VMware Workstation 5.5

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Running VMware Workstation

This chapter discusses launching the VMware Workstation program and various tasks you may want to perform in daily use, after you have installed VMware Workstation, a guest operating system and VMware Tools.

Starting a Virtual Machine

Checking the Status of VMware Tools

Suspending and Resuming Virtual Machines

Shutting Down a Virtual Machine

Resetting a Virtual Machine

Taking and Reverting to a Snapshot

Cloning a Virtual Machine

Deleting a Virtual Machine

Using Virtual Machine Teams

Controlling the Display

Installing New Software

Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text

Using Shared Folders

Using Drag and Drop

Using Devices in a Virtual Machine

Creating a Screen Shot or a Movie of a Virtual Machine

The illustrations in these sections show a Windows XP guest operating system. Some commands used in the illustrations are different from those used in other guest operating systems.

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