Startup and Shutdown Settings

To manage the virtual machine startup and shutdown settings, use the corresponding pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog.

Changing the user account for the virtual machine

To be able to change the user account, enable the Start the virtual machine with this user account option.

Choose between the following accounts:

• The local system account . The account allows you to run the virtual machine with the administrator's rights.
• This user . You will run the virtual machine under the specified account.

Selecting actions to perform on powering on and off the host computer

• On Host Startup . Select the operation the virtual machine should do when you start up the host computer: do nothing, start, or resume from the previous state. You may use the Startup Delay field to set the delay time interval for the virtual machine.
• On Host Shutdown . Select the operation the virtual machine should do when you shut down the host computer: stop, suspend or shutdown.

When you finish, click OK to save the changes and quit the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. If you do not want to save the changes, click Cancel .