ASP Developer Network - Brought to you by Steve Radich and BitShop, Inc. - http://www.bitshop.com

ASPDeveloper

ASPDeveloper.Net / VirtualServerFAQ.COM

Make sure you go to our home page for:

* Virtual Server 2005 FAQ
* ASP.Net 2.0 Information
* ASP.Net 2.0 Streaming Tutorials
* ASP.Net 2.0 HTML based Tutorials

Made possible by Business Internet Technology Shop (BitShop)

Virtual PC

Recent Virtual PC posts

* full screen at lesser resolution
* Optimum Setup
* VM additions
* VHD inaccessable??????? Are there any Utilities to accec the data?
* reduce virtual hdd size
* New net adapter or shared network for 98 VM
* loading XP as guest OS is dog slow
* Upgrading to Virtual PC 2004 SP1
* Server 2003 on VPC
* Mini newsgroup FAQ for the week of 8/27/2006
* DEC/Intel 21140 & Sound Blaster 16 drivers under WinXP SP2
* liunux additions in mandriva problem
* External/Internet connection with Virtual Server
* Virtual 98, 2000, & XP on an XP box?
* vm additions
* Connection to Secure Internet Sites
* Virtual Networking
* In regards to Academic Training (college) environments
* RE-CREATIGN .VMC FILE
* using a vhd on the host computer

Add Solution

One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 08/28/2006
From: RickAtKnowWare
Message:

I have been using Virtual PC for about a year. Most of my virtual machines
are working correctly. One of them is stuck in one particular screen
resolution. If I resize the window smaller, I just get scroll bars. It won't
resize to a larger resolution. Alt-Enter puts it into full screen mode, but
gives a black border all the way around. The settings are set to allow any
screen resolution. Changing the settings in Control Panel | Display |
Settings to a different resolution changes the resolution of the screen, but
doesn't change the problem. All of my other VMs on the same physical machine
are able to resize to any resolution and go into true full-screen mode with
no problem, just not this one. Deleting and recreating the virtual machine
from the virtual disks doesn't change it. Even if I move the virtual disks to
another physical machine (my laptop) and create a new VM, the problem
persists. Obviously the problem is in the configuration of the windows
installation on the virtual system disk itself, but I can't think of anything
else to do (short of recreating the virtual system disk from scratch and
reinstalling everything). Any ideas?

Post Reply | This is Spam! | Mark as Spam

Related Messages

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 08/28/2006
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:14:02 -0700, RickAtKnowWare
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Have you removed and reinstalled the VM Additions?

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Show quoted text

>I have been using Virtual PC for about a year. Most of my virtual machines
>are working correctly. One of them is stuck in one particular screen
>resolution. If I resize the window smaller, I just get scroll bars. It won't
>resize to a larger resolution. Alt-Enter puts it into full screen mode, but
>gives a black border all the way around. The settings are set to allow any
>screen resolution. Changing the settings in Control Panel | Display |
>Settings to a different resolution changes the resolution of the screen, but
>doesn't change the problem. All of my other VMs on the same physical machine
>are able to resize to any resolution and go into true full-screen mode with
>no problem, just not this one. Deleting and recreating the virtual machine
>from the virtual disks doesn't change it. Even if I move the virtual disks to
>another physical machine (my laptop) and create a new VM, the problem
>persists. Obviously the problem is in the configuration of the windows
>installation on the virtual system disk itself, but I can't think of anything
>else to do (short of recreating the virtual system disk from scratch and
>reinstalling everything). Any ideas?

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full scree

Sent: 08/28/2006
From: RickAtKnowWare
Message:

Steve,

Yes, I tried that too (uninstalling and reinstalling VM Additions),
several times. I tried it again now, just to be sure, but this time it
worked! Strange.

Thanks!

Rick.

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 08/29/2006
From: Sarah <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Steve Jain wrote:

That raises some doubts of my own:

Do we have to do uninstall & reinstall the additions every time we moved a VM to another machine?
Even if there is no change in the guest OS inside that VM?

Isn't the additions meant to patch the kernal of the guest OS?
Does it have anything to do with the host OS?

Thanks,
Sarah

Show quoted text

> Have you removed and reinstalled the VM Additions?

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 08/29/2006
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

> Do we have to do uninstall & reinstall the additions every time we moved a

No, only when you have a newer version of additions available.

Yes to both, but it's more generic, you just want to update the additions
with a newer version -- VPC adjusts to the hardware that's present.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

"Sarah" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> VM to another machine?
> Even if there is no change in the guest OS inside that VM?
> Isn't the additions meant to patch the kernal of the guest OS?
> Does it have anything to do with the host OS?
> Steve Jain wrote:
>> Have you removed and reinstalled the VM Additions?
>
> That raises some doubts of my own:
>
> Do we have to do uninstall & reinstall the additions every time we moved a
> VM to another machine?
> Even if there is no change in the guest OS inside that VM?
>
> Isn't the additions meant to patch the kernal of the guest OS?
> Does it have anything to do with the host OS?
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 08/30/2006
From: Sarah <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Thanks for the response.
I have built a WinXP-SP2 VM with additions on my much powerful PC
and then copied that VHD file to a simple laptop and attached that to a new VMC on the laptop.

