Installing seamless windows with virtualbox

[Caleb Marcus]

On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 11:36 +0100, Alain Muls wrote:

> Hi
> 
> In a recent issue of Linux Format I read an article about virtualbox and 
> seamless windows apps in Ubuntu. I would like to try that out, but I 
> lost the magazine and I cannot find the article on the web.
> 
> Has anyone got an URL for this?
> 
> mvg/Alain

Here's what you'll need to do.

     1. Download and install the VirtualBox package from here:
        http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
     2. Go to System>Administration>Users and Groups, click Manage
        Groups, select "vboxusers", go to Properties, and make sure your
        username is checked off there.
     3. Reboot the computer
     4. Start VirtualBox from Applications>System Tools>VirtualBox or
        hit Alt-F2 and type VirtualBox (capitalization required.)
     5. Hit New, and proceed through the wizard. It should be pretty
        self-explanatory, but you can ask me if you have any questions.
     6. Insert your Windows install CD. Select the VM you just created
        and hit Start. You should see the "Welcome to the First Run
        Wizard.
     7. Proceed through the wizard. Select CD/DVD-ROM device as your
        installation media, and check off Host Drive. When you hit
        Finish, the virtual machine should launch into the Windows
        installer. Note that if your mouse gets trapped by the VM, just
        hit the Host Key (normally your right ctrl key) to free it.
     8. Install Windows... this should be pretty self-explanatory.
     9. When you first boot up the system, go to Devices>Install Guest
        Additions. An installer should pop up inside the virtual
        machine. If it doesn't, go to My Computer on Windows and see if
        you see a CD there. If not, you may have to go into the virtual
        machine settings and manually select the guest additions CD for
        mounting.
    10. After the system restarts, you should be able to resize the
        virtual machine like you would resize any other window, as well
        as use the mouse without manually locking it in. You'll also be
        able to go seamless by using Machine>Seamless Mode, or Host+L
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