Hi there, im running a vm image from another computer, the problem is that it is only set to 1 core, and with only 1 program running on that guest it has 100% CPU all the time.
My processor has 3 cores, but i cant change them in vmware, does anybody know how i can assigne more CPU power to that image (Windows 2003) ?
Player Version 5, hosted under Vista, running WinXP SP3
I have a MySQL database running on the Vista Host that I want to connect to from the virtual OS using ODBC.
I can connect to a database running on an external server on the local network, but I cannot find a way to connect to the database on the host machine.
Any suggestions will be welcome.
=Pat
Hi there,
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and VMWare Player 5.
I noticed that I cannot open multiple instances of the Player so I can open only one VM at a time.
What do I do wrong 
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Thanks
Adrian
Hi!
I've updated my vmware player 4 to version 5.
But now the pc speaker doesn't work when a program in my virtual machine try to use it.
The normal sound works.
The pc speaker in my host operating system is okay too.
My configuration:
Windows 7 enterprise x64 SP1
onboard sound Realtek HD Audio
Vmware Player 5.0 build 812388
virtual operating system: Windows XP Prof. SP3
(sorry my englisch isn't the best - i'm from Germany)
I have troubles launching a virtual machine when another virtual machine is open.
The second player is slowing down my computer and makes it stuck from time to time, my processor is overloaded.
host: win7 64
guests: windows xp, server2003
I upgraded from Slackware64 13.37 to current (pretty close to the new version 14.0 - kernel 3.2.29) and installed vmplayer 5.0.0 build-812388.
The installation of vmplayer was only possible with the '--ignore-errors' option, like the previous version.
When I try to play any of my .vmx images, I always get a 'The virtual machine is busy.' error.
In the windows client, vmplayer creates a 'lck' directory with a '.lck' lock file in there.
Removing this file doesn't solve the issue. If I don't remove this file and try to run the virtual machine again, vmplayer exits.
When running from command line, I get this:
$ vmplayer Windows_7.vmx
Logging to /tmp/vmware-lupe/vmware-modconfig-24735.log
filename: /lib/modules/3.2.29/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
depends:
vermagic: 3.2.29 SMP mod_unload
Aborted
The log file mentioned above:
2012-09-26T16:53:01.299Z| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=24735 version=9.0.0 build=build-812388 option=Release
2012-09-26T16:53:01.299Z| vthread-3| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.299Z| vthread-3| I120: Host codepage=ISO-8859-1 encoding=ISO-8859-1
2012-09-26T16:53:01.299Z| vthread-3| I120: Host is Linux 3.2.29 Slackware 14.0
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/home/lupe/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2012-09-26T16:53:01.298Z| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /home/lupe/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.299Z| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-lupe/vmware-modconfig-24735.log
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmnet module.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmblock module.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmci module.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vsock module.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Created new pathsHash.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.307Z| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".
2012-09-26T16:53:01.309Z| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.309Z| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2012-09-26T16:53:01.311Z| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.311Z| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmblock".
2012-09-26T16:53:01.312Z| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.312Z| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".
2012-09-26T16:53:01.314Z| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2012-09-26T16:53:01.314Z| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".
2012-09-26T16:53:01.315Z| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
It complains about a settings and a config file missing but is loading default values.
I don't see anything more that show some kind of error.
How can I solve this?
I am running VM Player 3.0 on a WinXP SP3 host with Ubuntu 11.10 guest. Open VM tools are installed. Most everything works (clipboard, folder sharing, etc.) except drag and drop to guest. I can both drag/drop and copy/paste a file from guest to host. I cannot drag and drop a file host to guest but I can copy/paste a file host to guest.
The message I get when attempting a D&D is "Error while copying. Error stating file '//tmp/VMwareDnD/<directory>/<filename>': No such file or directory"
However, /tmp/VMwareDnD/<directory> does exist.
The only potentially related error message is in my .xsession-errors file:
"vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev"
The directory /proc/fs/vmblock contains /mountPoint and a 0 byte file named dev.
The host's .log file records this on a failed D&D:
Apr 20 11:10:25.732: vmx| [Vmdb_Set] Stale data for path: /vm/#_VMX/mks/grabState/new/ (current value '_UNSET_' -> new value '../req/#23e/') [104->103]
Apr 20 11:10:29.061: mks| Setting thread 40 stack size to 1048576.
My .vmx includes the line " isolation.tools.dnd.disable = "FALSE" "
Thanks for any help.
Hello,
i am running vista x64 on my laptop and recently downloaded vmplayer and created a win7 x64 virtual machine. The os runs fine but i require WDDM 1.1 drivers for my gfx card. The physical device is an ATI mobility radeon hd 3650 and on vista it does not support WDDM 1.1 (that's why i'm trying win7). If i run dxdiag inside the virtual machine it tells me the driver is WDDM 1.0. Is there any way to update these drivers to WDDM 1.1? My goal is to run windows phone emulator from vs2010 express (which requires a WDDM 1.1 gfx card for certain kind of apps).
