It has nothing to do with AMD systems or AMD processors. “VboxWindowsAdditions-amd64” is for 64-bit systems. “VBoxWindowsAdditions is for 64-bit systems.” “VboxWindowsAdditions-amd64 is for AMD systems.”īoth statements are wrong/misleading. Users can do it manually, especially if anyone want to download and test different versions of Guest Additions.Ģ. VirtualBox literally has an ISO image in its program folder, and by clicking “Insert Guest Additions CD image” it inserts that ISO image for you. “The description may sound as if you’d need to insert a CD image, but this is not the case.” Is this article really written by Martin? Because it is full of mistakes (or misleanding information, at least).ġ. The physical display limits the available resolution you can't go beyond the maximum resolution that is supported by the display. Please note that it may take a few seconds before the resolutions become available. Select View > Virtual Screen X to select a different resolution. Select finish to exit the installer.Īll screen resolutions are unlocked after the restart. You may do so right away by selecting 'reboot now', or at a later point in time. It is necessary to reboot the virtual machine to finalize the installation. The installer displays its actions once you hit the install button. You may disable the creation of a start menu entry, but the two remaining components will be installed. The final screen displays the components that will be installed. You may change it, but most users may want to keep the default path. The page that follows displays the destination folder for the files that will be installed. Select next on the first page that is displayed. The installer launches after you have selected Yes. Windows displays a User Account Control prompt, which you need to allow by selecting Yes. You may double-click on the file to start the installation. Right-click on one of the files and select open from the context menu to start the installation in the virtual machine. VboxWindowsAdditions-x86 is for 32-bit systems.VboxWindowsAdditions-amd64 is 64-bit systems.VBoxWindowsAdditions is an automatic selector.The three Windows guest additions are for different architectures.

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