If you installed virtualbox and when vista starts up into virtualized environment, each time it asks for system controller driver, you’re highly encouraged to install VirtualBoxGuestAdditions, normally mounted by default as windows cd player.
=> within vista, open cd player and execute corresponding guest-additions file (x86, x64), it will install the appropriate drivers and will get rid of this message.
It may also be required to have network works with virtualized vista (cf. official documentation, 11.2.4 “No networking in Windows Vista guest”)
screen-resolution
I had a problem getting virtualbox display guest into my native host resolution. At first, it displayed only in 800×600.
After installing guest-additions, I could display it up to 1024 x 800.
My native resolution is 1280 x 800. Going to your native resolution is in fact a lot easier than you may think.
You do NOT need to change the resolution from within the guest, everything occurs outside it (using virtualbox menu).
Below are the steps you need to follow:
- start your guest VM
- install guest-additions if not already done (start your VM, quit full-screen mode and click on /Devices/Install Guest Additions at top of virtualbox window, restart your VM)
- still on virtualbox window, once your VM has started, click on /Machine/Auto-resize guest app (a checked checkbox should now appear if you click again on the menu) at the top of virtualbox window
- now you can drag your window to match host screen (if you right click on window desktop / properties, you can now see that it has been automatically set to your screen resolution (1280 x 800 in my case).
Below is the final screenshot.
sources
- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.4/UserManual.pdf official user guide
- http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18069&start=0 how-to regarding screen resolution problem
- http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=7844 other how-to regarding scree resolution problem
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