Prerequisites
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Verify that the guest operating system is Windows 2000 or later.
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Verify that you have an existing user account to enable Autologon. The account must be a local machine
account, not a domain account.
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Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is running in the guest operating system.
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Power on the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine and select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings.
2 On the Options tab, select Autologon.
3 Click Enable, type your login credentials, and click OK.
If you type an incorrect or expired password, you must type your login credentials when you power on
the virtual machine.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
When you enable Autologon or change your login credentials, the Autologon settings are saved
immediately. Clicking Cancel in the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box does not affect the changes
applied to the Autologon settings.
Stopping Virtual Machines in Player
You can use Player to power off, reset, and suspend virtual machines. You can also configure Player
preferences to control how virtual machines behave when you close them.
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Power Off a Virtual Machine in Player on page 42
As with physical computers, you should shut down a guest operating system before you power off a
virtual machine.
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Use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to Shut Down a Guest on page 43
You can use the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key sequence to shut down or log off of a guest operating system.
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Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine in Player on page 43
Suspending a virtual machine saves its current state. When you resume the virtual machine,
applications that were running before the virtual machine was suspended resume in their running
state and their content is unchanged.
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Reset a Virtual Machine in Player on page 43
You can reset a virtual machine in Player. Resetting a virtual machine causes it to abruptly power off
and restart.
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Set Player Preferences for Virtual Machine Closing Behavior on page 44
You can configure how virtual machines behave when you close them.
Power Off a Virtual Machine in Player
As with physical computers, you should shut down a guest operating system before you power off a virtual
machine.
Procedure
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To shut down the guest operating system, shut down the operating system as you would if you were
using a physical machine.
When the guest operating system shuts down, the virtual machine is powered off and Player exits.
Getting Started with VMware Player
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