VMWare Player Plus 6 (Failure to print more than one page

July 8, 2014, 6:50 am

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VM Product:                VMware Player Plus 6

Printer:                        Dell 1350CNW (Using Ethernet)

Host OS:                    Ubuntu 13.10

Guest OS:                   Windows 2000 Professional

Printer Driver:               TPVM (Thin Print Port for VMWare

 

Configured virtualised system for a customer and everything works fine apart from the fact that printing from the VM to the printer only ever prints a single page.

 

If I print from Ubuntu printing works fine for multiple pages.

 

Has anyone encountered this problem?

 

Is there a fix?

 

Many Thanks in Advance for any help or support received.

 

Andrés

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July 8, 2014, 10:02 am

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Hi folks,

 

I need help with this issue, I've been googling for days and can't seem to find anything relating to it (as seems to be the case with a lot of win98 issues). going a bit crazy.

 

I am running Windows 98SE under VMWare Player and have my joystick plugged into a USB 3.0 plug (set as 2.0).

When I run the Sidewinder install CD, during the step where it asks me to plug the joystick into a USB I get an error message: "Setup is unable to detect whether the controller is connected"

I follow the setup instructions, install the win98 drivers, everything but I always get the message and then It also doesn't appear in Gaming Options in the Controllers tab.

 

It does appear in Device Manager under Sound, video and Game Controllers but with a Yellow bang. I've tried updating drivers but it tells me I have the most appropriate ones.

I've tried manually adding the joystick in Gaming Options and I get the message that it's 'finished installing the software necessary to support the new hardware" but it still doesn't show in the list.

 

I'm at a loss.

 

Any ideas?

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July 8, 2014, 10:35 am

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Hi.

 

I had an old notebook DELL Latitude d810, with Windows XP Professional on it. The Notebook is totaly death by now, but i have an .TIB image, made before the fail. I have done the convertion to a VHD image using Acronis TI, also the convertion to .vmdk with Starwind V2V converter. I can configurate the new VM, but in the Windows start process, it shows a blue screen with the "STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF8A87528,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)" error.

 

Please help me, i need to run this.

 

Sorry my english, is not so good.

Windows Server 2012 and VMWare Player problems.

July 8, 2014, 8:08 am

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Hi,

I have a physical machine running Windows Server 2012 (64 bit).

I used VMware Converter 5.5.2 (the latest version afaik) to make a p2v of the machine.

Everything worked without problems.

Then, when I try to play the resulted virtual machine using VMWare Player 6.0.3, (almost) nothing happens: a black screen appears for some seconds and then the player returns to the virtual machines selection screen. Only a little box appears in the low-right corner of the player windows: it says that "no 3D support is available from the host" (if I'm not wrong, a standard message that always appears when a virtual machine runs for the fist time).

 

My question:

is there any limitation running a 2012 Server virtualized machine on VMWare Player?

Do I have to buy a license of the Plus version?

If not, what's the problem?

 

I tried to run a virtualized Windows Server 2003 (32bit) using the same tools on the same host and everything works fine.

 

The source machine is a Xeon X3430, 12Gb RAM, 2 partitions of 50Gb and 786Gb.

I tweaked the resulting vmx to set 8Gb of RAM and disconnecting all the ethernet interfaces.

 

The host machine is a Core i3-3220, 16Gb RAM and 4Tb disk space running Windows 7 64-bit.

 

Thanks in advance.

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Hello everyone,

 

I uninstalled vmwareplayer some days ago. Last week, I tried to install vmwareplayer 5.0.2 but the installation failed with this message:

"The MSI C:\users\A\Appdata\local\temp\vmwareplayer_x64.msi failed".

 

I tried to install an older version of vmware player and workstation but the problem still the same.

I runed as a local administrator and have deleted the %TEMP% directory and CCleaner before each test.

