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Configuration
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Network Adapters
1. Open a command prompt (Start >> Run >> Type in "cmd" >> click "OK"). In the prompt, type "ipconfig /all" (note the space before the /). You should see, among other info, a list of network adapters. Two are of interest: My-tap and the one for the network connection you are actually using: "Local Area Connection" in my case, but yours might have a number at the end, or be "Wireless Network Connection", etc., depending on how you are connected. The one you're using should have full IP information listed. You need to be careful to identify the exact one you want to use; you may need to go around and temporarily disable other connections so you can be sure. Leave the command prompt open during the next step.
2. Right click on My Network Places and choose Properties. Find the connection you identified in step 1, and the TAP adapter. Use the Control Key to select both connectors. Right-click on the selection, and choose "Bridge Connections".
3. When the bridging is finished, go back to the command prompt and type "ipconfig /all" again. Note that it now says that you have a connection named "Ethernet Adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge)", and that your IP address has changed, because a new adapter came on-line, and DHCP dutifully gave it the address.
Qemu Manager
1. Launch Qemu Manager. Go to Options >> Configure Program Settings.
2. On the General tab, leave everything as it is.
3. On the Accelerator Settings tab, click the radio button by "Enable KQEMU Accelerator Driver Support", and the checkbox by "Ensure All Accelerator Drivers have been stopped when QEMU Manager closes". Now Qemu Manager will take care of starting and stopping kqemu when needed, you won't have to do it manually each time.
Note: I haven't had an issue with this when running SME Server, but apparently some guest OSes have trouble with kqemu. If you need to, you can type "net stop kqemu" or "net start kqemu" in a command prompt.
4. If your system has lots of memory, you can go to Options >> Configure Operating System Defaults to set the default memory allocation for a Linux Distribution guest OS (you can also set this each time you create a virtual machine). XP will start to thrash, however, if you set it too high. SME Server seems quite responsive on my hardware with the default 128 Mbytes setting.