Screen not resizing with guest additions installed

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bruce.desertrat
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Screen not resizing with guest additions installed

Post by bruce.desertrat »

Installed VBox 4.1.6 , with Windows 7 guest on a Macbook 13" (OSX 10.6.8) and the screen does not resize; I've installed the guest additions twice, and each time it indicated that the install succeeded and I had to reboot the guest.

Mouse capture works, but automatic resizing does not...the Windows screen is 'stuck' at 1024 x 768 and resizing the VBox window on the mac just reveals scroll bars to move around the Windows screen.
Perryg
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Re: Screen not resizing with guest additions installed

Post by Perryg »

Try the host+G toggle to make sure that auto-resize is enabled.
bruce.desertrat
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Re: Screen not resizing with guest additions installed

Post by bruce.desertrat »

Tried that, and it is selected in the menu, but still not working. Unfortunately it's a staff members system and I don't have hands in it right now...
inreflection7
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Re: Screen not resizing with guest additions installed

Post by inreflection7 »

Try doing host+A

Or View > Adjust Window Size

I had a similar problem until I did that. Don't recall having to do that before but it worked for me. See if it works for you.
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