I've been a keyboard-centric guy since Windows 3.1 and 3.11. Having one of the alt keys reserved for getting in and out of the VPC kills me every time. So go into your Virtual PC Console: "File" -> "Options". Select "Keyboard" and enter your new value...
Create a warmup.bat file based on this blog post: http://www.pptspaces.com/sharepointreporterblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=24 This will allow you to get all the appropriate services running as soon as you fire up your virtual machine. You are developing...