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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
Each virtual machine should have its own folder. All associated files, such as the
configuration file and the disk file, are placed in this folder.
The default folder for this Windows XP Professional virtual machine is
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My
Virtual Machines\Windows XP Professional.
5. If you selected Typical as your configuration path, skip to step 6.
If you selected Custom as your configuration path, you may adjust the memory
settings or accept the defaults.
When choosing the virtual machine memory settings, you need to consider the
amount of memory required by the guest operating system and applications.
You also need to consider the amount of RAM installed on your end users'
computers and the amount of RAM required by the host operating system. Do
not set the virtual machine memory below the amount recommended for the
guest operating system. If you set virtual machine memory higher than that
minimum, you should not set it so high that the host operating system cannot
run comfortably. For common configurations, set the virtual machine memory
no higher than half the amount of RAM you expect to find on end users' host
computers.
Note: You cannot allocate more than 2GB of memory to a virtual machine if the
virtual machine’s files are stored on a file system such as FAT32 that does not
support files greater than 2GB.
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