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VM will not boot when Tablet is on battery

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Hi all

 

Got a weird problem here. When my tablet is connected to a power source, VM Player works fine and I am able to start up my VM's and continue as normal. When there is no power source (ie battery is being used), the VM will not power on at all. Even creating a new VM will not power on. An error comes up:

 

Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to.

 

As soon as I plug the power back into my tablet I am able to power on the VM. While my VM is running I can remove the power and the VM continues to run. I can even restart the VM without problem. However on battery power no VM will power on.

 

Its a Windows 8 tablet with a Win7 VM. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks


Reactivation required when using workstation but not player

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Hi,

 

I have an XP mode with my Windows 7 laptop which Ive been having trouble with.

 

I have converted it to VM using Vmware converter and then opening it in player.

I had trouble with activation but using XPMode = True in the VMX file did the trick.

 

The problem is, I would like extra features so I installed a version of VMWare workstation we bought a while back (Version 6.5) expecting to be able to use this. Unfortunately, when I open the VM in this package, windows asks me for activation again. XPMode = True is still present in the VMX file but it appears to ignore it.

 

If I uninstall and go back to player (V5.0.2) the same VM opens without issue and doesnt require activation.

 

Is there something in the package which makes it think it has different hardware? if so how do i get around it?

I tried actvating over the internet but it didnt work.


Thanks

Display Resolution Keeps Changing in Win 8 Guests

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My host system is Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit, running on a Dell Vostro 460 Tower with an AMD Radeon HD 6670 video display adapter.  I currently have 2 VMPlayer guests (version: 5.0.2 build-1031769) running Windows 8 Professional. Overall, everything seems to be running fairly smoothly and reliably.  Other than running the VM's, the host system is connected to the TV as a 2nd monitor and runs services like Hulu and Netflix.  The VM's will be used as personal desktops for me and my partner. It's possible that an additional VM will be added later running Ubuntu, but that's down the road.  The computer has 12G of memory. Each VM is currently allocated 4G.

 

Here's the problem:

 

The display resolution for the host is 1366 x 768. Each VM defaults to 1350 x 656.  Frequently when I try to open applications inside the VM's, I get an error message stating that the resolution is too low. So I change the resolution to 1366 x 768, and everything seems to work fine. Later, I receive the same message again and when I check, the resolution has changed back to 1350 x 656. I can change it back to the higher resolution, go in periodicallyand check it and it is still at the higher resolution.  Then suddenly I check it and it's dropped back to the lower resolution.

 

The connection to the regular monitor is VGA and to the TV it is HDMI. I tried swapping the 2nd monitor back and forth, and the VM resolution remains at the higher resolution, so the problem does not appear to be caused by that.

 

Anyone have an idea why the Windows 8 resolutions automatically (and seemingly randomly) switch back to the lower resolution?

 

I really don't understand the interactions between the VM display adapters and the hardware adapter in the computer, but would like to. And I'm willing to do most anything to obtain the highest resolution possible in all environments, as long as I can create stables environments.

Wireless Keyboard does not work with VMware installed

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Hello,

I installed VMware player the other day on my PC and noticed that my keyboard wasn't working, I mean, only the media keys works (Volume Keys and mute button). I tried to uninstalling VMware, now the keyboard was working fine again until I installed VMware again. This happens even when I dont open VMware at all.

 

I have tried to google for my problem but it did not give any answer that could have helped me. Any help can be really appreciated.

 

OS: Windows 8 Pro

Keyboard: Logitech MK320 Wireless Keyboard. (Mouse from this set works fine too)

 

Thank you,

Shantanu

Windows 98 Image

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I have a windows 98 PC that I need to create a virtual machine from.

 

I used CloneZilla to create an image and then restored that image into a blank VM in Player.

 

I am able to boot the VM now, but that is where the fun stops. I am plagued by an inability to get the drivers functional.

