How Do I Remove The Scroll Bars In My Labs Virtual Machine?

Scroll bars appear when the entire Virtual Machine (VM) cannot be viewed at once. This could be due to the resolution of your local machine, the size of your lab window or screen, or the resolution requirements of the program that is being run on the VM.

Best Practices for an Optimal Viewing Experience

To optimize the viewing experience of your lab, you should try to avoid scroll bars in your virtual machine.

• Maximize or resize the lab window manually

• Use the Fit Window to Machine command on the Display menu (not available in Edge browser)

• Change the screen resolution of your machine or the VM

• Adjust the zoom setting of your browser using the Ctrl key and the mouse scroll wheel.

Increasing the Lab Window Size

First you should check the size of the lab window to see if it can be increased. If it is not maximized, you can do the following:

1. Maximize the window.

2. If you don't want the window maximized,

   1. Resize the window manually by hovering over the edge of the window until you get double-arrows and then dragging to a larger size;

   2. Use the Fit Window to Machine command on the Display menu. in the lab to fit the interface to VM. Please note that the Fit Window to Machine command is mainly to help you get rid of the grey space around the VM within the lab window, and is not meant to be the first option in getting rid of scroll bars.

      The Edge browser does not work with the Fit Window to Machine command.

Adjusting Screen Resolution and Browser Zoom

You could also change your screen resolution of your machine or the screen resolution of the VM(s), which is covered in the article about how do I resize the screen resolution setting on your own computer to view the lab better.

Finally, you can change the Zoom setting in your browser. The location of the Zoom setting will be dependent on the browser you are using. However, there are two ways to do this with your mouse.

• The first is before you launch the lab. Select in a blank area of the browser window, hold down Ctrl key and use your mouse scroll wheel to adjust the zoom.

• The second is to do this once the lab is running. Ensure you select in a blank area of the lab interface window though to ensure the action is not captured by the VM.

Programs that have Fixed Size or Fixed Resolution

Some programs have their dialog boxes and wizards set to a certain size/resolution. This is not changeable so there still may be times when these do not display correctly especially if you are using a device with a small screen or lower resolution.