最近把正在使用的 VMware Workstation upgrade 至 version 9，順便處理每次 shutdown Windows host 時需時太久的問題。
Shutdown 最快是 Max OSX，其次是 Linux，最討厭就是 WindowsXP / Windows7，更新了 version 9 是為了測試 Windows 8，Windows 8 關機就更令人火大，由 Windows 轉為黑屏，黑屏至完全關機的時間，實在太…太久！
最直接就是改 VMware 的 config.ini
第一個例子是在這裡找到的，抄錄在這裡：
prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100" mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE" mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE" mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE"
第二個例子比較詳細，在這裡記載，也抄錄在這裡：
Insert the following code into the *.VMX file: sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE" mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE" prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100" prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE" mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE" priority.grabbed = "high" priority.ungrabbed = "normal" * sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE", by disabling memory sharing your guests will not share common memory blocks. Your VMware product will also stop comparing memory blocks * mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE", doesn't use named-file - use for VMs on USB-disks or other slow disks. On Windows: useNamedFile= "FALSE" causes memory to be backed by the host's swap space. * prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100", fit memory into RAM. Whenever possible, avoid settings lower 100%. * MemTrimRate = "0" , by disabling MemTrimRate, memory allocation inside the guest is faster because it doesn't take and give memory to the host os upon all requests. * prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" , this tells VMWare whether to use a fixed sized memory chunk or balloon and shrink memory as needed. * mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE" , do not take snapshots in background * mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE" , do not restore snapshots in background * priority.grabbed = "high" , sets the priority for the VM in grabbed state * priority.ungrabbed = "normal" , sets the priority for the VM in ungrabbed state.
我採用了第一種方法，黑屏至完全關機的時間跟 Mac OSX 關機的時間差不多，可以接受。