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Useoneofthefollowingstrategiestoworkaroundthisproblemwithnonstandard

resolutions:

 Ifyourhostcomputer’sscreenresolutionishighenough,youcanenlargethe

windowandchooseFitGuestNow.

 Ifyourhostcomputer’sscreenresolutiondoesnotallowyoutoenlargethe

Workstationconsolesufficiently,youcanmanuallysettheguestoperating

system’sscreenresolutionto640×480orlarger.

Configuring Video and Sound

Forbestcolorandgraphicsdisplay,youmustcoordinatehostandguestcolorsettings.

WorkstationalsosupportsgamesandapplicationsthatuseDirectX9accelerated

graphics,butyoumustperformsome3‐Dpreparationtasksonthehostandguest.

Withregardstosoundsupport,Workstationusuallyinstallsthenecessarydrivers,but

onsom

eoftheoldestandnewe

stguestoperatingsystems,youmustmanuallyinstall

adriver.

Setting Screen Color Depth

Thenumberofscreencolorsavailableintheguestoperatingsystemdependsonthe

screencolorsettingofthehostoperatingsystem.

Virtualmachinessupport:

 16‐color(VGA)mode

 8‐bitpseudocolor

 16bitsperpixel(16significantbitsperpixel)

 32bitsperpixel(24significantbitsperpixel)

Ifthehostisin15‐bitcolormode,theguestoperatingsystem’scolorsettingcontrols

offer15‐bitmodeinplaceof16‐bitmode.

Ifthehostisin24‐bitcolormode,theguestoperatingsystem’scolorsettingcontrols

offer24‐bitmod

einplaceof32‐

bitmode.

Ifyourunaguestoperatingsystemsetforagreaternumberofcolorsthanyourhost

operatingsystemisusing,youcanencounterproblems.Insomecases,forexample,the

colorsintheguestarenotcorrect.Inothers,theguestoperat

ingsys

temcannotusea

graphicalinterface.

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