The Shift key can be added to the Return To Host combination by
adding the following line to the preferences file for Workstation or
Player.
pref.hotkey.shift = "true"
In Windows (XP, Vista, and 7), the location of the preferences.ini
file is:
%AppData%\Roaming\VMware\
for example:
"C:\Users\Don\AppData\Roaming\VMware\preferences.ini"
In Linux, the location of the preferences file should be:
~/.vmware/
Don Marang
Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
On 9/22/2012 11:23 AM, Jason Miller wrote:
Hello,
Let's see if I can answer some of these to help out for you. I ran
Windows inside of VmWare player for over a year, running inside of
Vinux, based off of Ubuntu 10.04 on 2 machines.
Hardware:
late 2007/early 2008 Macbook
processor: 2.2GHz c2d
RAM: 4GB DDR2 pc2 5300
HDD: 250GB Hitachi at 7200RPM
Gateway M7301U
Processor: 2.16GHz core duo
RAM: 4GB 284 pin SODIMM
HDD: 320GB at 5400 RPM
I didn't transfer over the Windows partition I had on another
computer, because I had lost it due to hardware failure, so I had
to start from scratch. I was running the windows VM at 2.5GB of
the system's RAM, and Ubuntu off of the other 1.5GB on both of the
systems. I noticed a couple of things, as I've had Windows inside
of VmWare Fusion inside of OSX before, and also as a dual boot on
that machine, along side of OSX. I have to say, that Windows ran
amazingly well on it, with Ubuntu as the native OS, and Windows in
the VM. I could have both systems working, and neither getting
bogged down. The stability was actually a little better than when
I had it installed natively on most of my other machines, and it
seemed to react and run quicker sitting inside the VM for me. All
in all, I hadto say that I didn't notice much degradation in
system performance, and that's comparing my VM at 2.5GB of RAM
versus4GB on a native install. I started with the Windows VM
inside of the Macintosh first, and then copied the folder over to
the Gateway a while later. Here's a couple of tricks for you if
you're interested.
This is all assuming you *can't* copy over your current OS
partition. I know there are tools out there to do so, but I don't
knwo if they are accessible, or free for that matter.
First, make sure you set aside a good amount of space for the VM.
When you do that, try to choose the single block option, that way
you don't have parts of your OS/VM spread all over the HDD when it
starts to expand. Grant it, that will take more room at first, but
it speeds up load times, and reaction times of your Windows system
in the VM.
Second, after you've gotten the VM the way you'd like it, with
things installed, configured, and system settings/program settings
the way you want, but before you start using the machine, and
loading it up with files, make a backup. With VmWare, there is no
snapshot that I know of with the free player. A simple way to do
this, is to simply make a tar or zip of the folder that has all
the system info in it. Put this in a safe spot for backup.
Finally, for VmWare player at least, I would suggest changing the
"remove focus from VM" key from just control + alt to
control+shift+alt. I cound myself exiting my VM constantly at
first when trying to do things like use control + alt + the arros
for tables and so on. I don't remember the file that had to be
edited though, and I apologize for that.
One last note, and this isn't always recommended, especially if
you are using Windows as a typical production ma\\system, and not
a throw away setup. I never ran any anti-spyware/anti-virus on my
system after making it into a VM. Partof this goes back to the
backing up the VM in a tar/zip. If I *somehow* lost windows to a
virus, I could easily just delete the folder in Ubuntu, and spend
a little while unziipping, and copying the folder to where I
deleted it from. As I said, I wouldn't suggest this as something
to do in a production system, but with me, windows was just there
for the last couple of games I couldn't play, and that's it.
Hope that helps a little for answering some of your questions.
Again, sorry I can't answer if the licenseswould carry over,
hopefully someone else here can for you.
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