User`s manual

Workstation User’s Manual
416 VMware, Inc.
Enhanced Virtual Keyboard Settings
Usethefollowinginformationtodecidewhichfeaturestoenable:
 Requireenhancedvirtualkeyboardforsecureinput–Thissettingappliesonlyto
WindowshostsrunningWindowsguests.Thisfeatureprovidesbetterhandlingof
internationalkeyboardsandkeyboardswithextrakeys.Italsoprovidessecurity
improvementsbecauseitprocessesrawkeyboardinputassoonaspossible,
bypassingWindowskeystrokeprocessingandanymal
warethatisnotalreadyat
alow
erlayer.
IfanACEinstanceusesthisfeature,whenenduserspressCtrl+Alt+Delete,the
guestsystemonly,ratherthanbothguestandhost,respondstothecommand.
Beforeyoucreatearuntimepolicyforthisfeature,turnontheenhancedkeyboard
filterwiththevirtualmach
inesettingseditor.See“UsetheEnhancedVirtual
KeyboardforWindowsHosts”onpage 339.
WhentheACEinstanceisinstalledandtheguestoperatingsystemstartsforthe
firsttime,aspecialkeyboardfilterdriverisinstalledonthehost.Afterinstallation,
theendusermustrestartthehostco
mputer.Keyboardfilteringisthenenabled.
 Whenasuspectedkeyloggerisdetected–Keystrokeloggingisamethodof
recordinguserkeystrokes,includingdetermininguserpasswords.VMwareACE
nowincludesafeaturethatcandetect(butnotdisable)keyloggers.
IfyouselectAskuser,enduserscanexitorcontinueusingthevirtualmachineand
onlylogth
atthekeyloggerwasdetected.Ifyouallowenduserstocontinueusing
thevirtualmachinewhenakeyloggerisdetected,thekeyloggerstillrecordsthe
users’keystrokes.Toavoidthispossibility,selectExit.
Exit Behavior Settings
Usethefollowinginformationtodecidewhichfeaturestoenable:
 Whenclosinganon‐PocketACEinstance–IfyouselectUserPreference,theuser
hasaccesstoSuspendandPoweroffinthePreferencesdialogboxinVMware
Player(File>Preferences).Ifyouselectoneoftheotherchoices,theenduser’s
virtualmachineissuspendedorpoweredoffwhentheus
erchoosesFile>Ex
itor
clicksthecloseboxinVMwarePlayer.