VMWare Fusion: How to shutdown Windows when it is hung

I have been running VMWare Fusion with Windows XP as my guest OS for some time. The other day, Windows XP while shutting, just hung as it seems to do from time to time on regular PC-based installed. I spent 2-days, waiting for it to complete. I even used the:

VMware Fusion menu bar > Virtual Machine > select Power Off

But it seem by using:

VMware Fusion menu bar > Virtual Machine > press the option key and select Power Off

It is the equivalent of pulling the plug out of the wall and it worked. Hope this will help someone out as it did me.

Kellep

The Benefits of Virtualization and How to Conduct Data Protection

Hardware consolidation and reduced energy bills are some of the cost benefits of virtualization. The ease of use and the snapshot functionality are some of the technical benefits of virtualization. As more organization initiate virtualization technology and more critical systems begin to reside on them, security will become vital issue.

Below are some key ideas to implement on your virtual system solutions. For the full list of suggested security features and their explaination as it relates to virtualization security, please go to SecurityOrb.com at www.securityorb.com



Virtualization Security Features:
· Update your operating systems and the applications
· Install and update antivirus on virtual machines and the host
· Firewall each virtual machine from each other.
· Isolate each virtual machine from each other and the host

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