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Workstation User’s Manual

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 Theusercannotchangevirtualnetworkingsettings(Edit>VirtualNetwork

Editor).

 Theuserstartsthevirtualmachinebydouble‐clickingtheconfiguration(.vmx)file

oradesktopshortcut.Theusershutsdownbyclosingthevirtualmachine(File>

Exit).ItisalsopossibletolaunchWorkstationandopenarestricted‐interface

virtualmachinefromtheFavoriteslistorFilemenu

Enable the Restricted User Interface

Althoughtherestricteduserinterfaceprovidesnoaccesstomenuandtoolbarcontrols

forasnapshot,youcangiveuserslimitedsnapshotcontrol.Ifyousetupasnapshotfor

therestrictedvirtualmachineandsetthepower‐offoptiontoAskMe,thestandard

dialogboxappearswhenavirtualmac

hineshutsdownandtheusercanchoose

Just PowerOff,TakeSnapshot,orReverttoSnapshot.

To enable the restricted user interface

1PoweroffthevirtualmachineandclosetheVMwareWorkstationwindow.

2Openthevirtualmachine’sconfigurationfile(.vmxfile)inatexteditor.

3Addthefollowinglineanywhereinthefile:

gui.restricted = "TRUE"

4 (Optional)Setfilepermissionsontheconfigurationfiletogivenormalusersofthe

systemonlyreadaccesstothefile.

5 Createashortcuttotheconfigurationfileonthedesktopandgiveitanappropriate

name.

Restrict the User Interface and Return to a Snapshot

Youcancombinearestricteduserinterfacewithasnapshottoensurethatusers’virtual

machinesalwaysstartinthesamestate.Typically,usersrunningavirtualmachinewith

arestricteduserinterfacecanonlypoweritonandoff,andthevirtualmachineboots

whenpoweredon.Whenthevirtualmac

hinehasasnaps

hotsetandisconfiguredto

returntothatsnapshotwhenpoweredoff,theusercanonlystartandpoweroffthe

virtualmachine.Thevirtualmachinealwaysstartsfromthesnapshot.

To restrict the user interface and return to a snapshot

1Poweronthevirtualmachineandbesureitisintheappropriatestate.

2 Createasnapsho

t.

See“TakeaSnapshot”onpage 209.

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