User Manual

Managing Virtual Machines 91
More information about what happens upon Parallels Workstation startup can be found in
Selecting and Opening Virtual Machine (on page 103) and Startup Options Dialog (page
104) topics.
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Automatically check for updates setting controls an auto-update feature checking period.
Specify
Every day, Every week, or Every month to perform automatic check for
update with that period. By choosing
Never you disable the auto-update. See Auto-
Updating Parallels Workstation in Windows
(page 36) or Auto-Updating Parallels
Workstation in Linux
(page 42) for auto-update feature description.
VM shutdown behaviour:
Radio buttons in this group control the effect upon selecting the
File -> Exit menu item while the
virtual machine is running or clicking the Windows close button
for the Parallels
Workstation window.
 If you want all virtual machines to be suspended upon these actions, select the
Suspend VM
radio button.
 If you want all virtual machines to be stopped upon these actions, select the
Power Off radio
button.
 When you are unsure if you want virtual machines to stop or to suspend, select the
Ask me
what to do
radio button. Every time you click the Windows close button or select the
File -> Exit menu command, you will be asked to choose whether you want to stop or
suspend the virtual machine.
See the
Suspending/Resuming Virtual Machine (page 154) topic to learn about
suspending/resuming virtual machines.