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2 Replies Last post: Oct 4, 2008 11:22 AM by ScottWinslowATDWpg
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Rotated Monitor in XP Pro

Nov 1, 2007 1:17 PM

Click to view Zobags's profile Lurker Zobags 2 posts since
Nov 1, 2007

I have a Dell 30" Monitor and (2560x1600) and a Dell 20" (1600x1200) rotated 90 degrees (so really 1200x1600) on my host computer running XP Pro for a nice 3760x1600 desktop. I am running Workstation 6 and XP Pro on my guest machine, but when I try to use both monitors in the guest, it does not recognize that the second monitor is rotated and I can not figure out how to change it. Is it possible to fix this problem?

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Reply Re: Rotated Monitor in XP Pro Nov 2, 2007 1:00 AM
Click to view Zobags's profile Lurker Zobags 2 posts since
Nov 1, 2007
I figured out a way to do this - in case anyone runs into the same problem. I moved the window containing the guest to the 2nd monitor and then selected "full screen". It went to 1200x1600. Then, I clicked "cycle multiple monitors", and it covered all of both screens.
Reply Re: Rotated Monitor in XP Pro Oct 4, 2008 11:22 AM
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Click to view ScottWinslowATDWpg's profile Lurker ScottWinslowATDWpg 1 posts since
Oct 4, 2008

I've confirmed this workaround works, but what if I don't want the main monitor for a VM to be the rotated one? Is there any way to get a monitor definition into the VM so it will understand the rotation? Actually, I don't even think it's so much the rotation as getting the correct allowable resolution, as it does seem to display things (at least for me) right way round.
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