If you have a virtual machine that powers on the Boot Camp partition, you can set whether a password is required each time you open it.

Prerequisites

You must have a Boot Camp partition on your Mac, and you must have created a virtual machine to power it on.

Procedure

  1. Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
  2. Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
  3. Under Other in the Settings window, click Advanced.
  4. Select the password requirement by setting Administrative privileges for Boot Camp disks.

    Option

    Description

    Never ask

    When you open a Boot Camp virtual machine in Fusion, you do not need to enter a password.

    Always ask

    Each time you open a Boot Camp virtual machine, you must enter the password of the administrator account on the Mac.