I had a problem where I couldn’t shutdown my Windows XP under VMWare Fusion – it started shutting down and then just locked up. There doesn’t appear to be any way to force a shutdown via Fusion.
- Another way to solve this is to open the Virtual Machine menu, then hold down the Option key to change “Shut Down Guest” to “Power Off”.
If you select “Power Off”, that’s like pulling the plug from the power of the virtual machine, and it’ll shut right off.
Credits: http://juststuffreally.blogspot.com/2008/09/vmware-fusion-won-shutdown.html
