Hi, I am using VMware Workstation Pro 12.0.0 build-2985596 on a University machine. I'm getting myself familiar with it's use before buying. My intention is to get a feel for it, learn how everything works, then buy it for my home computer which has multiple monitors, but something really strange is happening with the resolution.
The resolution of the host computer, running windows 10, is: 1440 x 900. When running Windows XP is the resolution does not match that it ends up really small with black borders. If I set it to that it looks fine, but most of the old programs I would run are not really designed for that so their full screen mode ends up in a small box. Pretty much the only way to actually get them to be full screen is if I reduce the resolution of the host computer, but I heard that Workstation Pro is supposed to be able to stretch it so that the workstation has lower resolution, but it's still full screen.
Under view settings I do see an option to autosize guest, which forces the resolution of the workstation to change, but the stretch option is greyed out. Even with the virtual machine powered off, there doesn't seem to be a setting to make it work. I tried unity mode (which is amazing, btw) but the "Full Screen: mode of programs end up no larger than the resolution they were designed for and not really full screen.
So is stretch resolution a feature or isn't it? It would be a shame if it isn't, since the whole point of using VMware is to run legacy applications that have specific hardware and software requirements.
