I've installed VB on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. Windows 7 installs fine and I've installed the Guest Addons. The only problem is that I can't put Windows 7 to sleep/suspend so I don't have to boot it each time I open VB. In Windows 7 the Sleep option is grayed out.
I have also installed W7 on Fusion 2 and the sleep function works fine.
Sleep disabled on Windows7 guest
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kurtismonger
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- Primary OS: Mac OS X other
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- Guest OSses: Windows 7
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MarkCranness
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- Primary OS: MS Windows 7
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- Guest OSses: Windows Server 2008 R2; Ubuntu 11.04; Windows 2000 Server; Windows XP
Re: Sleep disabled on Windows7 guest
VirtualBox does not support guest OS Sleep or Hibernate.
BUT there is a VirtualBox feature that is just as good (section 3.4.3 of the user manual):
Close the virtual machine, by either:
- (If running the VM in an OSX windows) Click the OSX close window button, or
- Host+Q (usually Host key == Right-control)
Either of the above should display a dialog that includes the option: 'Save the machine state'
'Save the machine state' is more-or-less the same as Hibernate.
BUT there is a VirtualBox feature that is just as good (section 3.4.3 of the user manual):
Close the virtual machine, by either:
- (If running the VM in an OSX windows) Click the OSX close window button, or
- Host+Q (usually Host key == Right-control)
Either of the above should display a dialog that includes the option: 'Save the machine state'
'Save the machine state' is more-or-less the same as Hibernate.
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kurtismonger
- Posts: 3
- Joined: 18. Nov 2009, 19:41
- Primary OS: Mac OS X other
- VBox Version: OSE other
- Guest OSses: Windows 7
Re: Sleep disabled on Windows7 guest
Hey that's great! Exactly what I was looking for. Tried it out and it works perfect. Takes about 8 seconds to restore the state.