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Cyberpro60
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      02-15-2008
I have a freshly setup Virtual PC running XP Pro.
Setup of the Virtual PC and subsequent installation of XP Pro and all
updates proceeded without any errors however I have a very annoying problem.
The Virtual PC seems unable to remember the selected screen resolution
(currently 1600 = x 1024). Everytime I start my VPC the screen resolution is
reset to 640 x 480.

How can I fix this ???
 
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Colin Barnhorst
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      02-15-2008
Have you installed the virtual machine additions?

"Cyberpro60" <> wrote in message
news:FACB0D6A-7994-4D8C-A73F-...
>I have a freshly setup Virtual PC running XP Pro.
> Setup of the Virtual PC and subsequent installation of XP Pro and all
> updates proceeded without any errors however I have a very annoying
> problem.
> The Virtual PC seems unable to remember the selected screen resolution
> (currently 1600 = x 1024). Everytime I start my VPC the screen resolution
> is
> reset to 640 x 480.
>
> How can I fix this ???


 
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Cyberpro60
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      02-15-2008
Colin Barnhorst wrote: Have you installed the virtual machine additions?

Answer = Yes! It was the first thing I did after I installed XP.



 
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Cyberpro60
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      02-22-2008
I have to say that I am underwhelmed by the lack of response to this, the
most basic, of questions and I am also wondering what this lack of response
means:

(1) Contrary to Microsoft's assertions, nobody from the Microsoft
establishment bothers to monitor their forums?

(2) Microsoft isn't really isn't interested in supporting its Virtual
Machine software offerings and, as a consequence of this, anybody seriously
interested in virtual machine operations should only consider VMWare?

(3) This is a serious software problem that can't be fixed and this version
[the 2007 version] is hopelessly defective?

After all, you have to wonder don't you?
 
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Colin Barnhorst
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      02-22-2008
They do managed newsgroups, but they drop by here as just friends. Ben
Armstrong does visit some. The public newsgroups are user to user groups.

No, I don't wonder. I use the ng for its self-support purposes.

"Cyberpro60" <> wrote in message
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>I have to say that I am underwhelmed by the lack of response to this, the
> most basic, of questions and I am also wondering what this lack of
> response
> means:
>
> (1) Contrary to Microsoft's assertions, nobody from the Microsoft
> establishment bothers to monitor their forums?
>
> (2) Microsoft isn't really isn't interested in supporting its Virtual
> Machine software offerings and, as a consequence of this, anybody
> seriously
> interested in virtual machine operations should only consider VMWare?
>
> (3) This is a serious software problem that can't be fixed and this
> version
> [the 2007 version] is hopelessly defective?
>
> After all, you have to wonder don't you?


 
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Jim Kay
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      02-23-2008
Glad I'm not the only one with this problem.

I created a Vista VM on a Vista host with a 1680 x 1050 monitor. Then I took
the vhd to a Server 2008 host with a smaller monitor. The Vista guest always
boots with a wide screen and I have to logon and reset it every time.

True, I'm going from big to small, but it looks like the same problem.

Joschka


"Cyberpro60" <> wrote in message
news:FACB0D6A-7994-4D8C-A73F-...
>I have a freshly setup Virtual PC running XP Pro.
> Setup of the Virtual PC and subsequent installation of XP Pro and all
> updates proceeded without any errors however I have a very annoying
> problem.
> The Virtual PC seems unable to remember the selected screen resolution
> (currently 1600 = x 1024). Everytime I start my VPC the screen resolution
> is
> reset to 640 x 480.
>
> How can I fix this ???


 
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sfdgg gfhj
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      11-30-2009
This worked for me:

1-Start Virtual PC console
2-Press settings
3-Scroll down to "Display"
4-Uncheck "Always start this virt...." & set the drop down menu to "Use guest operating system screen resolution"
5-Press OK and give it a try...



Cyberpro6 wrote:

Screen Resolution Reset Problem
14-Feb-08

I have a freshly setup Virtual PC running XP Pro
Setup of the Virtual PC and subsequent installation of XP Pro and all
updates proceeded without any errors however I have a very annoying problem.
The Virtual PC seems unable to remember the selected screen resolution
(currently 1600 = x 1024). Everytime I start my VPC the screen resolution is
reset to 640 x 480

How can I fix this ???

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:29 PM
Cyberpro6 wrote:

Screen Resolution Reset Problem
I have a freshly setup Virtual PC running XP Pro
Setup of the Virtual PC and subsequent installation of XP Pro and all
updates proceeded without any errors however I have a very annoying problem.
The Virtual PC seems unable to remember the selected screen resolution
(currently 1600 = x 1024). Everytime I start my VPC the screen resolution is
reset to 640 x 480

How can I fix this ???

On Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:35 PM
Colin Barnhorst wrote:

Have you installed the virtual machine additions?
Have you installed the virtual machine additions?

On Friday, February 15, 2008 2:40 AM
Cyberpro6 wrote:

Re: Screen Resolution Reset Problem
Colin Barnhorst wrote: Have you installed the virtual machine additions

Answer = Yes! It was the first thing I did after I installed XP.

On Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:11 PM
Cyberpro6 wrote:

I have to say that I am underwhelmed by the lack of response to this, the most
I have to say that I am underwhelmed by the lack of response to this, the
most basic, of questions and I am also wondering what this lack of response
means

(1) Contrary to Microsoft's assertions, nobody from the Microsoft
establishment bothers to monitor their forums

(2) Microsoft isn't really isn't interested in supporting its Virtual
Machine software offerings and, as a consequence of this, anybody seriously
interested in virtual machine operations should only consider VMWare

(3) This is a serious software problem that can't be fixed and this version
[the 2007 version] is hopelessly defective

After all, you have to wonder don't you?

On Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:48 PM
Colin Barnhorst wrote:

They do managed newsgroups, but they drop by here as just friends.
They do managed newsgroups, but they drop by here as just friends. Ben
Armstrong does visit some. The public newsgroups are user to user groups

No, I don't wonder. I use the ng for its self-support purposes

"Cyberpro60" <> wrote in message
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On Friday, February 22, 2008 10:53 PM
Jim Kay wrote:

Glad I'm not the only one with this problem.
Glad I'm not the only one with this problem

I created a Vista VM on a Vista host with a 1680 x 1050 monitor. Then I took
the vhd to a Server 2008 host with a smaller monitor. The Vista guest always
boots with a wide screen and I have to logon and reset it every time

True, I'm going from big to small, but it looks like the same problem

Joschk

"Cyberpro60" <> wrote in message
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On Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:41 AM
Kevin wrote:

I have the same problem. Using Vista, I have Virtual PC with XP pro installed.
I have the same problem. Using Vista, I have Virtual PC with XP pro installed. Everytime I restart the Virtual XP, it changes the resolution back to 640X480. I tried to update drivers but it said I already have the best drivers installed. Did anyone find a solution to this? My long standing support of Microsoft is slowly wearing down

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      12-09-2009
sfdgg gfhj wrote:

<snip - answer to a dead question>

You are replying to an over 14-month old thread. Next time, when using
Egghead's webnews-for-dummies interface that pretends they have forums by
submitting crappy formatted posts through a gateway to Usenet, remember to
check the datestamps.
 
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