My MSIEXEC version is 5.0.7601.17514

 

In the vmsetup.20130603204822.log I can see:

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20130603204834:INFO    CMSIHelper::InitMsiParameters: MSI Parameters: DATACOLLECTION="1" REMOVE="" COMPONENTDOWNLOAD="1" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE="1" DESKTOP_SHORTCUT="1" QUICKLAUNCH_SHORTCUT="1" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\" ADDLOCAL="ALL" STARTMENU_SHORTCUT="1"

20130603204834:INFO    CMSIHelper::InitMsiLogging: Successfully enabled logging to file C:\Users\A\AppData\Local\Temp\vmsetup.20130603204822.vmwareplayer_x64.msi.install.log, with mode 7967

20130603204834:INFO    CInstallMSIOperation::Execute: Preparing to install VMwarePlayer_x64.msi, options: uninstall_on_rollback: 1, use_internal_ui: 0, parameters: DATACOLLECTION="1" REMOVE="" COMPONENTDOWNLOAD="1" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE="1" DESKTOP_SHORTCUT="1" QUICKLAUNCH_SHORTCUT="1" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\" ADDLOCAL="ALL" STARTMENU_SHORTCUT="1"

20130603204850:INFO    CInstallMSIOperation::Execute: Finished installing msi [1603]

20130603204850:ERROR** CBootstrapCmd::RunOperation: Operation 'InstallMSI' failed!

20130603204850:INFO    wWinMain:Checking exceptions [26]

20130603204850:INFO    wWinMain:Handle error

20130603204850:INFO    HandleError: Handling error: [26] lang [1033]

20130603204850:ERROR** HandleError: Encountered fatal error id: 26

20130603204850:ERROR** HandleError:   Message: [The MSI 'C:\Users\A\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1370285302\vmwareplayer_x64.msi' failed.]

20130603204850:ERROR** DisplayErrorMain: Displaying error message

20130603204850:ERROR** DisplayError  Error [The MSI 'C:\Users\A\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1370285302\vmwareplayer_x64.msi' failed.]

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It looks like the .msi has a problem.

 

Can someone help me to solve this problem ?

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July 11, 2014, 5:56 am

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Many a times i see my virtual machine processor gets 100% and hangs load but in my host machine it barely reaches 20% to 25% at the time. Please give me suggestion

My host machine Hardware

Intel Core i5 3210M

8GM RAM

Harddisk HDD 5400 RPM 750 GB

 

Virtual Machine

2GB RAM

2 Processor

 

Vmware player 5.0.2

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July 12, 2014, 5:03 am

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My PC becomes almost unusable when VMware Player is writing its save-state to .vmem file. VMware Player is delegating the task to C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe process. When looking in Task Manager, I see that CPU usage is just 5..10% and memory usage is ~40%, which is normal for me. When I open Resource Monitor, I see that ntoskrnl.exe is writing intensively to the VMware .vmem file. As soon as disk writing stops, my PC immediately snaps back to normal.

I have scanned the disk for errors and performance issues with HDTune, I have tested the RAM with memtest. Everything is normal, no errors, drive performance is about 110MB/sec. I have antivirus (Avira Free) and I'm sure that ntoskrnl.exe is legitimate Windows process. Except for this issue, my PC has been running rock stable for three years.

Why writing to a hard drive which is not my OS drive affects the overall performance of a PC so much and what can I do to fix the issue? Also I don't understand, why does suspending to .vmem file take so long?

My virtual machine has Windows 8 as guest OS. It has 4GB of RAM. After I suspend the VM, my host PC is lagging for about 10-15 minutes which seems too much time to just write 4GB of memory state to the .vmem file. I tried also VirtualBox VM with the same guest OS and RAM 4GB and it suspends much faster and doesn't lag my PC after that. Also if I myself move files in Windows Explorer on the same drive, there is no such issue. Thus it seems VMware Player or ntoskrnl.exe is doing something too aggressive.

