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VirtualBox Win7 host, WinXP guest, dual monitors wont work?

Posted: 5. Nov 2009, 07:02
by zippyferguson
Hi,
I am having trouble getting dual monitors to work on my setup:
Windows 7 is the host, Windows XP is the guest.
I made a short screen capture of what im doing and what i see. Can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong? Seems like everything is working, just that I cannot have multiple connections to the guest, even tho i have executed the command:
VBoxManage modifyvm <VM> --vrdpmulticon on
http://www.vimeo.com/7445000
thank you!

Re: VirtualBox Win7 host, WinXP guest, dual monitors wont work?

Posted: 5. Nov 2009, 11:41
by Sasquatch
Did you follow the instructions in the Manual?

Re: VirtualBox Win7 host, WinXP guest, dual monitors wont work?

Posted: 6. Nov 2009, 00:56
by zippyferguson
yes, this is why im posted the video. I think i did everything correctly, but not understanding what i missed and hopefully others can benefit is something commonly missed.
thanks!

Re: VirtualBox Win7 host, WinXP guest, dual monitors wont work?

Posted: 6. Nov 2009, 04:43
by MarkCranness
For reference, what I saw in the video was an attempt to connect to the second monitor @2\... failed with an RDP error, but (re)connecting to @1\... but immediately Cancelling that connection and then RDP to @2\... worked...
I presume your question is why is the Cancelled second connection to @1 required before @2 will connect? (I don't know).

Re: VirtualBox Win7 host, WinXP guest, dual monitors wont work?

Posted: 6. Nov 2009, 20:03
by zippyferguson
Yes, i am unable to connect to the same Windows XP guest with 2 terminal services connections from the Windows 7 host. I can connect first to monitor 1, and i can connect to monitor 2, but not at the same time.
It is as if the switch is not working. I thought this would allow me to connect multiple times to the same guest.
VBoxManage modifyvm <VMNAME> --vrdpmulticon on
thanks!