Win7 Installation (NOOB to VMware Workstation Player)
After my laptop got hosed with Win10 I revived with a new HD and finally got Win7 installed and am starting from scratch. I then got the computer configured as a dual-boot machine with Linux Mint 17.3...
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Workstation 12 Player - fail to run on windows 10
Hello,I have some strange problem with Workstation 12 Player on my windows 10 pro. I created some empty W7 machine, and runned it twice... then after w10 restart I can't run VMWare Workstation Player...
View ArticleVMware unrecoverable error (svga)
hello, i recently encounter problem when moving to a specific map of a game in workstation 12 which crashes the vmware, here's the log contentthanks in advance
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Serial ports with Player
I am using XP under VM Ware Player using Windows 10. I run a DOS program under XP. The program uses 4 serial ports. If I use DEBUG I can see that 4 ports exist at 40:0 (COM1=3F8, COM2=2F8, COM3=3E8,...
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Virtual Machine networking
All, I am hoping you can assist me as I have a very strange problem. I am running two Windows 7 Virtual computers on a Dell e6540. The one VM is 64 bit the other is a 32 bit OS. They both have 120...
View Articlevmrun -T player start with nogui results in Error: Unknown error
Hi, My configurationCentos 7Kernel version 3.10.0-327.22.2.el7.x86_64VMWare Workstation player version : VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994VIX api: VMware-VIX-1.15.0-2985596.x86_64 I am trying to start a VM...
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Virtual machine monitor failed. Ubuntu 16.04.1 x86_64
Hi all.I am a new VM user. First installation and problems ((Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS x86_64 4.4.0-31-generic new installation on HP Envy laptop.New WM player 12.1.1 added via "sudo...
View ArticleEnable Virtualization on iMac running Linux
Hello, I am running Linux Mint as the main OS on my Intel iMac (2007). The CPU is a Core 2 Duo 7700 x86_64 with Intel VT-x support. I have VMWare Workstation player installed, but when I run a VM I get...
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Workstation 12 Player - Trouble Enabling Bridged Virtual Connection
While trying to setup Kali-Linux-2016-vm-amd64 via Workstation 12 Player on a Windows 7 host PC, I was unable to get a workable connection using the Bridged(Automatic) setting for the Network Adapter....
View ArticleVMware Player - how to disable mouse integration
Dear Community, I am struggling to find the option of disabling mouse input - so I can not just freely switch between host computer and VM as some games on the VM are not liking it apparently. I want...
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Workstation Player 12.1.1 close behavior.
Hello there.It says in user guide (http://pubs.vmware.com/player-12-windows/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/workstation-player-12-windows-user-guide.pdf) that in "preferences" settings I can setup close...
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Vista guest freezes during installation every time
Hi, I'm trying to run an old program that requires a 32 bit system. I've tried about everything including running it in XP mode. I am working with a Windows 7 64 bit host, using VMware workstation...
View ArticleVMware 12 Player unrecoverable error: (vthread-11) Exception...
I'm getting the following error after installing a Windows 7 Machines with the VMware Workstation 12 Player:VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vthread-11) Exception 0xc0000005(access violation) has...
View ArticleVMWare Player 6
I don't know if this is the right forum so I apologise if it's not.I am using VMWare Player 6 (the free version) and am struggling to get the virtual machine to use my wireless connection on the host....
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vmware-tools installation not getting detected
Host: Windows 7 (64 bit)Guest: Ubuntu 16.04.1 (32 bit) The installation of the virtual machine finished and then when it rebooted, I saw a whole bunch of "SQUASHFS" errors about "unable to read stuff...
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In which directory are VmWareTools in Linux (Mint/CentOS) guestOS installed?
In which directory are VmWareTools in a Linux (Mint/CentOS) guestOS installed (assuming I selected in the past all defaults during installation)? How can I find it out if I selected a non-default...
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Force disable time synchronization
How to disable time synchronization?I try THIS and it doest'n work for me. I want the time files only when machine is on, but without synchronization of time.Anyone?
View ArticleVariant on Can't Launch VMWare GUI issue - help requested
I installed VMWare Workstation Player 12.1.0-3272444.x86_64 onto a Linux Mint 17.3 (3.19.0-32-generic Kernel) system. From what I've read, the issue with being unable to launch the initial VMWare GUI...
View ArticleVMWare Player Fails to start when attempting Windows X Upgrade
Hi Guys,Oh how I made a mistake trying to get to win X. Oh well. No use crying over spilled milk. I had a win7 desktop on which I run a win7 VM as my personal desktop so that it could be easily moved...
View ArticleQuestions about VMware and audio
Hello, Sorry for this long message.I plan on using a VM to work exclusively with audio: playing music, editing/converting some audio files, etc.So I have some basic questions: 1) How does the audio...
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