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Posted February 11, 2011
When I put my Windows 98 VPC2007 machine into full screen, I get an odd problem where the top corners of the screen have a little transparent triangle where I can see what's behind it (my wallpaper or the title bar of a maximised window). It's really bugging me, does anyone have any ideas?

EDIT: I tried taking a screenshot but the problem didn't show up on it.
Post edited February 11, 2011 by eyeball226
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Posted February 11, 2011
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eyeball226: When I put my Windows 98 VPC2007 machine into full screen, I get an odd problem where the top corners of the screen have a little transparent triangle where I can see what's behind it (my wallpaper or the title bar of a maximised window). It's really bugging me, does anyone have any ideas?

EDIT: I tried taking a screenshot but the problem didn't show up on it.
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GameRager: I think that's part of the hidden toolbar frame which you can click or select to go back to windowed mode or access the menus while in fullscreen, or to get back to the host OS.
Hmm, well clicking in the top corners switches to whatever is behind the virtual machine, but not in a good way. It doesn't revert to windowed mode, it just changes focus so I often find myself on my desktop at 640x480. I've never found a toolbar in VPC2007, only in VirtualBox...
Posted February 11, 2011
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GameRager: VPC should have a toolbar when in windowed mode, sometimes you have to hover along the top edge of the window for it to appear though. But yeah it seems those corners are to switch out of the virtual OS and back to the host OS.....
I wish I could work out how to stop it doing this, it's really distracting.
the screen is small because when you emulate an OS in VPC it lowers the host OS res while it's running as well.
I know that. :P I was just lamenting the fact that it does it.
Posted February 11, 2011
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eyeball226: I wish I could work out how to stop it doing this, it's really distracting.
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GameRager: Are the corners really THAT distracting? I mean they don't block much, being corners and all.
When playing a game at a low resolution like 640x480 they're quite large and if you move the mouse over them then the cursor from the host OS appears all huge and horrible.
Posted February 11, 2011
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eyeball226: When playing a game at a low resolution like 640x480 they're quite large and if you move the mouse over them then the cursor from the host OS appears all huge and horrible.
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GameRager: You can set the virtual OS to a higher res than the game you're going to be playing on it to shrink the corners you know. I usually set mine(xp) to 1024x768 or therabouts.
I do, I have Win 98 set to my monitor's native resolution. The game changes the resolution though.
Posted February 11, 2011
Try using a smaller resolution on the guest OS than the one you use for the host OS.
Posted February 11, 2011
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Namur: Try using a smaller resolution on the guest OS than the one you use for the host OS.
I've tried that as well. What happens then is the same thing that happens when the games lower the resolution. The things in the corners just get bigger...
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