I run Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro in VirtualBox and it will not go full screen. I used to use Parallels, but W7 was like Molasses in the Arctic. So I switched to VB because my friend suggested it. Now it will not go full screen (for me, 1680x1050). I either get a box in the middle of my screen or I can't see the taskbar.
Is there a way to force Windows to a certain resolution?
I'm on a MacBook 2.2 Core 2 Duo, using VirtualBox for Win7RC, and I have a possibly related video issue: I am not able to find a driver for my video card installed in the virtual machine, so I cannot use the Aero themes - nor does any of the Aero eye-candy work.
In response to Chsmadden: have you installed Guest Additions? From the VirtualBox "Devices" menu (while your virtual PC is running) choose "Install Guest Additions."
Well good evening people and welcome to the Se7enforums! When running XP, Vista, or 7 on a virtual machine don't expect a lot of device drivers to go on like you would normally see when any version is installed directly to a hard drive.
As for not being able to go full screen I run into that running the new XP mode for 7 as well as having Vista running on the Virtual PC beta. A virtual machine operates mainly in a windowed environment. The video card is actually a virtual card and addon devices like tv tuner cards will fail to initialize.
A virtual machine allows you to run the OS and programs compatible with it in an isolated environment apart from the host OS. That allows Linux to be run on a Windows machine as well as seeing some run Windows on a Linux box. Likewise the 7 RC is a guest OS on the MacBooks you have there.
W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4-Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
Memory
Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Hyper X Fury 8gb 2nd
Graphics Card(s)
MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio P - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VW199T-P 19" HP 2082a Main-HP 2082a 20" remote pc
Screen Resolution
Asus 1440x900 - HP 1600x900
Hard Drives
WD Black 1TB HD per OS W7, W10, and pending W11 presently on 500gb OS Drive - Pending Triple 1TB HDs for Spanned Storage/backup volume
Single 2TB external USB enclosure, single 1TB System 7 Host/Boot drive, Pending 8TB external HD for system image b
PSU
Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case
Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
