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[dean]

Hi David,

I have this issue as well but since 3.04 I have noticed that after the 
login screen on mine it spreads out to the current resolution of my desktop.

/Dean\

David McNally wrote:
> Hi again!
>
> VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP" worked perfectly! Thank you!
>
> It took a little while to find out where to actually run that, and the 
> first time I tried it I forgot the quotes around "Windows XP", but I 
> was able to successfully boot up Ubuntu and put the username and 
> password in the Ubuntu login screen and do nothing until XP loaded up 
> perfectly.
>
> On the other hand, there was one problem. I have the VirtualBox Guest 
> Additions installed, and I'm having it boot up in fullscreen. However, 
> when I get to the login screen, it is not in fullscreen. Instead, it 
> is centered in the screen and it's about 800 by 600, and the rest of 
> the screen is just black. I can fix this by pressing Host + F twice, 
> but this seems like I'm just making a stupid mistake. It's really not 
> a big problem, but I feel like there's probably a very easy fix.
>
> If anyone knows, please let me know.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Tihomir Plachkov 
> <tihomir.plachkov at gmail.com <mailto:tihomir.plachkov at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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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