10-05-2015, 09:17 PM
@TMG1961
Guest Additions are the drivers that virtualbox uses to optimise the guest in a virtual environment.
sometime you get better graphics/audio support. Typically allows full screen, depending on host graphics.
To install, depending how you have it now.?, In a Window, or full screen
There is usually a "Menu" called "Devices", then an option "Insert Guest Additions CD Image"
Selecting this, depending on how windows is set up will either:
- Launch the installer, accept the defaults, let it install, and re-start the VM
or
- Will add a CD in the My Computer, opening it should start the installer, accept the defaults, let it install, and re-start the VM
example here shown here
Guest Additions are the drivers that virtualbox uses to optimise the guest in a virtual environment.
sometime you get better graphics/audio support. Typically allows full screen, depending on host graphics.
To install, depending how you have it now.?, In a Window, or full screen
There is usually a "Menu" called "Devices", then an option "Insert Guest Additions CD Image"
Selecting this, depending on how windows is set up will either:
- Launch the installer, accept the defaults, let it install, and re-start the VM
or
- Will add a CD in the My Computer, opening it should start the installer, accept the defaults, let it install, and re-start the VM
example here shown here
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Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks
Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)