 

When I first boot, windows detects a bunch of new hardware and starts installing drivers, and eventually tells me I need to reboot. If I allow the VM to reboot, then it comes back to the windows 98 loading screen, and just hangs there forever.

 

So then I reset the VM, and boot into safe mode, and that works- windows 98 loads into safe mode and I can do some stuff, but not much.

 

The only way that I have found from this point to be able to boot again without safe mode is to delete a certain key from the registry.

 

The key in question is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ENUMS/ROOT/*PNP0C08

 

The device associated with this key is "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS".

 

If I delete this key and reboot, I can get back into windows without safe mode, but I'm essentially back at square one. None of my drivers are installed, I go through the add hardware wizard it picks up a dozen or more devices (one of which is the ACPI) installs them and then says I need to reboot. If I reboot, I go back to the situation where it just spins forever on the windows 98 loading screen.

 

Basically it seems that this APCI issue is preventing all other drivers from getting installed. That means I can't insert a floppy, I can't load a CD/DVD I can't connect to the internet or network, I can't install the integration features, I basically can't do anything of any use.

 

I've tried coming at this from various angles, but none of them really get me anywhere except back to square one- no drivers installed, and if I install anything and reboot, then windows just hangs at the loading screen. I've tried incremental loading, always fails immediately after l allow it to load vserver.vxd. I've tried using logging, then resetting, rebooting in safe mode and reviewing the log. In this case the log is filled with a bunch of font load failures, but that's about all I can see that is abnormal. The fonts do not fail if I remove that registry key and reboot again with logging enabled, so I have no idea how that factors into this issue, or if it even does.

 

There has just GOT to be some way for me to clone a functional windows 98 machine into a virtual machine, and I'm hoping that someone here has the know-how to get me pointed in the right direction.

Can't install OVF Tool. Player 3.1.6

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Hi guys.

 

I'm having some issues with VMware Player 3.1.6

 

First of all, this system is a tad old. It's a P4 so not 64-bit, hence only VMWare 3.1.6 or lower will work.

 

I'm on Linux Mint (13). I managed to install 3.1.6 and compile the kernel modules with Weltall's patch for the 3.2 kernel.

 

Then I got blocked. I've a VirtualBox VM which I already packed to OVA. I downloaded the latest OVF Tool and when I run the install script I get:

 

Component vmware-player 3.1.6 has unsatisfied dependency: vmware-ovftool=1.0.0

 

You don't say? Of course I don't have it! I'm trying to install it!

 

I've tried unsuccessfully to download version 1.0 with hopes of fixing the "unsatisfied dependency" but it's no longer avaiable in the download section of VMware's server.

 

Any help is appreciated.

VMPlayer Can't detect scanner for All-in-one printer?

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Hi.  I'm running Linux Mint 14 in VMPlayer on a Win7 AMD hex core desktop.  The set up uses a Canon MG5320 all-in-one printer on a wireless network.

 

Symptom:  When attempting to use scanning software in Linux, I get an error that no scanner is found.

 

Observations:  I know the printer is connected and can print from VMPlayer.  I have successfully used the scanning software in a Win7 laptop that dual boots in to Linux Mint 14.  Therefore the only difference is running Linux Mint in VMPlayer.

 

How do I get the scanner functionality of my all-in-one printer working with VMPlayer?

 

Tnx in advance for any helpful guidance.

When connected via rdp to host os, vmtools steals entire rdp session focus

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Hi,

 

I use RDP to connect to a win xp host os, upon which resides a ubuntu 12.04 vm (I'm using vmware player version 5 with the most recent vmtools). If I start the vm, then auth via cli and enter 'startx' to lauch the window manager I can no longer click on anything inside the vm, or outside the vm in the host os. CTRL+ALT does enable the mouse to move outside the vm but as soon as I left click the focus and pointer snaps back into the vm.

 

Closing the RDP session and reconnecting doesn't resolve it. I'm effectively locked out of the host os.

