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Here's something I cannot seem to be able to do. At work, I use Red Hat Linux and Win 7 installed as a VM using the Virtual Machine Manager that comes with Red Hat. Now within Windows 7, I cannot set Aero. This is not that big of a deal, but I want to know if it can be done as it is running inside a VM.
2012-11-16 23:10:43
Try Virtual Box or VMware, VMware last I checked supported D3D.
2012-10-04 04:16:36
You will have to install guest additions.These are basically drivers which are compatible with your VIrtual OS.
2012-09-26 11:00:27
The article links below will be helpful to you -http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/enable-windows-7-aero-effects-virtualbox/http://www.howtogeek.com/124479/how-to-enable-3d-acceleration-and-use-windows-aero-in-virtualbox/
2012-09-26 11:56:06
I am not using VirtualBox as the VM Manager and so am not bale to do so. Thanks for the info anyway!
2012-09-26 01:09:17
This is one reason I like using VirtualBox, not only can it do it, but it is a easy and quick setup
2012-09-26 00:29:27
Aero requires direct access to the hardware drivers in order for Aero to work. This cannot be accomplished in most VMs (they don't pass things directly to the host machine's drivers).
2012-09-26 11:56:23
Thanks. Thought this was the case!