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  • 1.  Fusion allows only low resolution on large monitor

    Posted Jun 17, 2016 10:27 AM

    No way to get larger than 1024x768 on a Dell P2616D, Installed the Dell proper driver but VMware asks to install Tools from CD. That my Powerbook pro of course doesn't have.

    What can I do now?

    Pls help, at this resolution it's really unusable.

    thanks

    Franco Gennari



  • 2.  RE: Fusion allows only low resolution on large monitor

    Posted Jun 17, 2016 11:15 AM

    to install VMware Tools in your VM.

    While VM is powered on, Go to Virtual Machine menu in menubar and click on Install VMware Tools option.



  • 3.  RE: Fusion allows only low resolution on large monitor

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jun 17, 2016 09:06 PM

    You should also probably uninstall the Dell software from the VM. Your Windows installation, when in a VM, does not know about the physical world, only the 'virtual' one that we present to it.

    As such, in the case of a display, installing drivers is not going to be helpful because Windows doesn't know it's talking to a Dell display by design.

    VMware Tools will make sure all the proper drivers are installed, and it's simple to do as the other post here suggests.