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XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 24. Jan 2013, 21:12
by uclagee
I just installed 4.2.6, put in a XP guest.... but the resolution won't go past 800x600?
I installed the Guest Additions, but it didn't seem to change anything at all...
This is on a MBP 13" retina display running Mtn Lion... Any suggestions?
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 24. Jan 2013, 23:01
by stefan.becker
Post the log file. Way on linux host: vbox gui, select guest, context menu via right mouse button , show log.
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 24. Jan 2013, 23:09
by uclagee
log attached
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 24. Jan 2013, 23:26
by noteirak
When you say "won't get past", do you mean that you cannot resize the Virtualbox window, that you cannot change the resolutiuon in the guest via the display properties menu? Or another one?
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 24. Jan 2013, 23:43
by Perryg
Try the host+G toggle to make sure auto-resize is enabled.
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 25. Jan 2013, 02:02
by uclagee
I meant when I'm in the WinXP guest, when I try to adjust display properties -> settings. 800x600 is the only allowable size.
I have tried auto-size guest display both checked and unchecked, doesn't change anything.
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 25. Jan 2013, 02:36
by rpmurray
How about grabbing the resize handle in the lower right corner of the VM window and stretching it that way.
Re: XP won't get past 800x600
Posted: 25. Jan 2013, 08:15
by uclagee
I feel stupid. Thanks. Stretching the window works easy. Let's me pull it as large as I can (which can be really huge on this retina display + quickres) and dynamically adjusts the Windows guest to fit it. For some reason I kept expecting Windows to let me adjust it in the display properties! Off to explore more of the wonders of VirtualBox.