Snow Leopard-VirtualBox-Windows 7 screen resolution

[educateme]

I purchased an Apple computer (a Macbook Pro 13") two months ago, and installed Windows 7 (run via VirtualBox) because I need to use one Windows-only software essential for my work. My problem is that I can't get the full 1280x800 resolution in Windows, as my current Windows settings offers only screen resolutions with a 4:3 aspect ratio (800x600 to 1600x1200).

Windows 7 recognizes my display as "Generic Non-Pnp monitor on Standard VGA graphics adapter". I downloaded the latest driver for Intel HD Graphics 3000, "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows 7", but the installation was not successful, showing this message: "This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software".

Any advice on how can I get a 1280x800 screen resolution option?

Host OS: Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) ver 10.6.8
VirtualBox version: 4.1.2
Guest OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1

Thanks in advance.

[Perryg]

Install the guest additions (in the guest)

[educateme]

Thanks! Problem solved!