Defragmentation of virtual disk?
A hint of the VMware Player recommends to defragment the virtual disk by powering off the virtual machine, select the disk in the virtual machine settings, and then click defragment. In the virtual...
View ArticleVMPlayer 6 Time And Date Independent Of Host?
Hello folks. Is it in any way possible to have the VMWare Player 6.0 to keep it's own Time Zone, Date and Time, indipendent of the host's?That is, if the host machine is 01:00pm, 10-09-2013, can I...
View ArticleBug: wrong DNS server selected for NAT setup
Hi! I encountered this problem with VMware Player 5.0.2 and 6.0.0. See NAT: DNS returns bogus entries for gory details. In short: With a VM that uses NAT networking (which is the default), VMware...
View ArticleW xp on VMware Player: How to sever the ties?
This Web-page https://confidentialfiles.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/vmware-workstation-v9-0-importing-windows-xp-mode-properly/ describes how the old ties can be severed when using the VMware Workstation....
View ArticleWhich vmplayer version can be installed in WinXp sp2 32-bit operating system...
HiFirst Question : I would like to know which VMplayer version can be installed in PC with following Hardware Processor :Intel Core i3 540, Mother Board : Intel DH55TC, Ram : 4GB.I already have WinXp...
View ArticleVMware Player Host Only Connection not working
I am running VMware Player v6 on a Windows 8 machine. I am attempting to run some windows servers and a windows 7 vm. However they will not connect to each other. They wont even connect to my host...
View ArticleAny idea how to boot from a USB stick directly in VM player 6
As the subject mention ,, what are the available solutions ??!!! any ideas ?
View ArticleHow to change zimbra mail server default domain name
Login to Your Zimbra Server with root login and password .Type following commands :-[root@mail ~]# su - zimbraThis Command will change the Console name to [zimbra@mail ~]$ Then Type Following...
View ArticleHow can I use HP LaserJet 1000 in Windows XP in VMWare Player?
I have a Windows 7 64 bit OS with VMWare Player 6 and Windows XP 32 bit installed. I have XP driver for the HP LaserJet 1000. But with the driver are installed, the printer does not print.
View ArticleVMware Player - drag drop files
I am using VMware Player version 5 with tools installed on Windows 7 Professional. I want to drag files (PDFs) from the VM(guest) to Windows 7(host). I can drag/drop from host to guest but not other...
View ArticleGuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Hello folks, I have a 64-bit Core i5 PC with Windows 7. I have VMware Player 6.0.0 and installed Ubuntu desktop 12.04.3. Everything was working fine in the virtual Ubuntu machine. The virtual...
View ArticleUnrecoverable error (svga)
Hi folks I'm experiencing some problems with my VMs. For testing purposes of my application (Modify images with Pixelshaders) I've set up a Vista, a Win7, and Win8 VM. But as soon as i launch my app,...
View ArticleProblem in Installing Vmware player in Windows 8
Hi all, I am trying to install Vmware Player on my Windows 8 PC, i downloaded it from Vmware site, but i am getting error which is shown in the attached file. I tried again and again but it didn't...
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Why I uninstalled VMWare Player
I installed VMWare Player free version a few months ago, mostly to see if it is a good replacement for MS Virtual PC. My use is purely personal. Upon launching VMWare Player today I was prompted to...
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Vmware player stops working (freezes)
Hello VmWare community, I would like some help.I'am using Vmware player(6.0.0 build-1295980) with installed Vmware Tolls (9.6.0, build -1294478) on Windows Server 2008 R2 with guest operating system...
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Multicast
hello everybody,I have an issue with VMPlayer 6.0.0 build-1295980,Player run on Windows 7 32bit real machine, I've installed a VM with Linux Mint14. I develop a simple application that sendMulticast...
View ArticleVmware player wont install or run
We are running windows 64bit windows 7 and trying to install/open vmware player version . on machines with it already installed the process starts but then immediately stops and will not run, on new...
View ArticleCan you prevent guest OS from seeing ALT-TAB ?
On VMware player v5.0.2 (or any other version), is there a way to prevent the virtual machine from seeing ALT-TAB, so that the host OS will process ALT-TAB ?
View ArticleCan't change DNS servers on Ubuntu Guest
Hi, I've got a Windows 7 Pro Box running VMware player running a Ubuntu 12 and a Ubuntu 13 guest. The other day I was prompted to upgrade to the latest VM player , which I did and then my Ubuntu12 VM...
View ArticleDoes the Free VMPlayer 6.00 inludes VMware tools?
Hello, I am using VMPLayer 6.00 in linux. I tried to load the vmware player tools iso image but it seems to not exist. I ran sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt and got an error that no medium was found. I was...
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