I probably am not having problems because I'm not using 3D acceleration. I don't have any games and such installed on my laptop and I don't intend to. Is there something on the Internet I could navigate to to test the 3D acceleration within my VM?

You can try Ubuntu + Compiz and see all the cool (and annoying IMHO !) 3D effects of the Compiz stuffs. That also gives you the opportunity to review the just released Ubuntu 9.10 which, this time, I find the GUI & color theme very beautiful.

AntiMatter wrote:You can try Ubuntu + Compiz and see all the cool (and annoying IMHO !) 3D effects of the Compiz stuffs. That also gives you the opportunity to review the just released Ubuntu 9.10 which, this time, I find the GUI & color theme very beautiful.

Thanks for the tip but it won't help me test if 3D acceleration is working in my XP VM.