From the list click 'True Color (32 bit)'. Then click 'Properties' and the 'Settings' tab. To enable 32bit color get to you desktop and right click. You are now done!Īs you may have noticed the screen resolution has already increased. The Wizard may ask you for 'VBoxVideo.sys' so click 'Browse' and select the file. A Microsoft digital signature window will come up, ignore this and click 'Yes'. There should be three files: VBoxGuest, VBoxMouse, and VBoxVideo. Uncheck everything but the 'Specify a location' option. Leave the default option and click 'Next' again. Click 'Properties' and then click 'Update Driver'.Ī 'Upgrade Device Driver' Wizard should open. Now find and double click 'Video Controller (VGA Compatible)'. Now click the 'Hardware' tab and click 'Device Manager'. Get to your Windows 2000 desktop and right click 'My Computer'.
Start your Windows 2000 Virtual Machine and then click the 'Devices' tab, then 'Optical Drives'.
Since I have already compressed the driver into an ISO file we can now load it into the VM. Lets start.įirst we need to download the driver files. Well that problem I have solved for you today, not only will you get 256 colors, you will get 32bit color and a higher screen resolution in Windows 2000 on Virtual Box. But for some reason it is hard to find one for Windows 2000.
Now as most of you know there are plenty of drivers to get 256 colors in Windows ME, Windows 95, and Windows 98. (If any of the above doesn't make sense - and no one would blame you if you thought that - screenshots can be provided to clarify the matter) mrwitticism Posts: 9 Joined: 17.If you have ever wanted to get more than 16 colors in Windows 2000 on Virtual Box this is the post for you. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
However, this had no effect on making it work. I don't know if it was necessary in this version for me to do - as a lot of the ins and outs of this technical stuff goes right over my head - but I went under Settings>Storage and, used the Add CD/DVD for the ISO file, and Add Hard Disk for the VDI file so that those two files are now listed under IDE Controller Panel. If I hit Enter, some info about the device and driver comes up, followed by "unidade especificada n|=o e valida" - something to the effect of unit specified not valid, I'm guessing - and a prompt: A:\> So what exactly am I supposed to be doing at this point to bring Windows 95 up on my virtual machine? All I want to do is play an old computer game, and this is becoming a lot more complicated that merely using an emulator to run rom files. The WIndows 95 OS does not start running. I move the cursor down to number 5, Windows 95 and. I open up the VirtualBox Manager and hit run (or double-click "Windows 95," as I've named it, in the left window panel) and a dos window comes up with a list of operating systems to choose from.
Isn't it enough that I know I'm using version 4.0.4 r70112?)Īnyhow, here's the problem: I'm trying to use VB to run Windows 95 on Windows 7 host computer using an ISO file I downloaded.
I didn't even understand how to find out what VBox Version I'm using (OSE Debian? Fedora? Mandriva? Self-compiled? I haven't a clue what any of those are, and put "OSE other" finally. In fact, when I registered for this forum so I could ask this question, I began to think that using VB is a bit beyond my abilities. Hey there, I'm a newb to VirtualBox, and so you'll have to pardon me if this question is dumb, ignorant, already asked (though I couldn't find it after looking at the 10 most recent pages of this forum), etc.