5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Virtual PC and VMware Virtual Machine

Do you, just like me, make use of Virtual Machines very often? I might become handy to know some short cuts about them too. For example, I've had some trouble navigating back to my host system without using my mouse. Some more short cuts this time for both Virtual PC and VMware.

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Virtual PC short cuts that make you work more productive:

• RIGHT ALT + ENTER: Toggles a virtual machine between full-screen mode and window mode
• RIGHT ALT + DELETE: Sends CTRL + ALT + DELETE to the virtual machine operating system
• RIGHT ALT + P: Pauses or resumes the virtual machine, depending up its current state
• RIGHT ALT + E: Opens the virtual machine settings
• RIGHT ALT + DOWN ARROW: Minimizes the virtual machine

VMware short cuts that make you more productive:

• CTRL + ALT + ENTER: Go to full-screen mode
• CTRL + ALT: Return to normal window mode (you can now use ALT + TAB to switch windows on your host)
• CTRL + Z: Suspends the virtual machine
• CTRL + D: Opens the virtual machine settings

Yes I know it is strange I'm using both Virtual PC and VMware Virtual Machines. Most of the time I use VMware because my colleages use it. This way we are able to use each others Virtual Machines. Besides this I make use of Virtual PC machines provided by Microsoft: Like the Visual Studio Orcas releases and the Microsoft CRM Demo VPC