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Make sure you've install the Virtual Machine Additions (or Tools, or Utilities, or Whatever).

If you can, instead, Remote Desktop into the Virtual Machine itself.

If you're remoting into a machine where THAT machine is running a VM, note that to the Remote Desktop protocol (and VNC) the VM just looks like a big square bitmap that is constantly changing.Don't Remote Desktop or VNC into Host Operating Systems that are hosting Virtual Machines.NTFS Compression doesn't work on files larger than 4 gigs, and can cause corruption.Don't use NTFS Compression on the Virtual Machine Hard Drive File in the Host Operating System.

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Again, I use Invirtus so it does this for me, but you can also zero out the free space on your VM hard drive with the Virtual PC Pre-Compactor that comes with Virtual PC when hosting Windows, and there are Linux options for shrinking VM hard drives as well.

This allows it to get at files that don't always get defragmented.

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Jeff likes this free Disk Defragmenter that runs in that "Text Mode" place before Windows really starts up.

Make sure the Guest Operating System is defragmented.

Makes it easier if Solitaire is never installed, eh? There's a Windows Installation Customizer called nLite that lets you prepare Windows installations so they never include the stuff you don't want.

Rather than going to all the effort to REMOVE things, why not create a Windows installation that can be shared across your organization that doesn't include the crap ahead of time.

Considering making a custom Windows install for your VMs.

Don't bother trying to give them 1024 megs, it's just not worth the pressure it'll put on the Host Operating System.

I've found that 512 megs is just about the Ideal Amount of memory for 90% of your Virtual Machines.

There IS some concern about really sophisticated Trojans that can use this technology for evil, but for me, it's all good as it speeds most Guest Operating Systems (especially non-Microsoft ones) up quite a bit.

If you've got this on your computer, turn it on.

Enable Hardware Assisted Virtualization.

Shut down every service you can possibly get away with.

Remove any application that's not needed.

You can also do a lot of the work manually if you have the time using tools like XPLite and CrapCleaner (although less so with CrapCleaner if the box is already fresh).

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Considering getting a site license and actually do the math at how much time it'll save your company when you're trying to convince your boss.

Personally, I use and highly recommend Invirtus Virtual Machine Optimizer for this.

Optimize your VM for your current task.

Don't share it with your keyboard, mouse, or webcam.

If you're using USB2, make sure the Eternal Hard Drive is on it's own USB root hub, all alone.

Try to use a 7200RPM or 10000RPM drive for your VM disk.

There's no better tip, as anyone who has run VMs (I've been using VMWare since it was in Beta) will tell you.

Run the Virtual Machine on a separate spindle.

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This doesn't mean you get to keep 50 applications, plus Outlook running all at once, but it does take the pressure off your Host OS's disk, and you might find things run considerably snappier. If you have 2 GIG or more of memory, consider running your Host Operating System without a Paging File.Are you running a VM or checking your email? Consider checking your email on a schedule, or using Outlook Web Access while you work on your VM. That 200+megs could be better used by the system. I'm continually amazed when folks complain about VM performance and when I get to their desk I see that they are running Outlook.With the Virtual Machine shut down, run Contig -a to analyze single file fragmentation and run without -a to defragment the file. For a quick fix, use a single-file defragmenter like Contig from SysInternals.This includes the System Disk (the disk your OS boots off of) as well as the Disk that holds your Virtual Hard Disk File.Make sure your Host Operating System's disk is defragmented.If you can't do one or more of these recommendations, then you can't complain. Try to make all of these changes if you can. You'll not get your VMs running at 100% of native speed, at least not this year, so just stop aiming for that as a goal. If you're experiencing poor VM performance, I would encourage you to go through a Performance Checklist.Īlso, before you start, remember what you goals are. When you're running an OS within and OS and maintaining a FileSystem within a FileSystem, not to mention sharing a hard drive spindle, there's lots of opportunities for things to go very slowly. Yes, it would be great if VMs somehow were able to self-tune the relationship between themselves and the host OS, but that's sadly not the case. I continue to meet folks who complain that their Virtual Machine performance is slow.