Thanks in advance,
DM
I tried to install version 5.0.0-812388 today and got the Blue Screen of Death. I have Windows 7 Home Premium SP1. I've determined that it has something to do with the uninstall of the previous version. I did an uninstall manually and after it asks you to reboot I get to a login screen and the the speakers start to hum and then it goes to the BSOD. I've attached the screen below.
I had to use the latest restore point to get my computer up and running again. How can I get around this so I can load the new player?
Best regards,
Harold
I shared a path on my laptop (which is joined to a domain), and, having configured a bridged network connection, replicating physical connection state betweent the host and the guest, and, joining the virtual machine to the domain, I tried accessing the share, however, I am getting an error indicating network access issues.
Could these have been set by the domain administrator?
I suddenly can't start my virtual machine. Getting this error:
Jul 30 22:25:48.177: vmx| Log for VMware Player pid=9004 version=2.5.2 build=build-156735 option=Release
Jul 30 22:25:48.177: vmx| Host codepage=windows-1252 encoding=windows-1252
Can't start VM. Getting: Could not create anonymous paging file
Jul 30 22:25:49.121: vmx| Msg_Post: Error
Jul 30 22:25:49.121: vmx| http://msg.mainMemWin32.createFileAnon Could not create anonymous paging file for 1024 MB: The paging file is too small for this operation to complete.
Jul 30 22:25:49.121: vmx| http://msg.mainMem.pagefileAllocFailed Failed to allocate main memory.
Jul 30 22:25:49.121: vmx| http://msg.moduletable.powerOnFailed Module MainMem power on failed.
I've tried removing files except vmdx and vmx, but same error occurs. Anybody know what I'm facing?
I'm running VMware Player V5.0 on a 64 bit Windows 7 platform. Is it possible to boot from a USB drive for OS install? When I power up the virtual machine it tries to boot from the network before I can set the keyboard focus to the virtual machine.
Took me a lot of work to configure v.4 properly. Do I have to start from scratch if upgrading to v.5? How about my virtual machines? Will they remain unimpaired?
Regards
Hubert
I have a customer who has installed VMWare Player (latest version) on his Windows 7 laptop computer. I assisted him in creating a Windows XP (32-bit) virtual machine that we imported from Windows XP Mode by using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone edition. The import worked fine. The virtual machine runs perfectly.
However, when I attempt to defragment the virtual disk by using the VMWare Player hard drive utility, I get an insufficient permission error and the procedure fails. I have made sure that he has administrator/full control permissions on all of the files in the VMWare Virtual Machines folder which is located inside his documents folder. I have tried running VMWare Player as administrator. I can find no reason why he should be getting this error. I have searched online for a solution and have found little information to shed any light on it and nothing that has worked.
Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Hi guys, everytime I closed my VMware Player my home screen (list of available virtual machines created or opened) was empy like if I haven't played anyone. I need to click Create and search for the hard drive everytime.
Does anyone know a solution please?
And another question... My top buttons ( File, VM and Help) Are in white and I can't see it. I took a screen about this two problems. Thanks for reading 
I have VMware player 5.0.0 build-812388 running on Ubuntu 11.10 (kernel 3.0.0-26-generic). I use it to run a Windows XP Professional SP3 guest.
I used to have VMware tools installed on this guest, but after a recent upgrade (I'm not sure which one), I noticed that I was getting warning dialogs about my graphics configuration. I uninstalled VMware tools (via Add/Remove Programs) and reinstalled it (via the player's Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools...), but it doesn't seem to be installed. There's no VMware Tools applet in the control panel, and no icon in the tray. I've tried various combinations of uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling, repairing, etc, but it's still missing.
How can I cleanly install VMware Tools on this virtual machine again?
Using VMware Player V3. Tried to restart XP Professional and it locked up at the startup screen and I've sent "ctrl-alt-delete" but nothing happens. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello all I read alot of the other posts but I havent seem to find a solution so if anyone can help me I would be very grateful.
I am running win 8 RP Build 8400, this install was done on top of win XP. there does not appear to be any connections to the internet I have tried both bridged and NAT, after looking in the device manager there are no drivers for the ethernet controller. any help here would be hot.
I am a developer working for a company and have been using VMWare Player 3 for a while. I use it to spin up a development enviroment that I use to build applications and test them locally. These applications are then moved to production servers where they are used by our customers. I now wanted to upgrade to VMWare Player 5 and see there is now a VMWare Fusion license tied to it, which I do not own. Do I need a license for VMWare Player 5 now even though I am not redistributing the player or using it to run applications in our production environment?
Thanks.
Good morning community,
my question is: Am i allowed to use VMWare Player for free in a german police headquater or ist these also a "commercial use"?
Thanks for your answers
Hans
