how do I get paste from host to guest to work more consistently? vmware...
I'm finding that the copy/paste from host (Win7) to guest (Ubuntu 12) is really wonky. I can get it to work, but it seems that I have about a 20% chance of it actually happening. It definitely does...
View ArticleVmWare player as service
Hello,I have a VMWare Player running a VM at all times. However I want the server to run that Virtual Machine on boot (without logging in). This will allow me basically to restart the Server and when...
View ArticleCannot Import Existing XP Mode VM into Player
Hi, The importation with Vm Player seams to work well, BUT the VM created is ALWAYS an empty Windows XP machine.I never get my XP mode machine.The string xpmode.enable="TRUE" is into the .vmx, the...
View ArticleDNS not resolving with NAT
Hi! I have been using VMWare Player for years now on several computers and locations.Recently I purchased a new Dell notebook, and in parallel I upgraded to Player version 6.0.1. Since then I am having...
View ArticleConnection between machines
Hi all, Probably this is a very simple for you guys, but I can not figure this out. So I have Vmware Player. I installed two Windows server 2008 R2. First machine is going to be DC. So I added second...
View ArticleNo sound - Window 7 x64 host, multiple Linux guests.
I have used VMware before w/o trouble. But after a fresh reinstall of the Host OS, I can not get the sound to work (all drivers are up to date and VMware tools is installed. I have tried multiple linux...
View Articlegeneral protection fault: 0000 [#8] SMP
After some trouble running VMware Player using VIX headless I get now this error: ~/VMware$ vmrun -T player start vmplayer.vmx nogui Message from syslogd@v22014041507617905 at Apr 17 09:43:12 ......
View ArticleKeep the virtual machine running while the guest computer is in standby
Hello everybody, I run a virtual XP on a Windows 7 Host PC in vmPlayer.There is an Icon on the Windows 7 which opens an Application on the virtual XP in Unity Mode.Now I want to keep my virtual XP...
View ArticleVMware Player + ESXi + vCenter Server
Hi guys, I've deployed an ESXi5.5 on VMware Player 6.0 Open Source on my DELL XPS (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) .On ESXi I've deployed a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance using a virtual Windows 8, deployed using...
View Articlewindows 7 host and windows server 2008 r2 as vm
Hi all, I am having trouble figuring out if I can do the following:I want to have Windows 7 (x64) running as my host and want to install vmware player on it. I need to create 2 virtual machines, one...
View ArticleCan't run VM of network share: .vmx and .vmdk files get deleted; linux host
Hi! I have encountered a problem, probably a bug, running a virtual machine located on my NAS. When I run the VM it warns me about "no swap space" (true, no swap on host OS) and then fails without...
View ArticleInstalled VM Player 6.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit ok, but error "Unable to...
Last few lines of log file. Any thoughts? 2014-04-18T17:43:25.674+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.2014-04-18T17:43:25.944+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting destination...
View Articlevmware tools will not install
I have vmware player v6 on a windows machineI've installed windows 7 as a virtual machine on a windows machine however I cannot get vmware tools to install - because the install process won't start.In...
View ArticleMouse jurky when going from host to guest OS (VMware Player 6.0.2)
Hello, When I move my mouse from the Host to Guest OS and back the mouse is not smooth. It bounces randomly and it's kinda annoying. I have been using Virtualbox and works smoothly, so I figured...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04 and VMware 6.0.2 USB
I installed VMware 6.02 on an Ubuntu 14.04 (the latest) host and I installed XP w/ SP3 as a VM and the USB is not working properly as my iPod will not be found.Any ideas? ThanksJim
View Article"You do not have permission to enter the license key. Try again using the...
Hello, I purchased a "VMware player plus" license and tried to enter the license key, but got the above message. I have already searched the community discussions, so I tried to run VMware player as...
View ArticleVMware Full version?
Can anyone tell me the difference (apart from size) between the 'full' version of v6.0.2 available from the softwareupdate site, and the much smaller version offered on the normal download site?...
View ArticleVM Player 6.0.2 and Ubuntu 14.04 Unity Mode not Working
HiI have recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 in VM Player in a Win 8.1 Machine. I also installed VM Tools for Linux in Ubuntu and Restarted the VM. But I am not able to enter Unity Mode. This is the error...
View ArticleVMware player 5 wont boot windows XP "Error Loading Operating System"
Hello All, I have an issue with VMware player which i have been using for some time smoothly. I have VMplayer 5.0.2 build-1031769. 2 weeks back it wont boot up my windows XP operating system ( which i...
View ArticleCan I use VM Ware to create a Virtual Machine on my new Windows 8.1 Laptop...
Following my old PC having to be replaced, due to several major items needing replacement, I bought a new laptop with Windows 8.1 installed. I wish to make use of the many programs I had on my old...
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