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I was required to develop a Windows app UI for a fixed resolution – it doesn't matter if it makes sense or not, the customer requires it. I'm using a Windows Server 2003 VirtualBox VM as the development environment; my host machine has much higher resolution.
Is there any way to select and fix the OS resolution and stop VirtualBox changing it by any kind of scaling? I can't see the requested resolution when I open Display Properties on the guest OS.
Wes made a comment on the article you mentioned which helped several others that had the same problem:
Wes:
Slight change for step 3 on new version of VirtualBox for Windows Hosts. there are different versions of the additions for x86 and amd64 platforms. between setps 2 and 3 you can type ‘ls’ and see what the exact name of the additions are for your platform, then do “sudo bash ./VBoxAdditions-###.run”, replacing the ### with x86 or amd64.
Try running the sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run command after cd-ing to the guest additions installation CD.
Make sure to turn off VM.
Then go to VitrualBox Manager > File > Preferences > Display > click Maximum Guest Screen tab and make sure to select either None or Auto (whichever works best).
Best Answer
So I tried this, and might work for you. Under the Machine menu, there is an option to auto-resize the guest OS's resolution to fit the monitor you are using. I got the resolution you did by enabling this option, manually resizing the window to get the resolution I wanted, then DISABLING auto-resize. Then, it's "stuck" there and I can resize the window, move it around, resolution doesn't change. Only problem was the taskbar. While you are doing the resize, might help to minimize it to get the exact resolution