The Action menu in Windows 7 includes four options:
No surprise here. Selecting this option maximizes the VPC window to full screen. When set to full screen, a Title tab is pinned to the top of the window. This tab includes many of the same choices as the full menu. To the far right are icons reminiscent of minimize, maximize, and close icons but labeled as Switch To Your Computer Desktop, Exit Full Screen, and Close.
Selecting Sleep puts the VPC into a power-saving sleep mode. Once Sleep is selected, the menu item changes to Wake Up. If you select Wake Up, the VPC will exit the sleep mode.
Selecting Restart forces a system restart. If you have programs running, you will be prompted that they are open, and you may lose work if you continue. You can click Force Restart or click Cancel to return to the desktop.
The Close menu gives the choices Hibernate, Shut Down, or Turn Off. Hibernate will cause the current state to be saved—open windows and files remain open and, when you launch this VPC image again, everything is returned to the exact same state. Shut Down performs a logical shut down, and Turn Off simulates pressing the power button on the PC.
The USB drop-down menu shows all the USB devices attached to your host system. As devices are added or removed from the host system, they will be added or removed from this menu. Devices aren't automatically available in the VPC, though. If you want the device to be available, you need to select it from the menu. Devices that are attached to the VPC are removed from the host system. Once a device is attached to the VPC, you can release it by selecting it from the menu and choosing Release.
The Tools drop-down menu includes two choices: Integration Components and Settings. Once you add and enable the Integration Components, you'll be able to work with VPC images in a more seamless manner. The mouse will easily move in and out of the VPC window, and you can easily cut and paste data from your host system into the VPC window. If you select Settings, the VPC will launch a window similar to the one shown in. Some settings (such as the Networking setting) can be configured while the VPC is running. Other settings (such as Memory) can be configured only when the VPC is turned off.
The network adapters will start as being configured to use the network adapters on your system. The VPC network adapter is currently configured to share the WiFi network adapter connected to my computer. It will have access to my computer on a simulated network and can access the Internet. However, if I select Not Connected, it will be completely isolated. If the VPC isn't fully protected with anti-malware software, this is one way to isolate it. In addition, I could select Internal Network. The VPC would be able to communicate with other VPCs that are active on my computer but not the host machine or any computers external to the host machine.
You can't press the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys on a virtual system because this key combination is always trapped by the host computer. Windows Virtual PC provides the Ctrl+Alt+Del menu item that can be used to simulate pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys on the virtual machine. Clicking the Tools Menu item on a virtual system is the same as pressing the keys on a nonvirtual system.
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