How do I use softice in XP guest efficiently?
In case I disabled the vmmouse, I can't have automatically mouse tracking frominside outside host and guest. Or can it? VMware KB: Using the SoftICE Debugger in a Virtual Machine ThanksJack
View ArticleWhich vmware technology is suitable for custom video roms?
I am using VMWare player, is it possible for it to load custom video and system roms?ThanksJack
View ArticleUbuntu 13.04 guest - launcher disappears forever?
Guest: Ubuntu 13.04, up-to-date softwareVMware Player 5.0.2. build-1031769Host Microsoft Windows 7 I normally configure Ubuntu to auto-hide the launcher (System settings -> Apeparance -> Behavior...
View ArticleHow to get cd-da audio in games running in win98 VM?
Hello I have many old windows CD games from the 1995-1998 era. I clean installed a windows98 VM and installed VMtools and SB PCI sound drivers. Games that completely use PCI music work fine, but any...
View ArticleHow do you tell if VMware Player 5 has installed its 64-bit version?
I've noticed on two recently built high-end Intel 64-bit Windows 8 Pro systems that the VMWARE folder is located in "Program Files (x86)" instead of "Program Files", which would suggest the 32-bit...
View Articleunfinished installation
VMware Player Version: 5.0.2.1031769SO: linuxUbuntu 12.04 x64Kernel: 3.9.4-030904-generic Hi guys, I'm trying to install VMware Player 5.2 on my server with ubuntu 12.04 64bit.The graphical...
View ArticleUSB device not connecting to VM
Hi, I am trying to connect a USB stick a guest VM running Windows XP SP2. The USB stick is physically plugged into Windows 7 64-bit SP1 host machine. If I start the VM, then select the USB stick under...
View ArticleMouse problems while gaming in Ubuntu...
Hi - My host system is Windows 8. My guest system is Ubuntu 13.04. I am using the latest version of VMware Player. Here's the situation: For normal computing purposes, everything is working perfectly...
View ArticleLatest Version of VMware Player for Workstation v6.5 VMs?
Hello. For the last few years I have been using version 2.5.5 of VMware Player to run VMs created by Workstation v6.5.5. In short, the VMs get deployed to a 32-bit Windows XP laptop and is only run...
View ArticleVMDK Files On Windows in a GPT Partition Table
I have VMWare Player on my Windows partition and would like to use VMWare Player to access my Linux partition in Windows. I try to use Physical Disk and select partitions, but it doesn't see any of...
View Articlewin2000 sp4 font terrible in Player.
Hi All,I have to use win2000 for some old software that is win2000-specific and have just installed it in VMPlayer v5 and it works well. Problem is the standard win2000 font is skinny and gray and not...
View ArticleRun Player without Internet?
Hi All,Just tried to use the VMPlayer on my laptop out of range of house wifi. Got an error message something like "VMWare authentication not available," (or pretty close to that wording) I assume it...
View ArticleCan't install VMWare tools
I've been having this issue for a couple of weeks now. I run Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine in Debian Linux with VMWare Player 5.0.2. A new version of Tools came out and I tried several times to...
View ArticleModule install fails on Fedora 18
Can someone help me on this. I have a read a ton of web pages but nothing seems to work for me. I can not seem to start vmware because of a couple module installs failing. # uname -aLinux bighat...
View ArticleProblem with VMware Player - cannot start my virtual machine
Hi,i got problem with starting my virtual machine. Got message that says: "Failed to open virtual machine: File "H:\WindowsXP A1\Windows XP Professional.vmx" line 2: Syntax error.". What could be wrong...
View ArticleVirtual network config : web server not available
I am trying to put in place a private network with 2 VMs with VMware player 5:Both machines run with Windows2008R2.* First machine is the windows domain server; tomcat is installed on these machine. (I...
View ArticleCan't Connect CD
Hi, If I start XP in Player and the USB CD is not connected I get an "ide:1 not available, do you want to connect this next time..." message so I click "Yes" Once XP is up and running, I plug in the CD...
View ArticleWMware Player on Gentoo
I recently installed VMware Player on Gentoo, using the packages supplied by Gentoo repositories, and the installation appeared to proceed well enough. I configured it to start automatically as a...
View ArticleCannot install VMWare Extensions for Windows 98 on VMWare Player 6: Could not...
Hello, I would like to install VMWare Extensions for a Windows 98 Guest OS in VMWare Player 6.0.0 build-1295980. Host OS is Windows 8 Pro. I am getting the message "Could not find component on update...
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Multiple Files - Feature or Issue?
Hi All, When I created the VM for XP I kept the pre-selected "Multiple files" option thinking (hoping?) that when doing backups, only the files that actually changed when running the VM, would need...
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