Hi Alex. I'd try the 30 day trial of VMware fusion. It's really nice. Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't bother trying it on the mac, it is totally inaccessible. I had to > configure things in Windows (on bootcamp), then export the finished vm, copy > it over to the mac partition, and import it. Now I just open the .vbox file > and it works. I'll have a sighted person give me a hand with that host keys > option, thanks for the tip. The volume slider in windows does absolutely > nothing, and at a guess, I'd say the mac is twice as loud as windows even > when windows is at 100% volume. > On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Alex. >> I am not sure about virtual box. >> I wasn't able to use it when i tried it last, i use vmware fusion. >> I will try this today however. >> The volume control, i think within windows 7, just change the volume slider >> with in windows. >> It still will be a little lower however. >> Under the preferences in virtual box, you should see mac host shortcuts. >> Disable these and your f keys should work as well. >> >> On Jan 31, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I just set up win7 in a vm through Virtualbox, and am having some odd >>> problems. >>> >>> First, my audio is very low, and the volume control seems to do nothing. >>> The mac's volume is pretty loud, so I don't want to turn it up anymore. Is >>> there anything I can do? Forums suggest an update to the Realtech drivers, >>> but I don't see realtech in my sound devices. >>> >>> Second, and more relevant to this list, some keys still have an effect even >>> when I should be in "windows only" mode. Specifically, anything with f12 or >>> control with arrows brings up that pointless dashboard. and some vo >>> commands still get issued. For instance, I hit alt-f to go to the file >>> menu, but that triggered my vo keyboard action to find the next form field. >>> It is as though the mac is not letting go of the keyboard correctly. Has >>> anyone experienced this? >>> >>> Thanks for any help on either of these problems. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
