User`s guide

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This chapter explains how you can edit your virtual machine configuration:
 Configure general parameters (the name, amount of memory, number of processors, etc).
 Edit different virtual machine options (p. 173) (Optimization, Security, Sharing preferences,
etc).
 Configure th
e virtual hardware devices (p. 195) currently available inside the virtual
machine and add new devices.
In this chapte
r, you can also find detailed information about networking in a virtual machine (p.
109).
The configuration of an
existing virtual machine can be changed in the Virtual Machine
Configuration dialog. You can open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by doing one of the
following:
 Click the Configure button on the toolbar of the virtual machine main window.
 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu.
 In the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 33), right-click the virtual machine and choose
Configure.
In This Chapter
General Settings.................................................................................................................... 171
Options.................................................................................................................................. 173
Hardware Settings................................................................................................................. 195
C HAPTER 9
Configuring the Virtual Machine