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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
Hot keys — The Hot Key tab lets you change the key combination that determines
whether certain combinations of keys are passed to the guest operating system or
intercepted by VMware ACE Manager.
Note: Because Ctrl-Alt is the key combination used to tell VMware ACE Manager to
release (ungrab) mouse and keyboard input, combinations that include Ctrl-Alt are
not passed to the guest operating system. If you need to use such a combination —
for example, use Ctrl-Alt-<Fkey> to switch between Linux workspaces in a virtual
machine — press Ctrl-Alt-Space, release Space without releasing Ctrl and Alt, then
press the third key of the key combination you want to send to the guest.
Using this dialog box, you can also construct your own custom hot-key combination.
Memory usage— The Memory tab lets you adjust the amount of physical RAM that
can be used by all running virtual machines. It also lets you adjust how much virtual
machine memory may be swapped to disk, allowing you to run more or larger virtual
machines if you are willing to accept slower performance.