ÿþ<HTML> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="../../shrd/style.css" TYPE="text/css"> <HEAD> <TITLE>Pausing a guest PC</TITLE> <X-CLARIS-WINDOW TOP=42 BOTTOM=949 LEFT=4 RIGHT=534><X-CLARIS-TAGVIEW MODE=minimal><META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"><META NAME="DP" CONTENT="1.9/3.1.1"><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sleep, VMs, preferences, stop"> </HEAD> <P> <H1>Pausing a guest PC</H1> <P><B>To pause the operation of a guest PC:</B><BR> <OL CLASS=STEP> <LI>Bring the guest PC window to the front. <LI>On the PC menu, click Pause. </OL> <P CLASS=NOTE><B>Note</B>: When a PC is paused, the window contents are dimmed.</P> <P><B>To resume the operation of a guest PC:</B><BR> <OL CLASS=STEP> <LI>Bring the guest PC window to the front. <LI>On the PC menu, click Resume.<BR> <BR> </OL> <P CLASS=NOTE><B>Note</B>: Each guest PC must be resumed individually.</P> <H2>Other conditions which may pause a guest PC </H2> <UL> <LI><B>Memory shortage<BR> </B>If a guest PC is experiencing severe memory allocation problems, Virtual PC may forcibly pause the guest PC. <LI><B>Move to background<BR> </B>When the Virtual PC global <A HREF="../../vpc03/pgs/vpc3PC.htm">PC Settings preference</A> is set to Pause PCs when in background, moving a guest PC window to the background will cause it to become paused. <LI><B>Edit Preferences<BR> </B>When you edit either global preferences or individual settings, the frontmost PC is paused. </UL> <H2>Related topics</H2> <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/shrdmem.htm">Memory Use in Virtual PC</A><BR> <A HREF="vpc2Hide.htm" >Minimizing a guest PC</A><BR> </P> <CET_ADSENSEF> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5291624188982543"; /* 728x90, A>740=> 04.02.08 */ google_ad_slot = "9704471239"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </CET_ADSENSEF> <CET_FOOTER> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#0099FF"><div align="right" class="style1"> <div align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF">You are reading help file online using chmlib.com</font></div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <hr align="left" width="650"><BR> If you want your help file to be removed or added please send e-mail to chmlibcom@gmail.com </CET_FOOTER> </BODY> </HTML>