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It's been a while since I talked about VirtualBox but as a user on Win8 I have to say that the interface looks a bit old-school to me. And that's hard to NOT notice it.
To begin with, here is a screenshot from what I see on x64 Win7:
Notice the loading bar and you'll know where I'm going to next.
This looks OK.
Here is a screenshot from what I see on x64 Win8:
Looks like Win95 for sure.
The same version as in Win7 above (4.2.4 and/or 4.2.6).
There is no official fix to this issue but who I blame is Qt interface version 4.7.3 (marked in the picture). That version is what VBox uses for the moment, in short, to display the windows. There are 4 dll files that start with "Qt" and by right clicking you'll see the version numbers. Well if you look it this way, it's also Win8's fault since same VBox looks good in Win7.
So what's the fix?
Well I wasn't sure until I tested VBox OSE 4.2.4 (https://code.google.com/p/vbox-ose/).
The "Qt" dll's are version 4.8.2 and believe it or not, it fixes the looks.
VBox OSE x64 4.2.4:
That's more like it!
Again this uses Win8 Aero loader instead of classic one and the interface looks alright.
One crash seems to be fixed this way but I 'm not sure it was related to the old looks.
Using this VBox version instead of the standard one requires some "skills" in knowing what files you replace.
http://www.eightforums.com/virtualization/6793-vbox-ose-windows-xp-vista-7-8-64-bit.html
This will scare most of the users I'm sure. But keep in mind that you run OSE normally without going to Win8 test mode.
We'll have to wait and see if any newer versions of the official VBox will fix the looks but in the meantime, this is it.
To begin with, here is a screenshot from what I see on x64 Win7:
Notice the loading bar and you'll know where I'm going to next.
This looks OK.
Here is a screenshot from what I see on x64 Win8:
Looks like Win95 for sure.
The same version as in Win7 above (4.2.4 and/or 4.2.6).
There is no official fix to this issue but who I blame is Qt interface version 4.7.3 (marked in the picture). That version is what VBox uses for the moment, in short, to display the windows. There are 4 dll files that start with "Qt" and by right clicking you'll see the version numbers. Well if you look it this way, it's also Win8's fault since same VBox looks good in Win7.
So what's the fix?
Well I wasn't sure until I tested VBox OSE 4.2.4 (https://code.google.com/p/vbox-ose/).
The "Qt" dll's are version 4.8.2 and believe it or not, it fixes the looks.
VBox OSE x64 4.2.4:
That's more like it!
Again this uses Win8 Aero loader instead of classic one and the interface looks alright.
One crash seems to be fixed this way but I 'm not sure it was related to the old looks.
Using this VBox version instead of the standard one requires some "skills" in knowing what files you replace.
http://www.eightforums.com/virtualization/6793-vbox-ose-windows-xp-vista-7-8-64-bit.html
This will scare most of the users I'm sure. But keep in mind that you run OSE normally without going to Win8 test mode.
We'll have to wait and see if any newer versions of the official VBox will fix the looks but in the meantime, this is it.
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