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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="tk_preferences">
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| 4 | <title>Set <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Preferences</title>
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| 5 | <body>
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| 6 | <p>Use the <uicontrol>Preferences</uicontrol> to change settings that apply to all virtual machines.</p>
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| 7 | <note>
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| 8 | <p>Settings will differ, depending on your host OS.</p>
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| 9 | </note>
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| 10 | <ol>
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| 11 | <li>
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| 12 | <p>From the <uicontrol>File</uicontrol> menu, choose <uicontrol>Preferences</uicontrol>.</p>
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| 13 | </li>
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| 14 | <li>
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| 15 | <p>Choose your preferred experience level. To display all preferences, set the experience level to <uicontrol>Expert</uicontrol>.</p>
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| 16 | <p>See also <xref href="ui-experience-level.dita#gui-experience-level"/>.</p>
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| 17 | </li>
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| 18 | <li>
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| 19 | <p>On the <uicontrol>General</uicontrol> tab, specify the default folder or directory for VM files, and the VRDP Authentication Library.</p>
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| 20 | </li>
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| 21 | <li>
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| 22 | <p>On the <uicontrol>Input</uicontrol> tab, set keyboard shortcuts, both in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> and in individual VMs. For example you might want to specify a different <b outputclass="bold">Host key</b>. This is the key that toggles whether the cursor is in the focus of the VM or the Host OS windows, see <xref href="keyb_mouse_normal.dita#keyb_mouse_normal"/>. The Host key is also used to trigger certain VM actions, see <xref href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>.</p>
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| 23 | </li>
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| 24 | <li>
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| 25 | <p>On the <uicontrol>Update</uicontrol> tab, select the type of software updates you want to install, and how frequently to check for updates.</p>
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| 26 | </li>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p>On the <uicontrol>Language</uicontrol> tab, choose the language used for menus, labels, and text in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>.</p>
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| 29 | </li>
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| 30 | <li>
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| 31 | <p>On the <uicontrol>Display</uicontrol> tab, specify the display properties for all VM displays.</p>
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| 32 | </li>
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| 33 | <li>
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| 34 | <p>On the <uicontrol>Proxy</uicontrol> tab, configure an HTTP proxy server if you need one.</p>
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| 35 | </li>
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | <p>On the <uicontrol>Interface</uicontrol> tab, select a color theme for the VirtualBox Manager user interface. This option is available on Windows 10 only. Other OSs use system settings.</p>
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| 38 | </li>
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| 39 | </ol>
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| 40 | </body>
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| 41 | </topic>
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