Guest XP program showing on Win7 host

[Docfxit]

I had an XP guest running with a startup program showing on a Win7 host with no XP wallpaper and no XP task bar. I can't seem to be able to get that back now. How can I configure my VM to do that again?

Thank you,

Docfxit

[mpack]

That's called seamless mode.

[Docfxit]

Thanks for the reply...

I had that working before. Now Host + L doesn't do anything. How can I get that back?

Thanks,

Docfxit

[mpack]

Install the GAs.

[Docfxit]

It shows in the VirtualBox Manager that GuestAddititons is running.
I know that really doesn't mean that it installed properly.
I used to have the pull up menu just above the guest task bar so I could Check/install the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

How can I get that back?

Thanks,

Docfxit

[Perryg]

Don't run in SDL or scaled mode.

[Docfxit]

This is what I am running:

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Set VM="XP"
CD C:\Programs\VirtualBox
VBoxManage.exe startvm %VM% --type gui

Thanks,

Docfxit

[Perryg]

Do you have the VirtualBox main manager (GUI)?

[Docfxit]

Yes.

Maybe this will help:

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Name:            XP
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Windows XP (32 bit)
UUID:            e581857a-ca39-4cd6-8c30-d10158a8d29c
Config file:     C:\Vbox\Files\XP\XP.vbox
Snapshot folder: C:\Vbox\Files\XP\Snapshots
Log folder:      C:\Vbox\Files\XP\Logs
Hardware UUID:   e581857a-ca39-4cd6-8c30-d10158a8d29c
Memory size:     1024MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       32MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       off
Synthetic CPU:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  disabled
Boot Device (1): DVD
Boot Device (2): HardDisk
Boot Device (3): Not Assigned
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     on
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State:           powered off (since 2014-10-22T17:42:29.000000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: on
2D Video Acceleration: on
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration: 
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend: 
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
IDE (0, 0): C:\Vbox\Files\XP\XP.vdi (UUID: f6ddf49b-130a-4f30-9d3c-0a33abd665a4)
IDE (0, 1): C:\Programs\VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: c41dabb6-c487-43df-a5e6-3e4fd224893b)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027D7BA78, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 1 Settings:  MTU: 0, Socket (send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window (send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: Bidirectional
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            enabled

USB Device Filters:

Index:            0
Active:           yes
Name:             Unknown device 04F2:B2EA [0518]
VendorId:         04f2
ProductId:        b2ea
Revision:         0518
Manufacturer:     
Product:          
Remote:           0
Serial Number:    

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  

Name: 'Dnload', Host path: 'C:\Dnload' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Video capturing:    not active
Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       C:\Vbox\Files\XP\XP.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB

Thanks,

Docfxit

[Perryg]

Not really. Post the guests *.vbox file ( compressed to get by filters) as an attachment.

[Docfxit]

I have figured out how to turn back on the menu and the StatusBar with this command line:

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VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Customizations MenuBar,StatusBar

The Host key still isn't working. I did re-assign it to the right ALT key.

Thank you,

Docfxit