ÿþ<HTML> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="../../shrd/style.css" TYPE="text/css"> <HEAD> <TITLE>Performance Preferences</TITLE> <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="Performance"> </HEAD> <P> <H1>Specifying Performance preferences</H1> <IMG SRC="../gfx/perfset.gif"> <P><B>To setect Performance preferences:</B> <OL CLASS=STEP> <LI>Bring the Virtual PC window to the front. <LI>On the File menu, click Preferences. <LI>Click the Performance setting. <LI>Select the desired options, and click OK. </OL> </P> <H2>Share Time Between Multiple PCs</H2> <UL> <LI><B>Give Front PC More Time<BR> </B>When this option is selected, the front most <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/hostguest.htm">guest</A> PC will be given more CPU time from the host proccessor.</P> <LI><B>Divide Time Equally<BR> </B>When this option is selected, all of the active <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/hostguest.htm">guest</A> PCs will be given an equal share of the available host CPU time.<BR> </UL> <H2>Virtual PC Background Performance</H2> <UL> <LI><B>Give Up Time To Other Processes<BR> </B>When this option is selected, Virtual PC will release control of the Host CPU when placed in the background.<BR> <LI><B>Run At Maximum Speed<BR> </B>When this option is selected, Virtual PC will continue to run and utilize the full CPU of the host machine even if placed in the background.<BR> <P CLASS=NOTE><B>Note</B>:Selecting this option will affect the performance of other applications currently running on the Host machine.<BR> </UL> </P>See also:<BR> <A HREF="../../vpc02/pgs/vpc2RunMany.htm">Running several guest PCs</A><BR> <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/shrdmem.htm">Memory use in Virtual PC</A><BR> <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/shrdperf.htm">Performance</A> </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>