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SETTING YOUR PREFERENCES

To set preferences, you must belong to, and log in under, a user group that allows you to open workspaces. You must also be logged in to your
home server. If the Preferences option of the File menu is unavailable, then either you do not have permission to set preferences, or you are not
logged in to your home server. Refer to User Groups for information on access privileges. Refer to Configuring Servers for instructions on setting
a home server.
1. Click File > Preferences. The User Preferences dialog box opens.
Figure 22. User Preferences Dialog Box
2. Startup workspace: The startup workspace is the workspace that is used when you log in. Select your preference:
a. No workspace: If you do not want VMX300(-E) to open a workspace for you automatically when you log in, click “Don’t load a
workspace.” VMX300(-E) opens the Main window only, leaving all other windows closed.
b. Build workspace: If you want VMX300(-E) to build a workspace for you automatically when you log in, click “Let the system
automatically build a workspace.” VMX300(-E) opens the Main window, the Device List, the Session Manager, and all your custom
windows.
c. Workspace supplied by server: If you want VMX300(-E) to automatically open the default workspace defined on your home server
when you log in, click “Use the workspace supplied by server.” If your home server has not provided a workspace, you are asked
whether you want to build a workspace. If you say Yes, VMX300(-E) opens the Main window, the Device List, the Session Manager,
and all your custom windows. If you say No, VMX300(-E) opens the Main window only, leaving all other windows closed.
d. Select workspace file: If you want to choose a workspace for VMX300(-E) to open when you log in, click “Use the following
workspace.” Type the pathname of the workspace file you want opened, or Browse to select the desired file.
e. Last workspace: If you want VMX300(-E) to reconstruct the workspace to look exactly like it looked when you were last logged in to
that client, click “Use the last workspace.” This allows you to reproduce the appearance of your last session, without having saved
the workspace. If a workspace file was open when you were last logged in, VMX300(-E) opens the file with the appearance it last had.
If you had made changes to the workspace, but you had not saved them, VMX300(-E) reproduces those changes, in spite of not having
been saved. You do not need to have permission to edit or save workspaces to use the last workspace preference.
3. Set system colors: Some video overlay cards, such as the Quad Video Display card, display video through the text and borders of dialog
boxes, making it difficult to read the information in the dialog box. If you have a video card in your workstation, and you are having trouble
reading dialog box text, click Change Colors. This changes the Windows system colors to a blue theme, which prevents video from showing
through. The blue theme lasts until you reboot the workstation, and it affects any one who uses the workstation for any application. If you
reboot the workstation, you must click Change Colors again to go back to the blue theme. If you decide you do not want the blue theme, you
can change the system colors through the Windows Control Panel Display Appearance or reboot the workstation.
4. Click OK. Your preferences are saved and the User Preferences dialog box closes.