# Settings

## Advanced VM Settings

The **Settings** section shows the advanced configuration options of your virtual machine: access configuration, hardware behavior, storage preferences, and guest OS options (for example, `guest.cpu.mode` or `rootDiskController`).

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- On the **VM Settings** tab, select **Settings**.
- You can view the current settings, add supported settings, edit or remove configurable ones, and save the changes.

> [!NOTE]
> Some settings are managed automatically by the platform and may be read-only. To change settings, stop the instance first.

![VM Settings](../../../images/vm-settings-advanced.png)

> [!WARNING]
> Change these parameters only if you know what they do: incorrect values may prevent the VM from starting.