Creating a VM and allocating Memory
Hi All, I'm new to VMWare, and I would like to create a VM on a PC running windows 7. The VM would be installed with Linux OS. My system has a memory of 4GB. My question is: If I allocate 1.5 GB to...
View Article[Help please] Keyboard are not working on host
Hello, I have been facing problem in using VMware (both player and workstation) on Windows 8 (host). Whenever I install VMware, almost ALL my keys stop working, the only keys that work are Media keys...
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Problem with Vmware Player instalation
Hello I'm trying to install VMware player but always get an error and goes to this gray screen forever. Can anyone help me?I use Win 7 64bit
View ArticleCannot install vmWare Tools for v6
System configuration:vmWare Player 6.0Windows 7Guest environment Slackware Linux 14 I have setup a VM using the Player successfully and installed a LINUX distribution. When I try to install the vmWare...
View ArticleVMPlayer with ESXI host and vcenter server
I have a question, I want to install and play around with Vcenter server on my laptop, I have no other PC's to use. I have VmWare Player installed and I have installed an ESXI host on this and...
View ArticleNew to VMWare, need some advice
I currently have a Windows Vista 32bit PC which I want to turn into a virtual PC which will be based on a Windows 7 64bit PC. I'm unsure what software I will need to turn the PC into a virtual PC and...
View ArticleUSB Scan drivers
I have a client that I set up with VM Ware Player on a new Win 8.1 host running XP Pro as client. I am trying to configure a Canon MX450 scanner for use within the the VM Ware Player environment. For...
View ArticleGhostBSD guest won't install
GhsotBSD - a FreeBSD variant with a GUI installer just presents a black screen before the GUI comes up. I've used the LXDE desktop. The installation stops at the point the cups daemon tries to start...
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VMWARE PLAYER QUESTIONS?
We have an Windows XP pro 32 bit system that was converted into a system image using VMware Server, unknown version. When the image was created the following files were produced, shown in the form...
View ArticleUbuntu on windows host losses shared folder
Hello there,I am struggling with this for a while now and i would really aprichiate any help.I am using vmware player on windows 7. I have ubuntu virtual machine installed. I installed vmware tools on...
View ArticlePermission on hgfs folder... impossible to change.
Before anybody sends me to the previous posts... read carefully. OS: opensuse 64 12.3Latest version of VMplayer as of September 2013 Guest is opensuse 11.4: some high end CAD software does not run on...
View ArticleConnecting two VMs over network.
Hi, I am trying to connect two VM instances over network for one of my project. I have to have a setup where two VM instances are installed on two different host OS. Now I want to establish the...
View ArticleAccessing a process running on VM from external machine.
Hi, I am running a HTTP proxy on a Ubuntu VM instance I created using VMWare Player. I want to use/access this proxy from a external device e.g. mobile phone over WiFi. I want to understand: 1. How I...
View ArticleVMware Player 6 Plus License Distribution
I really like what I see in VMware Player 6 Plus, especially the ability to run restricted virtual machines in a commercial context. As a trainer, that suits my needs well. However I have a question...
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VMware Player fails to initialize after upgrading to version 6
When starting VMWare Player 6, all UI elements are missing and there are several boxes on the right side of the window. After several seconds, Windows reports the application as "not responding"....
View ArticleHardware acceleration on Haswell platforms
I am running Ubuntu on a laptop which is powered by a Intel core i7-4800 (Haswell architecture).I have a VM setup with Windows 7 for two applications which do not run with Wine. The problem is that...
View ArticleVMWare 6.0 Bridged Networking Failure
I have an issue where I'm using VMware Player 6.0.0. The bridged networking suddenly failed and I can't seem to get it working again. The NAT option works so I'm not totally out of action. I'd like to...
View ArticleVMare Player Evaluation Timeout?
I am getting a message that my evaluation for VMware Player will end in 23 days. Can this be safely ignored? What happens after 23 days? Is there a "free key" I can enter?
View ArticleVMware Player for Lubuntu 12.0.4 Linux on an old PowerPC MacMini?
Hello! I am running Lubuntu 12.0.4 Linux on an old PowerPC MacMini. I am interested in installing a VMware Player in order to be able to run some other platforms, e.g. Windows.Will the VMware Player...
View ArticleHow to connect to LAN with XP virtual machine?
First post. Thank you for having me on these boards. I am a total beginner with virtual machines. I need to have both W7 x64 and XP Professional on the same laptop. On a previous machine I set up a...
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