the display adaptor of the VM is only an emulation..

as you said the VM doenst know its a VM, but it also does not have direct
access to real hardware like the 3d chip of the graphic card.

All of this information is out there on google.. why dont you use it?


"ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> cheen wrote:
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>> IF YOU WANT to use AERO 3d in a virtual machine it is possible, only if:
>>
>> 1) you are running Vista with aero 3d enabled on the HOST
>> 2) You enable the remote desktop on the CLIENT
>> 3) You log on to the CLIENT from the Remote Desktop Client on the HOST[/color]
>
> Hmmm. The virtual machine has no clue it is a virtual machine.
> (Virus programmers excepted, as they have to look for
> common VM hardware and guess at it, like old network cards,
> etc..) The virtual machine is also isolated from the host
> and has no clue it exists.
>
> I would presume that the reason Aero is not supported would
> be the lack on fake virtual hardware that meets its
> requirements.
>
> Do you know of some reason Vista would go out of its way
> to check if it was a virtual machine and then react
> accordingly? I see no reason for it, but I have been wrong
> before.
>
> -T
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