{"id":25712,"date":"2022-10-12T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=25712"},"modified":"2022-10-12T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:10:16","slug":"virtualbox-transparency-problems-with-3d-acceleration-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/25712\/virtualbox-transparency-problems-with-3d-acceleration-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox &#8211; Transparency problems with 3D acceleration in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Problems with rendering in Windows and transparency effects in VirtualBox.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>VirtualBox allows the use of 3D acceleration in virtual machines. To do this, we enable 3D acceleration in the display. This is not enabled by default, probably because of the problems that occur here and there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"497\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_1-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If acceleration is enabled, problems occur under new Windows 10 and 11 versions. For example, the transparency effects do not work properly, there are numerous graphics errors and overlaps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"555\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_2.jpg 503w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_2-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The problem has been known for a while, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/19365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bug entry at VirtualBox<\/a> itself shows. The problem has been occurring for some time and has not been fixed in the current 7.0 release.<\/p>\n<p>Here are also a few strange remedies described, whether these work we have times tested.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/25712\/virtualbox-transparency-problems-with-3d-acceleration-in-windows\/#Enable_3D_acceleration_only_after_installing_the_guest_extensions\" >Enable 3D acceleration only after installing the guest extensions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/25712\/virtualbox-transparency-problems-with-3d-acceleration-in-windows\/#Disable_transparency_effects_in_Windows\" >Disable transparency effects in Windows<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/25712\/virtualbox-transparency-problems-with-3d-acceleration-in-windows\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enable_3D_acceleration_only_after_installing_the_guest_extensions\"><\/span>Enable 3D acceleration only after installing the guest extensions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A tip is that the 3D acceleration is only enabled after installing the guest extensions. If these are already installed, they should first be uninstalled via safe mode.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_3.jpg 488w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_3-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For whatever reason the order should matter here, I tried the thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_4-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b> no improvement, the error still occurs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_transparency_effects_in_Windows\"><\/span>Disable transparency effects in Windows<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another tip is to disable the transparency effects in Windows. OK, there are problems with elements in Windows which are normally transparent. So that might help, although of course that can&#8217;t be the point of disabling a feature completely.<\/p>\n<p>The first hurdle in the test VM is that it was not enabled. In this case, Windows does not allow personalization.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"857\" height=\"474\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_5.jpg 857w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_5-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_5-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I first activated Windows, then deactivated the transparency effects. Unfortunately without success, even a restart did not bring any improvement, at least under Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"274\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_6.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3d_vm_6-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, it continues to be an annoying problem that 3D acceleration does not work properly under Windows 10 and 11. The solution still seems to be to disable 3D acceleration. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problems with rendering in Windows and transparency effects in VirtualBox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}