Guest os Boot Slowdown

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Hi Guys,

Does anyone know a way to slow the boot of a guest OS in VMPlayer so the you have time to press a function key before the OS boots?
 

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Hi Kado,

Its sounds like you have been having the same issue I have - trying to hit that F2 button before the OS loads eh? I've had a look around and can't find anything generic. I think its a case of being a lot quicker with the fingers.....

Regards,
Golden
 

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Golden Mk. I.4
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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
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Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
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Golden said:
Hi Kado,

Its sounds like you have been having the same issue I have - trying to hit that F2 button before the OS loads eh? I've had a look around and can't find anything generic. I think its a case of being a lot quicker with the fingers.....

Regards,
Golden
Click to expand...

That's what I thought Golden. At least with VBox if there is a bootable CD you get a countdown screen which helps.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Hewlett-Packard/G62-107SA Notebook
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory
8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Builtin
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
2TB WD MyBook Live NAS.
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere MX
Internet Speed
152 Mbs download 10 Mbs upload
Antivirus
Norton 360
Browser
Chrome
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