 

Any ideas how to resolve this?

 

Thanks,

Chris


Getting M-Audio Sound Card to Work

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Hi All

 

I am running a Windows 7 Pro 32-bit virtual machine via VMWare Player.

 

My parent PC (running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) has two soundcards installed - the built-in Intel HD audio device and a PCI M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card.

 

When I go to "Virtual Machine Settings" and "Sound Card" it lets me specify host sound card "Multichannel M-Audio Delta..", however once inside the virtual machine the sound card is registered (looking at Device Manager) as "High Definition Audio Device" and is using the same driver as my built-in soundcard on the parent PC.

 

Indeed, when I launch Cubase and open one of my songs it comes up with a dialog box showing "M-Audio Delta ASIO.. unmapped" and the only options for me to map those to are a couple of "Microphone (High Definition)" options.

 

I have installed the drivers from the M-Audio website but the M-Audio control panel shows no devices.

 

Any ideas how I can get it to work?

 

Thanks

Spencer

No IP communication in Bridge mode

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Guys,

I have a Windows 7 laptop host with VMware Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 installed and I am finding that I am unable to get any IP communication external of the laptop from my virtual appliances. If I put the VM in NAT mode I can get out to the internet etc but once I am in Bridge mode I can only talk to the W7 host IP. I know this is going to probably be a Windows related issue but I have no idea as to how to resolve this.

I uninstalled and installed again so as to recreate the network interfaces but gt the same result. Any suggestions?

Two NICS on Host

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I have a host windows xp machine and it has two nics. One is used to connect to the internet, and the other is used to connect to a private Novell network.

 

What is the best way to setup my Windowx98SE VM so that it can use both of these connections?

 

If I setup a single network adapter on my VM and use NAT, I can connect to the internet but not Novell.

 

If I setup a single network adapter on my VM and use Bridged, I can connect to my Novell network, but not the internet.

 

If I setup two network adapters on the VM and set one to NAT and one to Bridged, I can connect to Novell, but not the internet.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

Josh

Backtrack 5 R2 running on Windows 7 using vmware player

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I am having an issue with the vmware player. I have downloaded the iso image and created my virtual machine. Once I start the vmware player the OS doesn't boot up. It just missing OS. Any ideas of what I am doing wrong. Thanks

After intalling OpenSuse and Fedora with EasyInstall I get no Loginscreen

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Hi,

 

I have installed both OpenSuse and Fedora with EasyInstall. But both have the same problem:

The Installation is complete, Linux boots up and the GUI starts but just see the wallpaper and nothing else.

 

Is this a known issue?

 

Regards

Add Removable Devices

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Hi! I'm running XPSP3 with the latest version of VMWare Player (just upgraded) under Win7 64bit.

It's great butI need to have my Epson perfection USB scanner running and

VMWARE only sees two USB printers and my Logitech Quick cam.

 

Is there a way to tell it to connect to the USB scanner rather than the USB quickcam?

How does it decide which devices to include and exclude?

 

Thank you

 

BTW I do have an AMD processor and I checked all the suggestions from that thread

but none apply. None of those entries are in my registry.

Restore Virtual Machine after HDD Format

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Hello to all.

 

 

    Well I was stupid enough to format my second HDD where I had all my Virtual Machine data.

 

   I have a Windows PC with:

 

   - 1 SD 80 GB for OS and programs

   - 1 HDD 500 GB for data

 

  I installed VMWPlayer over my SD and then I created an Ubuntu VM with its data in my HDD. I was working since Thursday in some project and today I was almost finishing it, but then I had to save some data in my windows OS and accidentally formatted my HDD instead my USB pendrive so I lost all my information.

 

   At this time I've ran an unformat sw and aparently it found what it seems to be my VM data, but then I don't know what to do to restore my VM to its previous state, I don't really know where my VM data is, I can see a VMWare folder where I know I chose to save my Virtual Machine information but what do I have to do to get back to life my work if possible is what I don't know it.

