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Introduction
Configuring VMware Workstation
Setting Workspace Preferences
Choosing the Default Location for Teams and Virtual Machines
Remembering Virtual Machines
Checking for Software Updates Automatically
Configuring the Virtual Machine to Grab Keyboard and Mouse Input
How Workstation Starts Grabbing Input
How Workstation Releases Input Back to the Host and How Your Cursor Behaves
Enabling Copy and Paste To and From the Virtual Machine
Issues When Grabbing and Ungrabbing Input
Setting Hot-Key Sequences for Virtual Machines
Configuring Display Preferences
Setting Memory Limits for All Virtual Machines
Memory Use on the Host
Specifying How Much Memory is Used by All Running Virtual Machines
Changing Priority
Adding, Removing and Configuring Virtual Hardware and Devices
Configuring Memory Settings for a Virtual Machine
Configuring Virtual Disks
Defragmenting a Virtual Disk
Configuring Physical Disks
Changing the Disk Mode or Disk Node
Advanced Disk Configuration: Setting the Virtual Device Node and Mode
Configuring a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive or ISO Image
Configuring a Floppy Drive
Configuring a Mouse
Configuring a Network Adapter (NIC)
Configuring a USB Port
Configuring an Audio Device (Sound)
Configuring a Parallel Port
Configuring a Serial Port
Configuring a Generic SCSI Device
Configuring Virtual Processors
Configuring Virtual Machine Options
Changing Virtual Machine Options
Changing General Configuration Options
Changing the Name of a Virtual Machine
Changing the Guest Operating System Type
Changing the Working Directory
Configuring Power Options
Automatically Powering On, Entering Full Screen Mode and Automatically Closing the Virtual Machine
Specifying Toolbar Power Options
Running VMware Tools Scripts
Setting Up Shared Folders
Changing the Properties of Shared Folders
Changing Snapshot Options
Advanced Options
Running a Virtual Machine with Debugging Information
Disabling Acceleration to Assist with Running Certain Software in a Virtual Machine
Disabling Memory Trimming and Page Sharing
Logging Virtual Machine progress
Setting a Clone Template
Managing Snapshots
Understanding the Snapshot Tree
Snapshot Details
Snapshot Navigation
Configuring Virtual Machine Teams
Team Connections
Team Virtual Machines
LAN Settings
Team Options
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