Both my PC and the laptop PCs have Windows XP SP2 as hosts.
But the laptop has a limited hardware resources when compared to my PC.
1. Is that a case for uninstall & reinstall the additions on the laptop?

2. Btw, do I have to create the VMC file on each machine or can I copy the VMC file too.
Of course, I will have to adjust the memory settings of the VMC in each machnie,
depends on how much memory they can afford to allocate to the VM.

Thanks,
Sarah

Robert Comer wrote:

Show quoted text

>> Do we have to do uninstall & reinstall the additions every time we
>> moved a VM to another machine?
>> Even if there is no change in the guest OS inside that VM?
>
> No, only when you have a newer version of additions available.
>
>> Isn't the additions meant to patch the kernal of the guest OS?
>> Does it have anything to do with the host OS?
>
> Yes to both, but it's more generic, you just want to update the
> additions with a newer version -- VPC adjusts to the hardware that's
> present.
>

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 08/30/2006
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

> 1. Is that a case for uninstall & reinstall the additions on the laptop?

No, not if the original additions are the same version as you have available
on the laptop.

You can copy them, but I usually create a new one so there are no NIC
address problems. You might also have a problem with the assigned NIC too,
but I really haven't run across that problem.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

"Sarah" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> 2. Btw, do I have to create the VMC file on each machine or can I copy the
> VMC file too.
> Thanks for the response.
> I have built a WinXP-SP2 VM with additions on my much powerful PC
> and then copied that VHD file to a simple laptop and attached that to a
> new VMC on the laptop.
>
> Both my PC and the laptop PCs have Windows XP SP2 as hosts.
> But the laptop has a limited hardware resources when compared to my PC.
> 1. Is that a case for uninstall & reinstall the additions on the laptop?
>
> 2. Btw, do I have to create the VMC file on each machine or can I copy the
> VMC file too.
> Of course, I will have to adjust the memory settings of the VMC in each
> machnie,
> depends on how much memory they can afford to allocate to the VM.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
> Robert Comer wrote:
>>> Do we have to do uninstall & reinstall the additions every time we moved
>>> a VM to another machine?
>>> Even if there is no change in the guest OS inside that VM?
>>
>> No, only when you have a newer version of additions available.
>>
>>> Isn't the additions meant to patch the kernal of the guest OS?
>>> Does it have anything to do with the host OS?
>>
>> Yes to both, but it's more generic, you just want to update the additions
>> with a newer version -- VPC adjusts to the hardware that's present.
>>
>

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 08/30/2006
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <(email address - cut out)>, in the
microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Sarah <(email address - cut out)>
says...

No.

That depends. As long as you're not going to run both machines at the
same time. If you are, then you'll have MAC address collisions. You
also need to be aware that each copy of the VM requires a license.

--
Paul Adare - MVP Virtual Machines
It all began with Adam. He was the first man to tell a joke--or a lie.
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said
it before. Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does
not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and
Satan, the first consultant." - Mark Twain

Show quoted text

> Thanks for the response.
> I have built a WinXP-SP2 VM with additions on my much powerful PC
> and then copied that VHD file to a simple laptop and attached that to a new VMC on the laptop.
>
> Both my PC and the laptop PCs have Windows XP SP2 as hosts.
> But the laptop has a limited hardware resources when compared to my PC.
> 1. Is that a case for uninstall & reinstall the additions on the laptop?
>
> 2. Btw, do I have to create the VMC file on each machine or can I copy the VMC file too.
> Of course, I will have to adjust the memory settings of the VMC in each machnie,
> depends on how much memory they can afford to allocate to the VM.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
> Robert Comer wrote:
> >> Do we have to do uninstall & reinstall the additions every time we
> >> moved a VM to another machine?
> >> Even if there is no change in the guest OS inside that VM?
> >
> > No, only when you have a newer version of additions available.
> >
> >> Isn't the additions meant to patch the kernal of the guest OS?
> >> Does it have anything to do with the host OS?
> >
> > Yes to both, but it's more generic, you just want to update the
> > additions with a newer version -- VPC adjusts to the hardware that's
> > present.
> >
>
>

Re: One VM won"t allow "any screen resolution" or go to full screen mo

Sent: 09/01/2006
From: Sarah <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Robert Comer wrote:

You are right. I have seen that problem.

Thanks,
Sarah

Show quoted text

> You can copy them, but I usually create a new one so there are no NIC
> address problems. You might also have a problem with the assigned NIC
> too, but I really haven't run across that problem.
>

Post Reply | This is Spam! | Mark as Spam

Other groups

Virtual PC (Mac)(3592)	Virtual PC(12844)	Virtual PC (French)(496)
Virtual Server 2005(6245)

Our Sponsors

Virtual Server 2005 Info Here!
http://www.aspdeveloper.net

Wiki

Blogs

Articles

Image galleries

File galleries

Forums

Maps

Directories

ASP Developer Network (since 1996) - Brought to you by Steve Radich and BitShop, Inc. - http://www.bitshop.com
Copyright © 1997-2005 by BitShop, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
No content may be reproduced in any form without written permission from BitShop, Inc.
We will be honored to assist with reproduction rights on our material if you contact us.
We also can provide print articles for your magazine, private training seminars at your site, and conference presentations.
Thank you for visiting. Please bookmark our site if you found it useful!
If you wish to make a donation it will help further the development of these free resources: