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No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host posted: Nov 11, 2009 1:11 PM

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petersonmd
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May 4, 2005
I have Workstation 7 running on a Win7 64-bit host with host resolution set to 1920x1200. I installed Win2008 R2 as a guest for testing purposes - all is well except I can't view the VM in 'full-screen' mode. I just get a black display. The mouse cursor is active and the cursor does track as I move the mouse. Just can't see anything else on the screen. If I exit full-screen mode, the display comes back 'on'.

Looks like it's a problem running at that particular resolution, but that's just a guess. XP and Win2k both work in full-screen mode without any problems. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Mark

Re: No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host

1. Nov 11, 2009 7:55 PM in response to: petersonmd
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jameslin
1,118 posts since
Jan 31, 2005
I assume you've installed Tools in the guest?

If you enable View > Autofit Guest, disable View > Tabs, and enter Quick Switch mode, do you have the same problem? What about if from within the guest you go to Control Panel > Display > Settings and change the resolution to 1920x1200 manually?

Re: No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host

2. Nov 23, 2009 9:39 AM in response to: jameslin
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petersonmd
7 posts since
May 4, 2005
Sorry for the delay - been out of touch for a bit.

1) Yes - VMWare tools are installed.
2) Yes - still have the problem if I autofit-guest and disable View|Tabs and try to Quick Switch.
3) Yes - even running in 'Windowed' mode (non-full screen), if I switch the resolution to 1920x1200, the screen goes blank (with cursor still evident).

- Mark

Re: No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host

3. Dec 3, 2009 2:35 PM in response to: petersonmd
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breeza
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Dec 3, 2009
You are not alone. I get exactly the same problem.

Re: No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host

4. Dec 14, 2009 12:35 PM in response to: petersonmd
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NagaT
37 posts since
Apr 18, 2008

Seems like a problem with guest video ram. Did you have 3D acceleration enabled in your VM? You can check that from UI -> VM -> Settings -> Display

Thanks.

Re: No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host

5. Dec 14, 2009 12:44 PM in response to: NagaT
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petersonmd
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May 4, 2005
Bingo! That nailed it. I didn't have 3D acceleration enabled. Once I enabled it, I was able to get 1920x1200 full-screen. I'm not doing anything with DirectX, but I guess it allocated more memory to the video card to allow the higher resolution.

Thanks...

Re: No full-screen display w/Win2008 R2 guest in Win7 host

6. Dec 14, 2009 1:18 PM in response to: NagaT
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breeza
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Dec 3, 2009
That fixed it for me as well. Checked some vista and 7 guests and they all had this option ticked by default.

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