 

  Can anyone throw my a line here please. When I try to open my VM, VMWare says

 

 

Unable to fin the virtual machine

E:\Users\Roger\My Documents\Virtual Machines\Ubuntu 12.04\Ubuntu 12.04.vmx

 

I had previosuly move my User folder to my HDD instead of the SD (C:) where the OS is installed.

 

Thank you so much


Size of VMware Player folders

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I am running a few Linux distros on VMware Player on a Windows 7 host. I noticed that the VMware folders are always a LOT bigger than the installed systems.

 

I have e.g. a Linux Mint system that is 5.7GB. Add to that a 2GB paging partition then Mint takes 7.7GBs. But the VMware folder is over 14GB.

 

There are six .vmd files of nearly 2GB and another five smaller ones. For what are all those .vmd files needed if my operating system takes only 7.7GBs.

100% CPU load spike when starting a VM

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I've been experiencing this issue since I updated to VMWare Player 5.0.

 

Whenever I start a virtual machine, my CPU gets loaded to 100% (only 2 of 4 cores are for the VM) for 2-5 seconds, sound (mainboard) and mouse struggle with the lag spike (according to my mouse I have ca 0.5FPS on the desktop). After that the load disappears and everything's fine.

 

I tried that with following VMs: Windows XP, Ubuntu, Android. All of them have this.

 

Here is the log from my latest Ubuntu startup: http://pastebin.com/RnxtG2id (take a look at line 1077, it's exactly the time point the load spike starts)

 

Thank you in advance.

Alternative way to load VMware tools to guest?

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Hello,

 

I installed VMware 5.0.2 and have windows XP as guest and Win7 as host. Problem is that I do not have Administrator access and I'm therefor not allowed to upload VMware tools when running my VM maskin.

I want to ask if there is someone here who can tell me where I find a VMware tools .exe file as I can start that via "elevated installer" program?

This file I have to install in the guest and then execute, right??

Windows XP SP3 does not boot after Update

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Setup:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Host OS

VMPlayer 4.0.0 (then upgraded to VMPlayer 5.0.2)

Windows XP SP3

 

I have tried several times to install a fresh Windows XP installation and have not been successful after Windows Update runs and installs 122 updates for XP SP3.

 

I have done the following:

Installed VMPlayer 4.0.0 (it was an older installation)

Used the Windows XP SP3 DVD to install windows as the guest OS.

Prior to doing any updates, I was able to reboot the XP guest OS at least a few times.

Then Windows Update was run and installed 122 updates.

After rebooting, Windows will boot to the logo with the "progress" bar working.

Before long the "progress" bar will stop and the VMPlayer process will be running at 100% of the CPU on the Host OS.

Thinking that there was just a long process going, I left it for several hours with no luck.

 

I was then able to reboot Windows XP into Safe Mode and turn off many of the startup services. (I did not turn off some of the services that I thought were necessary to run).

After rebooting, the Windows Logo screen would complete, and the screen would go blank and the VMPlayer process would get stuck at 100% of the CPU.

 

This is when I noticed that I was running VMPlayer 4.0.0 and decided to upgrade to 5.0.2.  The blank screen still occured.

 

Any ideas on why this is happening and what else I can remove from the startup to get to a running XP SP3?

Will VMWare file work on any PC

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I have to do a rather complex installation and need a sandboxed environment to run a compiler and some other applications on a separate installation PC.

I have a VMWare license on my personal PC, but need to bring this virtual environment with me on a USB disk.

 

What is the best way of doing this?

 

I plan to create my virtual environment on the VMWare license I have on my PC.

Bring the virtual environment VMWare file on the USB disk.

Run a version of the VMWare Player on the installation PC.

 

I don't know the installation PC, will the VMWare file always be compatible?

 

Is this doable?

 

-cpede

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