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8.1 guest desktop not hidden in seamless mode on 8.1 host
Posted: 5. Aug 2014, 02:19
by jeff2365
When I enter seamless mode, the guest machine's desktop background is still drawn. Thus if I focus any window on the guest machine, the guest's desktop will obstruct all windows on the host machine.
VirtualBox version 4.3.14 r95030, with the same version of Guest Additions installed
Host: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (16GB RAM)
Guest: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (5GB RAM)
3D Acceleration is enabled on the guest
VBox.log is attached
Any suggestions? Thanks.
Re: 8.1 guest desktop not hidden in seamless mode on 8.1 hos
Posted: 23. Jan 2015, 04:04
by mrggg
Same problem here.
Host : 2013 iMac 27
Guest win 8.1 32 bit
3D not enabled.
Re: 8.1 guest desktop not hidden in seamless mode on 8.1 hos
Posted: 23. Jan 2015, 04:28
by loukingjr
mrggg wrote:Same problem here.
Host : 2013 iMac 27
Guest win 8.1 32 bit
3D not enabled.
You do not have the same problem. The original poster was on a Windows host. You have a Mac host. You should have created your own thread under Mac OSX Hosts. Did you install the guest additions in your W 8.1 guest?
Re: 8.1 guest desktop not hidden in seamless mode on 8.1 hos
Posted: 3. Feb 2015, 04:43
by mrggg
Sorry, it seems like the same problem but I guess you are right it might be different due to the host. Anyway, yes I have the guest additions installed. Weird thing is, if I change the guest ( win 8.1 ) background to anything different while running the guest, suddenly seamless mode starts working. It works until I shut down the guest and re-start it. Then I have to yet again change the background to get it to start working again.
I will re-post this under Mac OS X hosts.