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VMWare Player 7.1 so unresponsive doing BlacvkBerry 10 testing

Hey. It's as if the mouse doesn't work properly as I click and drag and nothing happens most of the time- is there anyone who has solved this problem? Cheers, appreciate any helpJustin D.

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admin password for Win 2008 server

Hi all,in Vware player I created a Win 2008 server.Now I have lost admin password to login. How can I change Admin password for this Vmware  machine ? There is no floppy drive on host then neither on...

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reboot a Vm on a file

hi all,how can I reboot a Vm on a file on Host machine. Thanks.

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Force Closed a Suspended Guest

Hi, I have a backup Script that saves a lot of specific stuff on my hard drive, including the entire VMPlayer-Guest Folder to a removable drive. This all works fine, but was just noticing that if the...

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OS not found - yet device is Connected

I've installed VMPlayer on a new computer, though VM can't find the OS on any ISO's I provide.  These work fine on my other systems.  Its odd because the ISO drive is CONNECTED and CONNECTED AT POWER...

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vmware player 6.0.5 - ubuntu 14 guest os not starting - no display and high...

recently upgraded VMware player to 6.0.5. a week back I had upgraded Ubuntu from 12 to 14it was working fine but after player upgrade worked few times and subsequently guest os is not bootingwhen it is...

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Graphical Stutter in Linux Guest (E.g., Ubuntu)

How can I eliminate graphics stuttering in a Linux guest? For example, moving a window around in Ubuntu, the animation is smooth for a maybe 500-800ms, and then the animation stutters, repeat....

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VMware on CentOS 7

Good night (yeah, in Brazil is night hehe)When I try to install , appears the next problem: [root@localhost Downloads]# ./VMware-Player-7.1.0-2496824.x86_64.bundleExtracting VMware Installer...done....

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No Player for Mac?

I have used VMWare player for ages in a Windows environment and now am running a MacBook.  I cannot find a download link for the player anywhere. Every search bring me to a trial download of Fusion....

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Player 7.1 - Slow VM functionality when started via scheduled task or batch file

Host: Windows 8.1 64-bit running VMWare Player 7.1Guest: CentOS 7 64-bit I would like to have a CentOS 7 guest VM automatically launch when a Windows user logs in (with the Player console window...

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vmware player internal error

Hello, i have a  problem with running ubuntu in VM player 7. I am running Win7 64bit OS. I am experiencing the following error message: "Error while powering on: Internal error" when i try to power up...

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Installer options /cfgfile

Hi all, Trying to figure out what the /cfgfile can do for me when installing Player. Would it be possible to predefine NAT subnet, DHCP scope, VMnet8 IP address etc.?I know I can manipulate these...

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Problem Compiling vmware-tools in Black Ltoolsab Linuxv-6.5 (64bit)

I have installed Black Lab Linux v-6.5, the latest, in VMware Player v-7.1.0 build2496824, without any errors or warnings, until I installed vmware-tools.  At that point  got the error messages that...

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Unable to Install VMWare tools on first install of VMW Player for Windows

Is there some trick to installing VMWare Tools on VMW Player for Windows.  Have tried in both Player 7.1.1 and 6.0.5. I have downloaded the "darwin" and "windows" versions of tools with versioning that...

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USB 3.0 devices not recognized by WinXP guest in VMware 6.0.5 (32-bit)

I have VMware 6.0.5 (32-bit) installed in Windows 7 Pro (32-bit), and I installed Windows XP Pro (32-bit) as my guest OS.  Despite setting the USB controller compatibility to USB 3.0, and installing my...

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Installing Player 7.0 or 7.1 on Windows 8.1 64-bit hangs

Hi there, Has anyone had an issue with getting Player 7.0 or 7.1 to install on Windows 8.1 64-bit ? The installer hangs at the stage where it's attempting to install 'vcredist_x86.exe' which is the...

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Stop the resolution from changing remotely

I have an application that runs at all times on a Windows 8.1 VM and it's a Metro style app.  Whenever the resolution drops below 1024x768 it closes.  I have a problem with VMWare Player, latest...

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Operating System Not Found

Hi All, Would you mind answering me on the following two questions, although only second one matches discussion title: 1. I have ISO image file on my windows 8.1 desktop. Inside is NOT guest operating...

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Which version Player to use for running VM's created with Workstation 8.0.1...

Hi, I have created a RHEL v6.4 64 Bit OS VM Image on my VMWare Workstation v8.0.1 build-528992 on my Windows 7 64 bit OS laptop (Box-1) and it runs fine when executed on the same laptop. See attached...

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Import XPMode Not working in Vmware Player End of March 2015?

Hi Everyone. I just wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing the behavior that I am suddenly experiencing. For some time now I have been using the Import XPMode function in VMware Player and...

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