My solution is to SSH via Putty to the Linux Host machine (with X forwarding enabled), start the VirtManager app, and connect to the Win7 VM via it's VM console and work there. Got all that?

If your Linux desktop freezes, don't panic; there are ways to fix it. You can use keyboard shortcuts, virtual consoles, SSH, and other tricks. These tips can help avoid a hard reboot. I started using ...

In a move that caused more than a few eyes to bulge and jaws to drop, last July Microsoft announced it was contributing code to the Linux community with hopes of having it included in the Linux tree.