How do you get Win app itself to nearly fullscreen in VirtualBox?
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From: dorayme on 30 Apr 2010 19:11 Anyone use VirtualBox here? How do you get the actual Windows application window itself to nearly fullscreen on a large monitor in VirtualBox? Is Windows in Parallels or Fusion similarly limited or clunky when it comes to window size or can one enjoy (ahemm!) Windows XP (say) at fullscreen or nearly at or anything you want like on a real Windows PC? -- dorayme
From: Alfonso Romero on 30 Apr 2010 22:22 You need to install Guest Additions and then hit Right-Ctrl + F to set the full-screen mode. Regards, --- frmsrcurl: http://compgroups.net/comp.sys.mac.system/How-do-you-get-Win-app-itself-to-nearly-fullscreen-in-VirtualBox
From: dorayme on 2 May 2010 18:42 In article <w_adnfkwLrzsDUbWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Alfonso Romero <user(a)compgroups.net/> wrote: > You need to install Guest Additions and then hit Right-Ctrl + F to set the > full-screen mode. > Thanks for this Alfonso, another person also suggested this elesewhere and I will look into it but for the moment, it seems (after a tipoff elsewhere), changing the display resolution from within windows has given me a much as I want for now, it now fills about three quarters of the 20" monitor! I like this virtual machine, a bit clunky regarding mouse capturing from them to the Mac desktop etc but beats starting up a dedicated winbox... -- dorayme
From: Warren Oates on 2 May 2010 18:57 In article <dorayme-AC43A7.08421803052010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > In article <w_adnfkwLrzsDUbWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > Alfonso Romero <user(a)compgroups.net/> wrote: > > > You need to install Guest Additions and then hit Right-Ctrl + F to set the > > full-screen mode. > > > Thanks for this Alfonso, another person also suggested this > elesewhere and I will look into it but for the moment, it seems > (after a tipoff elsewhere), changing the display resolution from > within windows has given me a much as I want for now, it now > fills about three quarters of the 20" monitor! > > I like this virtual machine, a bit clunky regarding mouse > capturing from them to the Mac desktop etc but beats starting up > a dedicated winbox... Under "Machine" (on the Mac menu bar), try checking "Auto Resize Guest Display" and playing with "Adjust Window Size." I get a nice 20" wide-screen out of Win XP. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Alfonso Romero on 2 May 2010 19:14
No problem. And for the record, Guest Additions also let you get rid of the mouse capturing issue, along with some other benefits like copying/pasting info between your guest and your host and shared folders. Regards, Alfonso --- frmsrcurl: http://compgroups.net/comp.sys.mac.system/How-do-you-get-Win-app-itself-to-nearly-fullscreen-in-VirtualBox |