Fusion: v4.1.4
VM: Windows XP SP3
OK so I copied over my ancient XP VM, originally created on Workstation 5, to my Mac. It boots just fine and I added Fusion tools no problem. All is functioning well. BUT if I power down using the guest's start->Turn off Computer->Turn Off, it just goes into suspend mode. I un-suspend and try Virtual Machine->Force Shut Down and it just goes back to suspend mode. I try start->Turn off Computer->Restart followed by start->Turn off Computer->Turn Off and same thing. Virtual Machine->Force Restart followed by start->Turn off Computer->Turn Off same results. So nothing I tried will turn this off so I can change settings.
I think what happened is, I had originally set Fusion Preferences to 'Suspend the virtual machine', powered on the VM, and then changed it to 'Power off the virtual machine' and then tried to shut down.
An OS X Lion VM I have powers down no problem.
What can I do, short of deleting the damned thing and starting over? And if I do that I will have the same problem I suspect.