Vista Aero Workaround

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loukingjr
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Vista Aero Workaround

Post by loukingjr »

Aero has been broken on Vista with the most recent Guest Additions. It does work with the 4.3.12 GAs.
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... 4.3.12.iso
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RileyTEMC
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Re: Vista Aero Workaround

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how do you install it, its an iso
loukingjr
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Re: Vista Aero Workaround

Post by loukingjr »

Just add it to the CD/DVD controller for the guest as you would an OS install .iso. Run it from there.
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