Re: W2K display settings

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

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.