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Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts _______ 178
Improving Performance ______________________________________ 178
Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine ________________________ 179
Using Suspend and Resume _____________________________________ 180
Using the Snapshot ____________________________________________ 182
What Is Captured by the Snapshot? _____________________________ 182
Removing the Snapshot ______________________________________ 183
Ways of Using the Snapshot ___________________________________ 183
The Snapshot and the Virtual Machine’s Hard Disks _________________ 184
The Snapshot and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine _____________ 184
Networking Virtual Machines __________________________________ 187
Components of the Virtual Network _______________________________ 189
Common Networking Configurations ______________________________ 191
Bridged Networking _________________________________________ 191
Network Address Translation (NAT) _____________________________ 192
Host-Only Networking _______________________________________ 193
Changing the Networking Configuration ___________________________ 195
Adding and Modifying Virtual Network Adapters___________________ 195
Understanding NAT ____________________________________________ 196
Using NAT _________________________________________________ 196
The Host Computer and the NAT Network ________________________ 196
DHCP on the NAT Network____________________________________ 196
DNS on the NAT Network _____________________________________ 197
External Access from the NAT Network___________________________ 197
Considerations for Using NAT __________________________________ 198
Using NAT with NetLogon ____________________________________ 198
Configuring Video and Sound _________________________________ 201
Setting Screen Color Depth in a Virtual Machine______________________ 202
Changing Screen Color Depth on the Host _______________________ 202
Changing Screen Color Depth in the Virtual Machine _______________ 202
Configuring Sound ____________________________________________ 204
Installing Sound Drivers in Windows 9x and Windows NT Guest
Operating Systems __________________________________________ 204
Connecting Devices to Virtual Machines _________________________ 205
Using Parallel Ports ____________________________________________ 207
Parallel Ports _______________________________________________ 207