Trouble Installing Windows 10 Virtual Drive
I am able to install VMware Workstation 15 (non commercial use) with no problem but then cannot get Win 10 to install. I have a USB drive with several files on it but then I added Windows.iso to that...
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VMware Player: You Aren't Connected to Any Networks
I am running a Windows 10 virtual machine (VMDK) on a Win10 host laptop in VMware Player. The host is connected to the Internet via WiFi. The VM's Network Status (Win-I > Network & Internet)...
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VMWare Player - is this considered "Commercial Use"?
I work for a large company (>1000 employees). I have VMWare Player installed on my laptop. I use it as a "sandbox" for evaluating software, testing various software configurations before using in...
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VMWare Player shuts down after powering on virtual machine
I am using VMware Workstation 15 Player version 15.5.6 build-16341506. My operating system is Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. I have created an Ubuntu 18.04 VM inside my Workstation Player. When I power on the...
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How to restore deleted .vmdk file?
Hello,I've accidentally removed my .vmdk file. How to restore it? My data files "<mymachinename>-s00**.vmdk" are present. I have I use VMware Player 15.5.6 build-16341506 Log and vmx file...
View ArticleCan't update to 15.5.6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Here is the terminal output when I try to install; ~/Downloads$ sudo ./VMware-Player-15.5.6-16341506.x86_64.bundle Extracting VMware Installer...done./tmp/tmp3izedxhg.vmis.env:4: DeprecationWarning:...
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Windows 10 2004 (May 2020 update) causes guest video flickers
Workstation Player version 15.5.6, build 16341506Host OS: Windows 10 Pro, 1909Guest OS: Windows 10 Pro, 1909 The guest VM was upgraded from 1909 to 2004 via Windows Update. After the update, the guest...
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wmrun vmware player 15
Hi, I'm using Debian 10, I've installed VMware Player 15 free and using latest version of gns3when I want to use my vm machines os VMware gns3 is looking for vmrunwhere can I find or download it?thanks
View ArticleSlow File Transfer from Host to Linux VM
I have Workstation 15.5.6 Player installed and am trying to transfer files from host to Ubuntu VM. I've used SCP, FTP, TFTP, etc all resulting in very slow transfers, approximately a max of 245 kbps....
View ArticleHow to fix a corrupt vmx file
What is the best method of fixing a corrupted VMX file on Workstation 15.5
View ArticleAnybody getting crashes on an Ubuntu host
Hi, I'm running VMware Workstation 15 Player (non-commercial edition) on an Ubuntu 20.04 host with LXDE as DE. I run a Windows 10 x64 VM almost every day. The VM frequently freezes on shutdown. I am...
View ArticleCannot ping external hosts using IPv6 ip addresses but can ping using IPv4 ip...
Hello, I have Workstation Player 15 installed on a host running Centos 8 and it has 1 vm running Centos 8 also. The VM has 2 virtual network adapters in auto-bridge mode and working. The strange...
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newbee: Ubuntu (host) win10 (guest) dual boot setup on 15.5 VMWare player
Hello i am a newbee to VMWare and basically ended up here after finding the following (old?) document and wanting to setup a virtual machine with a win1o(guest) on a Ubuntu (pop!_20.04) dual boot...
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Use partition as a Virtual Machine
Hi All, I have a laptop with a dual boot Windows / MX Linux. Laptop has 2 drives - a M2 1 TB and a 1TB SSD (2.5"). The M2 drive is the boot drive, with a grub bootloader. I selec Linux, or I can...
View ArticleVMware Player, Win10: Command: Copy File to Shared Folder > System Cannot...
I'm running VMware Player 15.5 in a Windows 10 VM on a Win10 VM host. I run this command: copy "C:\Path Name\File Name.ext" Z:\VMShared where VMshared is designated (and works) as a shared folder. I...
View ArticleWhy port forward to vmware player (debian 9 vm) don't work, but they work on...
"It's a feature, it's not a bug!!" CORRECTLY?!? And that "feature" is to prevent the users to use it as a server, right...? On the Debian 9 VM Port forwards don't work, neither Port 21 (FTP) nor Port...
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Moving virtual image from intel based machine to AMD based machine
Hi there,I have used VMware Workstation Player version 14 on a Windows7 Host machine. This machine hardware is Intel based, i7.I have created a few virtual machines via Vmware on this Windows7 machine...
View ArticleProblem moving from Player 14.1.5 to 15.5.6
I have Linux host and a Windows 10 guest. The Windows 10 guest has its hard drive encrypted with McAfee Drive Encryption. When the guest boots it displays a McAfee sign in screen at which the user...
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Resized windows upon reawakening from sleep mode
I'm running Win7 32-bit in VM, host is Win7 64-bit, desktop spans 3 monitors. In "Unity"mode, when the host is reawakened from sleep mode, windows in the VM always come back randomly resized and...
View ArticleVMware Workstation Player 15 and Windows 7 Pro
Installed VMware Workstation Player 15 on Windows 10 Pro. Installed Windows 7 Pro 32bit but I did not put in the product key yet.When I go to the system icon in the Control Pane, Windows 7 says: 'Home...
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