VirtualBox 4.2 tips

VirtualBox 4.2 tips Host OS: Windows 7X64 Professional 1) to modify the default Virtual Machine directory, you must first have a common Virtual Machine to modify the default Virtual Machine storage directory. The created virtual machine can be empty with no additional storage or system installation. Then, you can modify the Default machine folder on the [general] Page of the [FIle]-[Preference] dialog box. After www.2cto.com deletes all virtual machines, the setting will change to the default value. 2) to modify the explicit resolution of the guest system, you must first modify the graphics card settings of the virtual machine to ensure that the video memory is large enough. For simple calculation, the length * width * 4 is supported. However, you may not be able to use a large resolution in the graphics card attribute. For example, the maximum value of XP is 800X600. At this time, there are two ways: (a) install Guest Additions, and then select [Auto-resize Guest Display] in the menu [View] of the Virtual Machine window.
You can adjust the resolution directly by changing the size of the Virtual Machine window. This operation is more friendly than VMware. (B) Global modification. In the Virtualbox manager window, select [FIle]-[Preference] in the [Display] menu to modify [Max Gust Screen Size]. Set the desired maximum value, or simply select the [none] method. After entering the virtual machine, you can see various explicit resolution options. 3) compress the hard disk file (a) on the windows guest Virtual Machine and download sdelete from the MS website. Run sdelete-z x: \ to enter 0 for unnecessary hard disk space.
X: \ is all partitions to be processed. Www.2cto.com (B) shutdown VM (c) using the command C: \ Program Files \ Oracle \ VirtualBox \ VBoxManage.exe modifyhd your_vdi_file_path -- compact to compress virtualbox is indeed not as good as VMware, it is equivalent to the Vmware workstation Level 3 years ago.

However, virtualbox is not a silver coin, and common functions are also provided, so we still need to provide strong support.