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VirtualBox: Locking Guest Screen Resolution?

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Is there any way to lock the screen resolution of a Guest VM to a specific size without it auto adjusting?

Here is the scenario as to what I'm getting at:

Right now I have a Guest Windows XP machine running at a 1280x1024 resolution on my native 2048x1152 monitor (It is taking up a little more then half the screen). Cool right? Yes, except I'm having trouble running an application that runs a 800x600 resolution in full screen mode (to the client 1280x1024). What is happening is the VM will adjust automatically (shrink) to the 800x600 size leaving a tiny box on my monitor. Boy, is that hard to see. There seems to be no 'Locking' of the Guest screen at 1280x1024 while enlarging the 800x600 resolution program (I realize the image will become blurry and pixilated, but that is fine).

I'm using VirtualBox 3.0.4 with the GuestAddons installed. Also I've tried to use full screen mode in hopes of 'tricking' the program to bloat/stretch all over my screen. These attempts have failed leaving me with a little 800x600 centered program with large spaces of black on the edges.

Of course when I close the program it will readjust and fill my monitor back to its inital setting (That I've chosen) of 1280x1024. Unfortunately there isn't an option of increasing the resolution of the program, so that option gets ruled out.

Any solutions to locking the Guest VM resolution? Or am I SOL?
 
perhaps try 3.0.6 (its out), doubting it will change this though (I'd just update to update, lol)

other than that, it really sits on XP itself, and it won't force the resolution up to 1280x1024 (it won't scale it basically), because it assumes the monitor will just change resolution as needed (and if it weren't a VM, it'd be right)

am I correct in assuming this is an ancient game?

from your sig, I see you've got Win7, perhaps try MS VPC for WinXP emulation, it'll run more like Parallels desktop, might give you some more options
 
Yes, it is an ancient game :). Thanks for the heads up on the update, its worth a try.
 
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