VMware Workstation 3.2

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Now that you have installed VMware Workstation, a guest operating system and VMware Tools, how do you run your virtual machine? The following show various features of the product and highlight the most common tasks:

• Overview of the VMware Workstation Window
• Starting a Virtual Machine on a Windows Host
• Starting a Virtual Machine on a Linux Host
• Checking the Status of VMware Tools
• Using Full Screen Mode
• Installing New Software Inside the Virtual Machine
• Cutting, Copying and Pasting
• Sharing Files Between Guest and Host Operating Systems
• Deciding How Your Virtual Machine Stores Data
• Suspending and Resuming Virtual Machines
• Resuming Virtual Machines Repeatedly from the Same Point
• Shutting Down a Virtual Machine
• Adding, Configuring and Removing Devices in a Virtual Machine
• Connecting and Disconnecting Removable Devices
• Fitting the VMware Workstation Window to the Virtual Machine
• Creating a Screen Shot of a Virtual Machine
• Setting General Preferences for VMware Workstation
• Command Reference

The quick reference card, included in your VMware Workstation package, provides similar information in an easy-to-use format.

For purposes of illustration, the examples in these sections use a Windows Me guest operating system. Some commands used in the illustrations will be different for other guest operating systems.