Here are the specs of my host PC:

CPU: Intel i3 2120 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67A-USB3-B3 
RAM: 8GB 
Hard disks: 
OS and system disk - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120 GB, connected to internal SATA3 port 
Data disk (which causes the slowdowns): Seagate ST31000528AS 1000 GB, connected to internal SATA3 port 
OS: Windows 7 64 bit Professional with SP1, updated regularly

Guest doesn't recognize file changes

July 14, 2014, 12:14 am

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I have an Ubuntu 14.04 Host and a Win2k8 Guest.  I have my source code (html) files on the host and share them to the guest via Samba.  If I make small file edits to the file on the host, the guest does not recognize the file changes (i.e. I browse to the edited html page in chrome and changes aren't visible). Now, if I navigate to the file on the guest via Windows Explorer, and open the file I see the changes. I can then close the file without saving and on the Guest, refresh the browser and the changes are visible.  I've notice that this happens usually when making small changes within the same minute.  For instance if I make a change at 11:59pm, check in the browser to see the change it will not be visible (nor will any subsequent changes saved at 11:59), but if at 12:00am I save the file again on the Host the Guest will finally recognize the changes.

 

This has become very, very frustrating as I'm never sure if the code changes I've made are not working or just haven't been recognized by the guest.  I would hate to have to edit the files directly in the guest, but at this point this may be my only option.

 

FWIW, I tried using shared folders, but that didn't work very well with IIS on the guest because I couldn't ever get the permissions worked out correctly.  If anyone has any suggest, I'd be very happy to try them.

 

I am running VMWare Player 6.0.3 build 1895310 and have "downgraded" the VM Tools to version 9.6.2 build 1688356 per this thread ( vmghfs file corruption when file written by eclipse ) thinking my issue may be related to the bug described there.  I've also experienced the changes not recognized problem on the latest VM tools.

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July 15, 2014, 1:01 pm

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HI,

       I am using Dell Inspiron 15. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in VMware Workstation 10. I am unable to scroll documents using Touchpad.

In Mouse and touchpad in setting it is not detecting touchpad here is the screenshot. Please tell me how to connect touch pad or other way to enable scrolling in my virtual machine

Thank you,

Prasanth

Iso de tools

July 15, 2014, 2:30 pm

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Bonjour à toutes et tous,

savez-vous comment rapatrier les tools de vmware player6 sous forme d'ISO, pour les différentes plates-formes (microsoft, linux, etc...)

Merci beaucoup.

Cordialement.

 

Saladier

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I was running VWware Fusion 4.1.4 with Windows Vista. It was woking fine (albeit slowly), but recently I have been getting a black screen when I try to sign in. I was using it to run Quicken 2010, but can no longer see the startup icon. I have not been able to access my Quicken data. I am getting really fed up with VMware Fusion and would like to get it up and running so that I can retrieve my data and make the switch to Quicken Essentials for Mac. Please help!!!

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Hi , 

 

  having used Workstation V6.5.2 for quite some time on my Windows 7 enterprise laptop I have noticed recently (as of this week) that it seems to be broken.  I get an authorization service not running error which is correct because

that service is indeed not running  However starting it is not possible because I get an error "the dependency service does not exist or has been marked as deletion .(1075)". 

After having installed and reinstalled many times (and consultation of internet content) I have given up on this.

  I downloaded VMWare player (both 5 and 6 versions) instead but both of these refuse to install because they generate an msi installation failure.   

Could someone give directions how to get out of this total mess ? 

 

Thanks

 

Peter

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Running VMware Player 6.0.3 Build 1895310 on Win7 Pro 64 bit with Core i3, 8GB RAM.

Have 3 virtual machines - Windows 2000 Pro, SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 and Windows 8

Cannot leave any virtual machine running without activity for more than a few hours without getting errors.

Often starting a suspended a virtual machine gives error.

Have to follow these instructions to get going again [Powering on a virtual machine in Workstation fails with the error: VMWare Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmx)(2032746)]

Here is the tail of lastest log file.

