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Guest Additions are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of guest operating systems. They are installed '''within''' the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that Guest Additions have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control. | Guest Additions are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of guest operating systems. They are installed '''within''' the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that Guest Additions have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control. | ||
==Guest Display== | |||
* It will be necessary to activate the '''Enable 3D acceleration''' box in order to allow for some desktop effects (such as transparency) to be shown. This can be undertaken in the '''Display''' section, in the '''Settings''' menu. | |||