Changeset 105289 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/configbasics.dita
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r99797 r105289 5 5 6 6 <body> 7 <p> 8 When you select a virtual machine from the list in the VirtualBox 9 Manager window, you will see a summary of that machine's settings 10 on the right. 11 </p> 12 <p> 13 Clicking on <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> displays a 14 window, where you can configure many of the properties of the 15 selected VM. But be careful when changing VM settings. It is 16 possible to change all VM settings after installing a guest OS, 17 but certain changes might prevent a guest OS from functioning 18 correctly if done after installation. 19 </p> 7 <p>When you select a virtual machine from the list in the VirtualBox Manager window, you will see a summary of that 8 machine's settings on the right. </p> 9 <p>Clicking on <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> displays a window, where you can configure many of the properties 10 of the selected VM. But be careful when changing VM settings. It is possible to change all VM settings after 11 installing a guest OS, but certain changes might prevent a guest OS from functioning correctly if done after 12 installation. </p> 20 13 <note> 21 <p> 22 The <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> button is disabled 23 while a VM is either in the Running or Saved state. This is 24 because the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window 25 enables you to change fundamental characteristics of the virtual 26 machine that is created for your guest OS. For example, the 27 guest OS may not perform well if half of its memory is taken 28 away. As a result, if the 29 <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> button is disabled, 30 shut down the current VM first. 31 </p> 14 <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> button is disabled while a VM is either in the Running or Saved state. 15 This is because the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window enables you to change fundamental characteristics 16 of the virtual machine that is created for your guest OS. For example, the guest OS may not perform well if half 17 of its memory is taken away. As a result, if the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> button is disabled, shut 18 down the current VM first. </p> 32 19 </note> 33 <p> 34 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> provides a wide range of parameters that can be 35 changed for a virtual machine. The various settings that can be 36 changed in the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window 37 are described in detail in <xref href="BasicConcepts.dita#BasicConcepts"/>. Even 38 more parameters are available when using the 39 <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> command line interface. See 40 <xref href="vboxmanage.dita#vboxmanage"/>. 41 </p> 20 <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> provides a wide range of parameters that can be changed for 21 a virtual machine. The various settings that can be changed in the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window are 22 described in detail in <xref href="BasicConcepts.dita#BasicConcepts"/>. Even more parameters are available when 23 using the <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> command line interface. See <xref href="vboxmanage.dita#vboxmanage"/>. </p> 42 24 </body> 43 25
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