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VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide Deploy and manage a cost-effective virtual environment using VirtualBox

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199140
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
1. Getting to Work with VirtualBox FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Your First Virtual Machine: Ubuntu Linux 3. Creating Your Second Virtual Machine: Windows 7 4. Installing Guest Additions and Advanced Settings 5. Storing Data in VirtualBox 6. Networking with Virtual Machines 7. Using Virtual Appliances 8. Managing your Virtual Machines from a Remote Computer Using Snapshots Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – using the fullscreen and windowed modes


There are two ways to alternate between the fullscreen and windowed modes: using the Machine menu and pressing Host+F on your keyboard (where Host represents the currently defined host key, the default value of which is Right-Ctrl).

  1. Open your UbuntuVB virtual machine, and select Machine|Fullscreen Mode from the VirtualBox main menu. A VirtualBox – Information dialog will pop up to inform you the virtual machine will switch to full-screen and that you can go back to the windowed mode by pressing Host+F.

  2. Select the Do not show this message again option, and click on Switch to enter the fullscreen mode. Your virtual machine's screen will resize automatically to full-screen mode, and you will be able to interact with your VM as if it were the host PC.

  3. When in your machine is fullscreen mode, the Virtual menu bar is hidden. Press Host+Home, and a context menu will pop up to show the three menu items from the VirtualBox main menu bar:

  4. Select...

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