Can't give my WinXP VM 256mb of VRAM

[Paczki Man]

Hello there!

I'm having some sort of issue with my Windows XP Virtual Machine, where the cap for video memory is 128mb.

This is annoying since I have MSPLUS for Windows XP, and I cannot use the screensaver because I can't enable D3D in guest additions install.

Does anyone know why this could be happening?

Thanks

[mpack]

VirtualBox does not provide 3D acceleration for XP guests. VirtualBox 6.0.x was the last version that did.

Since 256MB VRAM is only allowed for use with 3D acceleration, this is also the reason for that.

[Paczki Man]

That's sad.
Thanks anyway

[scottgus1]

There was a major security hole in 3D acceleration, so the devs had to change things. They came up with two new video cards in 6.0.x with updated 3D acceleration that was more secure, and warned everyone that 3D acceleration would be removed for the old VboxVGA video card starting in 6.1.x. Then when the removal of 3D from VboxVGA happened in 6.1.x, Oracle's paying customers did not need drivers fro 3D acceleration with the new cards to be available for XP or Vista, so these drivers were not developed. Oracle's paying customers are the force behind development of Virtualbox, so there will probably never be 3D in XP using 6.1.x & later, unless a user contributes the code.

Those who need 3D in XP need to stay with 6.0.x or earlier.