WPI in vmware videochanger

[painkilla]

My screen stays @ 800 x 600 so i cant see my whole PWI windows. Is it because videochanger doenst work in vmware?

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/8209/vmware3md.jpg

WPI.cmd

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@ECHO OFF

REM Example, how to look for CDROM-drive. Must have WPI.ico at the root of the CD.

for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\install\wpi\wpi.ico set CDROM=%%i:

echo Found CD-Rom as drive %CDROM%

REM Determine the WPI startup path.

REM if wpi should run off the cd the replace %~dp0 with %cdrom%.

set wpipath=%cdrom%\install\wpi

REM Hide this command window.

%wpipath%\Tools\cmdow.exe @ /hid

REM Force resolution to needed size for wpi interface.

start %CDROM%\install\WPI\Tools\VideoChanger.exe 1024x768x32@60 -q

REM Font installation - the smooth and customizable way.

REM start /wait %wpipath%\Tools\fonts\fontinstaller.exe

REM Special registry tweak needed.

regedit /s "%wpipath%\common\wpi.reg

REM Make WPI directory the current directory.

for /f "delims=: tokens=1" %%i in ("%wpipath%") do %%i:

cd "%wpipath%"

REM Start WPI and wait for its end

start /wait %windir%\system32\mshta.exe "%CD%\wpi.hta"

REM Cleaning up the desktop.

REM del /s/q "%userprofile%\desktop\*.lnk"

REM Rebooting the sytem to finalize the installation process.

REM shutdown.exe -r -f -t 30 -c "To finish installations WPI will now reboot in 30 sec..."

exit

:end

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Edited December 26, 2005 by painkilla

[glent]

Yes it is try it on a real PC

[moonglow]

Hi,

I got the same problem with VMWare, just resolved it with a small AutoIt script which checks if the resolution change was successful. It checks various resolutions, refreshrates and colordepth.

You can remove those you'll never need easily

screen.au3

[coucou]

Hi,

I'm using VMWare too.

My problem is not only the display (screen) problem but also cursor/mouse problem.

I explain:

I'm using RogueSpear "Switchless Silent Installers" for VMWare 5.5. The point of this installer (VBS script) is that it will NOT run the installer unless the "computer" is a VMware machine. So, in fact it install the VMWare, but it NOT effective working UNTL the next reboot. Then I've a disply 600x400 and NO cursor control by mouse (the cursor stay fix).

As I'm WPI user, I'll NOT have the automatic install if i've to rebbot.

1) Do yr screen.au3 resolve the display prroblem??? If so, do it will replace the WPI line prog

REM Force resolution to needed size for wpi interface.
start %CDROM%\install\WPI\Tools\VideoChanger.exe 1024x768x32@60 -q

2) Do you have cursor/mouse control working??? If so, what you did for that?

TNX for yr help

coucou

[painkilla]

Hi,

I got the same problem with VMWare, just resolved it with a small AutoIt script which checks if the resolution change was successful. It checks various resolutions, refreshrates and colordepth.

You can remove those you'll never need easily

How do i use that script?

i have no experience with autoit script or how to use them

Can you give a small manual howto use that script?