How To Display Virtual PC Console (after hidden)

Sometimes after working with Virtual PC, the VPC console is hidden in the notification area, and can not be shown again although you have clicked the menu (Show Virtual PC Console).

Open file Options.xml in this folder C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC
using text editor (notepad.exe) and find the element <console>and inside this element modify the value of left_position and top_position value to 0 (numeric zero).

Example :
<console>
<height type="integer">254</height>
<left_position type="integer">0</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">0</top_position>
<visible type="boolean">true</visible>
<width type="integer">359</width>
</console>

How To Disable Time Synchronization in VMware virtual machine

We often install trial version of operating system as virtual machine in VMWare environment. This trial version will expire after 60, 90 or 120 days. To avoid this expiration, you can stop the time synchronization between vm and host machine.

How ?

Edit the virtual machine configuration (.vmx) file using text editor then modify this coinfiguration :

tools.syncTime = "0"
time.synchronize.continue = "0"
time.synchronize.restore = "0"
time.synchronize.resume.disk = "0"
time.synchronize.shrink = "0"
time.synchronize.tools.startup = "0"

(0=disable ; 1=enable)

Then restart your vm. Now your vm will maintain separate system date/time from host machine.

How To Disable Time Synchronization in Virtual PC

We often install trial version of operating system as virtual machine in Microsoft Virtual PC environment. This trial version will expire after 60, 90 or 120 days. To avoid this expiration, you can stop the time synchronization between vm and host machine.

How ?

Edit the virtual machine configuration (.vmc) file using text editor (notepad.exe) then add this element inside element :

<components>
<host_time_sync>
<enabled type="boolean">false</enabled>
</host_time_sync>
</components>


Then restart your vm. Now your vm will maintain separate system date/time from host machine.