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[mercadantelaura]

Excuse me for stupid question.
I'm using my XP virtual machine under Win7 and i have inserted in startup of Win7 the command
==> VirtualBox.exe --startvm "WinXp"
in order to load Win7 and WinXP simultaneously.

The question is:

Is possible to never show when VirtualBox starts the White Splash Screen Image with Text "Oracle Virtualbox" ??
If yes how i can do this ?
I will want that Virtual WinXP are loaded without see all steps and without Virtualbox image is showed on screen


Thanks

[Zium]

Use vboxheadless (see help) to start your vm.

[mercadantelaura]

Thanks, in last days i have readed on this command but guide shows some example to use it as

vboxheadless --startvm "WinXp" -vrde=off
or
vboxheadless --startvm "WinXp"

but how i can access and start programs of VM??
It opens a CMD and then wait... how??


Have a link to a guide that included more details to using this command??
thanks

[Zium]

vboxheadless is located in virtualbox program folder, so you need to specify it's full path.
Once launched headless, the best way to act in the vm is to connect using rdp (mstsc.exe), so don't disable it in vboxheadless parameter.

[mercadantelaura]

I have proved with mstsc but running vboxheadless --startvm "WinXp" directly on directory "VirtualBox\APP64"
are showed only this advise: Port 3389 and not the IP.
I have inserted 127.0.0.1:3389 as guide report but do errors.

Too laborious in order to only hide the BMP Image of "Oracle VirtualBox" when XP are loading.
I'm thinking to create a script that tests if WinExist "oracle" then Hide that window or minimized it, until Virtual Machine are full loaded and only then shows again Virtual XP window.

[Martin]

You could try the unsupported "VBoxSDL" command.

[Y E T I]

--nologo

vboxheadless --startvm "WinXp" --nologo

[mercadantelaura]

--nologo option cause error if i use it under command "vboxheadless"
Infact In my guide is not present parametre --nologo for "vboxheadless"

[Zium]

You can use vboxmanage with headless type and nologo option
Read manual chapter "7.1.2. VBoxHeadless, the remote desktop server"

[askox]

"With VBoxManage modifyvm --bioslogodisplaytime <msec> you can set how long the logo should be visible, in milliseconds." (User Manual, Chapter 8)