User Guide

Using a Virtual Machine

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Starting up a virtual machine

To start up a virtual machine:

Select a virtual machine in the Virtual PC window and then click

Start Up

Alternatively, double-click the thumbnail for the virtual machine

in the Virtual PC window.

NOTE

You can also start up a virtual machine by right-clicking on it in

the Virtual PC window and choosing

Start Up

from the shortcut menu.

Virtual PC opens a virtual machine window on your host PC desktop

and starts up the PC operating system installed on it. The name you

chose for the virtual machine appears in the window’s title.

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Using CTRL+ALT+DELETE

Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE sends this key combination to the OS

running on the host PC.

Pressing the host key and DELETE sends the equivalent of the

CTRL+ALT+DELETE combination to the OS running on a virtual

machine. (In some cases this combination is required—for example,

to log in to Windows NT.)