User Guide

Using a Virtual Machine 37
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Pausing, resuming, and restarting a virtual machine
You can pause a virtual machine so that it is no longer running. On
the PC menu in the virtual machine window, click Pause. Click
Resume to resume processing.
NOTE You can press the host key and the P key to pause or resume a
virtual machine.
You can restart a virtual machine. On the PC menu in the virtual
machine window, click Reset. This is the equivalent of pressing the
restart button on the front of a PC. Alternatively, you can restart from
the operating system running on the virtual machine.
NOTE You can press the host key and the R key to restart a virtual
machine.
Running multiple virtual machines
Virtual PC can run multiple virtual machines at the same time. You
can switch between virtual machines by:
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using the Virtual PC window
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clicking on the associated taskbar buttons
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pressing the host key and the RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW
key
If you are running more than one virtual machine, selecting Pause
PCs when in background in Preferences increases the performance
of the front-most virtual machine. (See page 64.)
NOTE When you are running multiple virtual machines and the
background virtual machines are not paused, the virtual machine in
front is allocated about 70 percent of the available processing time.