I am running win 7 on Vbox 2.2 on Lenny. The display driver provided by Vbox gives only three choices 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 and 1152 x 864. When Win 7 starts up it nags me that Win 7 is running in 24 bit but could be better in 32 bit color even though Win 7 says it IS running in 32 bit.
I don't have Office installed only OpenOffice so I can't compare. John B. On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Forest Bond <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 03:33:34PM -0400, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 02:32:38PM -0400, Stan Brinkerhoff wrote: >> > Vbox should be pixel perfect... >> >> I believe that, but the DPI is a property of the physical display (which >> is >> in >> this case virtual), and incorrect detection or OS/driver misconfiguration >> can >> >> >> Windows doesn't support changing DPI's (arguably -- you can change it -- but >> it >> doesn't do what you might expect it to do). Even its pathetic support for >> changing a label named "DPI" in the display properties is not automatic. >> >> Are you suggesting his Ubuntu desktop is running at a non-standard DPI >> (72dpi?) >> while Windows is running at its standard DPI in VBox, causing the issue? > > I wasn't really suggesting anything specific. ;) > > It just rang similarly to DPI issues I've seen in the past. I wasn't sure if > VirtualBox uses some custom Windows driver for it's virtual monitor, how it > determines its physical DPI, etc. > > But it was really just a stab in the dark. > > -Forest > -- > Forest Bond > http://www.alittletooquiet.net > http://www.pytagsfs.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFJ6jrARO4fQQdv5AwRAqn1AJ4jW4xg+7QC1qFXaRFSqsGLEtAnbwCgkfh/ > udT9CFZDqgvG12pasSl7vIY= > =VJJR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
