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Andrew
Asked: 2011-01-12 23:39:35 +0800 CST

Why MS Virtual PC has the limitation about 16 bits per pixel? Is it possible to hack this up to 24/32 bpp?

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I don't get it. Why did they set such limitation? Just want to know the reason. Maybe it can be hacked somehow?

  • Virtual PC version: latest Windows Virtual PC
  • Host OS: Windows 7 x64
  • Guest OS: Windows XP Professional
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  1. Best Answer

    The virtual machine model they use doesn't have a large enough frame buffer and the paravirtualised video driver knows this. There may be a hack but it would risk VM instability, personally I'd just pick up one of the other virtualisation solutions such as virtualbox, vmware workstation/server etc.

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