Auto-VirtualBox!

[Tihomir Plachkov]

Hi David,

I don't have VBox installed but try executing:

VBoxManage startvm "exact-name-of-your-virtual-machine"

If it launches good put that in a start up script.

You might want to install also Virtualbox guest additions for a full screen
VM and common cursor without pressing the right ctrl+F.

Greetings

Tish

2009/8/25 David McNally <david3333333 at gmail.com>

> Hi! I know that's a weird subject, but this is a weird question.
>
> I'm setting up our new Ubuntu computer for me and my sister to use. I've
> set up our accounts. My dad says he wants me to have it dual-boot Windows
> XP. I tried to set it up, but I needed too many driver downloads and
> restarts and everything, so I just decided to put it in VirtualBox.
>
> Problem: my dad isn't good with Ubuntu yet (still using Windows XP on
> company computer). I decided to make it easy for him to login - but I'm not
> sure how to get this to work.
>
> Here's what I want to do: I've set up three accounts in Ubuntu: one for me,
> one for my sister, and one just for the Windows XP VirtualBox. When I'm
> done, my plan is that he can just sit at the login screen, click on "Windows
> XP VirtualBox" (which is the name of the account), and it will login, run
> VirtualBox as a startup program, and the automatically boot XP in fullscreen
> with no clicking or typing on his part between the login screen for Ubuntu
> and the login screen for XP.
>
> I also don't want the VBox account to need a password. Our computer is
> pretty secure, and no one cares about what my dad's printing (I've set up
> the printer for the XP VBox and Ubuntu, he just prefers to use XP).
>
> And, yes, I've already tried to convince him to just use Ubuntu. But I'm
> probably going to need to use that XP VBox at one point or another in the
> future, so I need to install it anyway.
>
> So, does anyone know how to not require passwords in Ubuntu or have VBox
> automatically boot XP in fullscreen mode when it loads?
>
> Thanks A LOT in advance,
> David!
>
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