Powerpoint Presenter mode in Windows 7 HVM

[Marc de Bruin]

Lo,

I’m trying to get presenter mode working in a Windows 7 HVM. According to this, http://www.peterfillmore.com/2015/05/enabling-additional-screen-in-qubes-os.html, it might be possible to virtually attach a second screen to a Windows 7 HVM with the Qubes Windows Tools installed.

I’m trying to copy his approach but ran into problems. First of all, after installing the Windows Tools, my Windows 7 HVM always seems to “full screen” itself in a maximized window. Is there a way to resize that window after the tools are installed? Second, when following his approach, the second screen seems to be there but cannot be seen. And, to my horror, starting the Windows 7 HVM suggests that the cannot-be-seen second screen has become the primary output of that Windows 7 HVM. :-(  I had to restart the HVM in safe mode and disable the “Standard VGA Graphics Adapter” to get things normal again.

Could this nevertheless work? 

Greetz,

Marc.