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figUre 9.10 Options available when right-clicking a virtual machine

Shut Down This option shuts down your operating system. You need to have the Hyper-V
Integration Components installed on the operating system; otherwise, Hyper-V will not be
able to shut down the system.
Save The virtual machine is saved to disk in its current state. This option is available
when your virtual machine is in Running or Paused state.
Pause Pause the current virtual machine, but do not save the state to disk. You can use
this option to release processor utilization quickly from this virtual machine to the host
system.
Reset Reset the virtual machine. This is like pressing the reset button on your computer.
You will lose the current state and any unsaved data in the virtual machine. This option is
available when your virtual machine is in Running or Paused state.
Resume

When your virtual machine is paused, you can resume it and bring it online

again.

Changing Configuration on an Existing Virtual Machine
To change the configuration settings on an existing virtual machine, you right-click your
virtual machine's name in the Virtual Machines pane in Hyper-V Manager and choose Set-
tings. You can change settings such as memory allocation and hard drive configuration. All
items that you can configure are described in the following list:
Add Hardware Add devices to your virtual machine, namely, a SCSI controller, a network
adapter, or a legacy network adapter. A legacy network adapter is required if you want to
perform a network-based installation of an operating system.