Re: W2K display settings

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Ah! I had the idea that this was only something that had to be added
to VB, not to the guest OS itself. I may now be able to get a lot
further! Given this, I wonder how my XP installs have been working as
well as they have. Many thanks.


At 16/01/2014 15:02, you wrote:
> If you have installed Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions (check
> from 'Add programs' in W2K), you should gain access to VirtualBox
> Graphics Adapter. Issue a couple of host key + F commands to fix
> resolutions. The VM may need to be switched full screen. To
> troubleshoot Guest Additions, remove them from 'Add programs' and
> reinstall. Should work, keep trying...
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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>
> 16.1.2014 16:41, Bill Troop wrote:
> > Kari you wrote, quoted below, that in W2K under VB my display
> > should be 'VirtualBox Graphics Adapter'. But it is VGA with choices
> > only of 640x480 and 800x600. Is there a way to change the adapter? Many thanks.
> >
> >
> > At 13/12/2013 07:23, you wrote:
> > > You can get at least 1024x768 in any configuration using
> > > VirtualBox, probably more. To configure VirtualBox screen size go
> > > to fullscreen (host+F), Desktop context menu, display settings.
> > > Make sure you have VirtualBox additions installed. In this dialog,
> > > you should have 'VirtualBox Graphics Adapter'. I use a
> > > multi-display configuration to run virtualization solutions, for
> > > VirtualPC and VirtualBox I have 4:3 ratio Samsung 21 inch display
> > > at 1024x768. Font rendering and graphics are quite adequate. Then
> > > again I do not complain about the rather rugged aspect of the Win
> > > 3.1 Quark display, when I print it to a PS file and distill it to
> > > a PDF, the result is picture-perfect on the Win 7 side. In this
> > > case the Win 3.1 display is just a sketch of things that
> > > materialize on the other side, on the screen or on paper.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Kari Eveli
> > > LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> > > lexitec@xxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > *** Lexitec Online ***
> > > Lexitec in English: http://www.lexitec.fi/english.html
> > > Home page in Finnish: http://www.lexitec.fi/
> > >
> > >
> > > 13.12.2013 0:41, Bill Troop wrote:
> > > > Needless to say, these observations are only based on my limited
> > > > experience with the limited instances of W2K and XP I am using.
> > > > For example, the W2K I am using, as vanilla installed, will only
> > > > go up to 800x600 for its virtual screen, whilst XP (along with
> > > > VB) immediately knows that it is on a hi-dpi screen and adjusts
> > > > accordingly. Perhaps if I knew more about Win2K I would be able
> > > > to overcome this limitation, but as far as I know, nothing will
> > > > bring ClearType font rendering to Win2K.