User manual MICROSOFT VIRTUAL PC FOR MAC DEPLOYMENT GUIDE

[. . . ] Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] On the Settings page, click OK. To access the shared folder in Mac OS X · In the Mac OS X Finder, navigate to the folder that is shared with Windows. To access the shared folder in Windows 1. Start the virtual machine that has the shared folder you want to access. Double-click the network drive associated with the shared folder. Configure Virtual PC for Mac preferences After you create your virtual machine, you need to configure it. In Virtual PC for Mac, you can set both application preferences and virtual machine settings. Application preferences Application preferences apply to all of the virtual machines that you created in Virtual PC for Mac. They are set for the Virtual PC for Mac program rather than the individual virtual machine. Application preferences control behavior such as sound, CPU usage, visual display, and other behavior that applies to all virtual machines in Virtual PC for Mac. Note For default behavior, you do not need to change these settings. 23 Configuring a virtual machine The following table provides a description of each application preference. Application preference Alert Behavior Description Determines if alert messages will be displayed. In Virtual PC for Mac, many alert messages have a Don't show again option. If you select this option, the alert will not display again in Virtual PC for Mac. However, if you want alerts in Virtual PC for Mac to display, click Reset in the Alert Behavior preference. Determines whether to suspend activity (pause) in background virtual machines when you are running multiple virtual machines simultaneously. Determines if all virtual machines you were running when you last quit Virtual PC for Mac will be automatically restarted the next time you start Virtual PC for Mac. To set all virtual machines to restart, select Restore PCs at launch. Full Screen Mode Determines the behavior of the video settings on your Macintosh computer when you run a virtual machine in full-screen mode. Virtual PC for Mac menus and toolbars are not accessible when the virtual machine is running in full-screen mode unless you press the COMMAND ( ) key. To return to the normal screen mode, press the COMMAND and RETURN keys simultaneously. Virtual Switch Sound CPU Usage Determines which Ethernet adapter to use with a virtual machine that is set to run with the Virtual Switch network option. Sets the behavior of system sounds on all virtual machines. Determines how to divide processing resources between Virtual PC for Mac and other programs that are running simultaneously when Virtual PC 7 is not the active program on the Macintosh computer. Adds the AppleScript menu to the Apple menu bar when Virtual PC for Mac is running. Selects the items that will appear on the Virtual PC for Mac toolbar. [. . . ] In the Mac OS X Finder, on the File menu, click Duplicate. Move the duplicate virtual machine to another location; otherwise, it will appear in Virtual PC List the next time you start Virtual PC for Mac. 35 Maintaining virtual machines Delete a virtual machine When you delete a virtual machine, the configuration document for that virtual machine is moved to the Trash, and all data is permanently lost when the Trash is emptied. The configuration document contains the virtual hard disk image and the virtual machine settings for a virtual machine. It can also contain the changes that have been saved in the Undo file for the Undo Drives setting. [. . . ]