Console View

Jul 28, 2006, 12:24 PM #1
rtfg Junior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 3	Console View My console view is somehow stuck in an oversized position. I cannot reduce it, any suggestions? I cannot work with multiple windows with it stuck this way :(

Jul 31, 2006, 09:26 PM #2
trstack Junior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 1	I've got the same problem....anyone, anyone? Thanks!

Aug 1, 2006, 09:39 AM #3
extensivegroup Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 45	Are you on a Macbook? What OS are you attempting to boot from?

Aug 3, 2006, 05:53 PM #4
eamoran Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 8	Console view I'm also having the problem. It started fine for first sever times and then all of a sudden it is oversized (and annoying). OS X 10.4.7 MBP and XP Pro is the guest OS, but it also happens on my Solaris 10 VM. It seems to be a Parallels thing. Would love to get this back to "normal". Update. My console view just magically returned to "normal" where it takes up much less than 1/4 of my screen. The only change I had made was to kill audio for the VM as I do not need it in XP.

Aug 3, 2006, 05:53 PM

eamoran
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Console view

I'm also having the problem. It started fine for first sever times and then all of a sudden it is oversized (and annoying). OS X 10.4.7 MBP and XP Pro is the guest OS, but it also happens on my Solaris 10 VM. It seems to be a Parallels thing. Would love to get this back to "normal".

Update. My console view just magically returned to "normal" where it takes up much less than 1/4 of my screen. The only change I had made was to kill audio for the VM as I do not need it in XP.

Aug 4, 2006, 10:59 PM #5
manhattan Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 1	Solution that worked for me When Parallels is NOT in full-screen mode, the size of the window is determined by the screen resolution of the guest VM. So, if you are running Windows XP as your guest (possibly the same instructions for earlier versions of windows but I'm not sure), either right click on the Windows desktop and select 'properties' or else go to the control panel and select the display control panel (both will bring you to the same place) and then change the screen resolution to something smaller. I found changing the screen resolution to 1024 by 640 pixels did the trick on my 15" MacBook Pro.

Aug 4, 2006, 10:59 PM

manhattan
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Solution that worked for me

When Parallels is NOT in full-screen mode, the size of the window is determined by the screen resolution of the guest VM. So, if you are running Windows XP as your guest (possibly the same instructions for earlier versions of windows but I'm not sure), either right click on the Windows desktop and select 'properties' or else go to the control panel and select the display control panel (both will bring you to the same place) and then change the screen resolution to something smaller. I found changing the screen resolution to 1024 by 640 pixels did the trick on my 15" MacBook Pro.

Aug 9, 2006, 07:31 PM #6
David N Junior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 8	I'm seeing the same on my Macbook. Used to be fine in a smallish console view, but now suddenly XP in console view is too big. I have tried several times to change, apply and OK a display size in XP, but the change of setting never sticks. I just tried unistalling and reinstalling parallels tools and that didn't help. I tried turning off custom screen resolutions in the Parallels Configuration Editor, that didn't help. Any other directions to try? dn. __________________ Thanks, DN

Aug 9, 2006, 07:31 PM

David N
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I'm seeing the same on my Macbook.

Used to be fine in a smallish console view, but now suddenly XP in console view is too big. I have tried several times to change, apply and OK a display size in XP, but the change of setting never sticks.

I just tried unistalling and reinstalling parallels tools and that didn't help. I tried turning off custom screen resolutions in the Parallels Configuration Editor, that didn't help.

Any other directions to try?

dn.

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Thanks, DN

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