Problem downloading vmware player 5.0.3
Not sure if anyone else had this problem before. Each time I try downloading the vmware player 5.0.3, it crashes my windows 7 right before the download is to be completed. Any suggestions or advice...
View ArticleVM Player 6.0.1 Guest Version Issues
Hello, I just installed VM Player 6.0.1 from 4.0 and when I try and run a Windows 2008 R2 server VM I get the error; "Error while powering on: The virtual machine configuration is read-only.The virtual...
View ArticleScript error when trying to install VMware Player on Windows 8 Laptop
I have downloaded version 6.01 of VMware Player onto the Desktop of my Windows 8 laptop but everytime I try to install it I get the following error... An error has occurred in the script on this...
View Articlevmware player and bluescreen!
Hi, please can you verify these dumps (attach)? an Expert which debugged them told me that vmware player on vista is causing bluescreen. thanks. there are solutions or I have to uninstall the programm?
View ArticleGuest Ubuntu Resolution Problem
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running as a guest in vmware player 6.0.1 build-1379776. The host OS is Windows 7. Starting this week, whenever I resize the vmware player window by dragging an edge or corner, it...
View ArticleMouse Integration broken after upgrading Tools
I'm having problems with the mouse cursor after upgrading VMWare Tools. When I first installed Ubuntu 13.10 in VMWare Player 6.0.1 on a Windows 8.1 x64 host, I used the easy install method and was up...
View ArticleUbuntu 13.10 client slows/dims on W7 host
I've had this same problem on 3 different systems over the past year. While I love the integration with Ubuntu, it's just not working well for me. What happens is I use the Ubuntu client for a short...
View ArticleHow isolated is the Host?
Hi All, Just had to do a full reinstall of win8 after a nasty virus that proved too hard to clean off. No idea where it came from but I would like to use Player to isolate the Host from future similar...
View ArticlePrevent leaving the Guest Player?
Hi All, In addition to my other post on "isolated," is there some way I can prevent someone from closing the Guest operating system and dropping back to the Host? My grand-kids often use the PC and I...
View ArticleWhy doesn' sharing work. Or shared devices? or...
Hi all, I created a new VM. I installed software, etc. Now I need to copy over some files. I am running a workstation with Win 8.1 64 bit and 16 gb RAM, an I7 4770 CPU, with lots of drives. I have...
View ArticleCan't connect removable devices
Hi, I have to think this is a simple setting somewhere. When I use the option to connect removable devices and select a device, it shows a dialog telling me that the main desktop will no longer be...
View ArticleProblem for the most 'experts: use folder sharing with iso created with...
I created avirtual machineubuntuisothatI created.TherunregularlyinVMPlayerwithoutinstallation, Ialready uploadedthevmtools.It worksbutif I try toshow himone ormore 'guest disk folders: nothing....
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pls help ... Exception 0xc0000006 (disk error while paging) has occurred.
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmx) Exception 0xc0000006 (disk error while paging) has occurred. A log file is available in "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows XP...
View ArticleVMWare Tools poweron script error
Hi! I got "The VMWare Tools poweron script did not run succesfully in this virtual machine" error during guest OS startup. It is like in this old discussion:...
View Articlevmware player crash when i connect from my ipad
Hi, some one now why vmware player crash when i connect to host thorugh ipad?I try to connect through other pc or android and it work fine..
View ArticleNetwork Discovery does not work after Clean Install of Windows 8.1
Hello Everyone, First of all everything worked fine until I upgraded Windows and host antivirus Host Computer: i7 16G ram, 250GB ssd, 1TB storage, Realtek gigabit nic built into motherboard Here is the...
View ArticleWinXP guest BSOD crash with STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x80537E92,...
Hi, I've been running my old WinXP PC converted with p2v in VMware Player for a couple of years now without a problem, but recently (I guess after the Player upgrade to 6.0.1) it will not boot anymore...
View ArticleI need to access a dial-up Modem
Hi All, I am using win2000 as a Guest to run some old 16-bit software for a friend. The software needs to transfer stuff through a dial up modem so I bought a USB-based Modem which works fine from the...
View ArticleVM-Player 6 lässt sich unter Opensuse 13.1 nicht starten
Hallo, wenn ich den VMPlayer 6 unter OpenSuse 13.1 starten möchte bekomme ich folgenden Fehler: PANIC /build/mts/release/bora-1410761/bora/lib/unicode/unicodeCommon.c:330/usr/bin/vmplayer: line 107:...
View ArticleXENIX Networking Issue
I was toying with the question of whether a Xenix image (Acronis TIB) and a recovery ISO would allow installing XENIX directly in VMP. Attempts to add a TIB to an Acronis ISO failed ... and ... for...
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