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1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="mountingadditionsiso">
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4 | <title>Installing the Windows Guest Additions</title>
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6 | <body>
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7 | <p>Follow the steps in <xref href="guestadd-install.dita"/>.</p>
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8 | <note>
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9 | <p>For the basic Direct3D acceleration to work in a Windows guest, you have to install the WDDM video driver available for Windows Vista or later.</p>
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10 | <p>For Windows 8 and later, only the WDDM Direct3D video driver is available.</p>
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11 | </note>
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12 | <p>For completely unattended guest installations, you can specify a command line parameter to the install launcher: </p>
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13 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe /S</pre>
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14 | <p>This automatically installs the right files and drivers for the corresponding platform, either 32-bit or 64-bit.</p>
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15 | <note>
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16 | <p>For Windows Aero to run correctly on a guest, the guest's VRAM size needs to be configured to at least 128 MB.</p>
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17 | </note>
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18 | <p>For more options regarding unattended guest installations, consult the command line help by using the command:</p>
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19 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe /?</pre>
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20 | </body>
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22 | </topic>
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