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stormblue
July 9th, 2007, 12:02 AM
I've got windows running in virtual machine and I want windows to go widescreen on my dell 1501. Linux runs at 1280x800 and I'd like to get windows to run at this resolution or even bigger. Any ideas on how to get started?

Thanks!
tgm4883
July 9th, 2007, 12:11 AM
You need to install the VMware utilities (Not sure if thats the right name) than comes with VMware Workstation.
stormblue
July 9th, 2007, 02:11 AM
I've found VM utilities and VM tools. I think tools is what I want. Can anyone confirm this?
tgm4883
July 9th, 2007, 02:39 AM
Yea it's vmware tools
stormblue
July 9th, 2007, 03:18 AM
I have them installed, and I looked at the properties in windows. I'm not seeing anything that enables me to do wide screen in full screen mode under windows. I tried adjusting the resolution in windows, but it doesn't have 1280x800. Any more advice? Thank you for the help so far.
stormblue
July 9th, 2007, 02:58 PM
I found this tutorial (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1003)which may be helpful!
stormblue
July 9th, 2007, 03:22 PM
I think this may be my problem when I try to go full screen, I get this error:

Unable to find an appropriate host video mode.
Adding the guest mode to the 'display' subsection of the 'screen' section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config and restarting X is likely to help.

Failed to switch to full screen SVGA mode.

any ideas?
stormblue
July 9th, 2007, 04:28 PM
Issue Resolved!
tgm4883
July 9th, 2007, 06:08 PM
Issue Resolved!

It's great that you got it resolved. Could you post how and mark the thread resolved for others that may have the same problem
dewdman42
July 18th, 2007, 02:32 AM
Yes please. I need to know the answer to this also
campioni
August 22nd, 2007, 11:28 AM
sure would have been useful to know this\\:D/
csharpy
November 26th, 2007, 10:03 PM
Ouch, dead end thread. I just ran into this issue as well. Glad someone resolved it, gives me hope anyway :lolflag:
dpj23
November 26th, 2007, 11:07 PM
real quick here are you using player or workstation???

player may not allow you to adjust screen resolution, However, you can make these adjustments in workstation in a number of different ways...
csharpy
November 27th, 2007, 12:34 AM
Neither, I'm using server
csharpy
November 29th, 2007, 04:52 PM
I finally got around to figuring this out. What I wanted to do was run my guest Windows XP in wide-screen (1280x800) resolution to match that of my Ubuntu host. First I installed the VMWare Tools on the guest.

VMWare guest install instructions:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_newguest_tools_windows.html

Then I followed Petr's instructions, found on the VMWare forums, for modifying the guest registry for the new resolution.

Guest registry editing instructions:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/77209#77209

After rebooting the guest OS, I was then able to select the new resolution from the windows display properties.

Good luck!

VMWare Server 1.0.4
Host: Ubuntu 7.10
Guest: Windows XP Professional SP2