SOLVED - XP guest keeps forgetting display settings

startling · Post by **startling** » 25. Jun 2008, 22:48

Since I upgraded to 1.6.2 the XP guest on my machine cannot remember its display settings.

When I start the VM, XP has returned to 800 x 600 and has no other resolutions available. If I then drag the Virtualbox window sometimes the resolution will change accordingly, but sometimes the XP machine will stay at 800 x 600 regardless. In which case I shut down Virtualbox and restart it over again until I can resize the resolution.

This is weird as I'd expect it to either work or not.

tomkx · Post by **tomkx** » 30. Jun 2008, 09:57

I'm using VirtualBox for the first time, and I'm seeing the same behaviour. The host is Arch Linux, and the guest is Windows XP.

This may not be relevant, but before I installed Guest Additions, I was able to select from a range of resolutions in the XP guest. After installing Additions, I found only two - 640x480 and 800x600. After the next restart, it was down to 800x600 only. It's still resizable by dragging as you describe.

startling · Post by **startling** » 30. Jun 2008, 10:02

It's still doing it here every time, so I wonder if it's a bug with the new version (1.62). It's annoying, and I might revert to the old version.

tomkx · Post by **tomkx** » 30. Jun 2008, 19:52

Same problem described here, with solution.

startling · Post by **startling** » 30. Jun 2008, 20:40

tomkx wrote:Same problem described here, with solution.

Thanks tomkx! I had Googled and searched this forum before posting but I didn't find that thread. The solution worked for me.