connectix virtual pc for windows 4.0 User Manual

 

Virtual PC 4.0 for Windows User Guide

You can print from an application running on a virtual machine in 
two ways:

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Using the (default) Shared Networking option or the advanced 
Virtual Switch option (see page 62), you can print from an 
application running on a virtual machine to a network printer.

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Using the LPT1 setting (see page 61), you can associate the 
emulated LPT1 port on the virtual machine with a parallel port 
on the host PC, and then print from an application running on 
the virtual machine to a printer connected to the parallel port on 
the host PC.

Virtual PC emulates basic XY axis controls and the first two buttons 
for a joystick connected to a virtual machine. 

Virtual PC provides 16-bit, 44-kHz sound input through Sound 
Blaster 16 emulation. This means that you can use a microphone to 
record sound directly into PC sound applications running on a vir-
tual machine.

If several virtual machines are running and playing sound, you can 
use the Sound preference to mute sound from virtual machines in the 
background (see page 65).

Virtual PC relies on hardware for performance. In general, the faster 
the overall performance of the host PC system, the faster Virtual PC 
runs. 

The speed of the host PC processor is the most important element for 
overall Virtual PC performance. To improve performance and as cir-
cumstances warrant, upgrade the current processor in the host PC.