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2014-07-17T00:56:09.969+10:00| vthread-7| I120: Msg_Post: Error

2014-07-17T00:56:09.969+10:00| vthread-7| I120: [msg.log.error.unrecoverable] VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vthread-7)

2014-07-17T00:56:09.969+10:00| vthread-7| I120+ NOT_IMPLEMENTED d:/build/ob/bora-1895310/bora/lib/pollDefault/pollDefault.c:3886

2014-07-17T00:56:09.970+10:00| vthread-7| I120: [msg.panic.haveLog] A log file is available in "C:\Users\johna\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware-johna\vmware-vmplayer-3884.log". 

2014-07-17T00:56:09.970+10:00| vthread-7| I120: [msg.panic.requestSupport.withoutLog] You can request support. 

2014-07-17T00:56:09.970+10:00| vthread-7| I120: [msg.panic.requestSupport.vmSupport.vmx86]

2014-07-17T00:56:09.970+10:00| vthread-7| I120+ To collect data to submit to VMware technical support, run "vm-support".

2014-07-17T00:56:09.970+10:00| vthread-7| I120: [msg.panic.response] We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

2014-07-17T00:56:09.970+10:00| vthread-7| I120: ----------------------------------------

2014-07-17T09:20:09.061+10:00| vthread-7| I120: Exiting

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Any ideas on what might be causing these errors?

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July 16, 2014, 6:23 pm

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I'm new to the program so excuse me if this is posted wrong or anything(there's no search button, unless there's a different lingo for search here)^^;

 

So I got a couple of problems. I have a logitech G35 headset and I can't hear sound through the virtual machine, and the virtual machine doesn't detect anything. The VMtools I've installed doesn't detect that I have it plugged it.

 

Also, how would I go about connecting to the internet using Windows 98 Virtual Machine? I got a Netgear Rangemax wireless adapter..and obviously Windows 98 doesn't have anything wireless XD

 

So some help would be appreciated. Thank you very much.

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Hello:

 

I am emulatiing Win8.1 Pro and did not Windows 8.1 in VMware Player Disk type popdown specs.

Thanks for fixing this soon, or I won't be able to boot into a Recovery DVD either made in Win 8.1.

 

Regards, Donald

 

FYI:

 

HOST: Win 7x64

GUEST: Win 8.1 Pro x64

RAM: (HOST): 16GB

GUEST:  4 GB

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Hi, I am running Player on a x64 laptop and want to buy win 7 Home to be the Guest.

 

Do I need to get the x64 or the x86 version of win7? Either x64/x86 will be fine for my needs once installed and running.

 

Thanks

 

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I've recently been using an Antergos vm running in VirtualBox, but for multiple reasons decided to switch over to VMware Player. The first thing I tried was to export the vm as an ovf and import it into VMware, but this for some reason made VMware crash (with an Abort message). I then tried to do a simple install from live disk, and things work fairly normally until right before the live disk gui starts and there is a failed message that says "Failed to start LiveMedia Config Script. See 'systemctl status livecd.service' for details."

 

Is this a known issue? Where can I go to find more information on this?

 

I've tried this process on both OpenSUSE 13.1 and Windows Server 2012.

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Linux Host has a C-Media cm8738 working soundcard, but Windows7 does not play any sounds.

Host does provide sound.

 

DeviceManager thinks it has a HD Audio card and is working properly. Nothing I've tried has changed

anything ???

 

Any suggestions on how to get guest to connect to host soundcard ?

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I am trying to run virtual player on a win 8 laptop, the os installs but when I attempt to power the vm I get the message "binary translation is incompatible with long mode on this platform. Long mode will be disabled in this virtual environment. Applications requiring long mode will not function properly as a result" it passes the 64 bit compatibility check but then the machine won't start saying Intel VT-x might be disabled, I looked at MS's site and they suggest activating Hyper-V as a windows feature but it is not available to me as I am most likely not running the pro version of win8.1, My question is: will upgrading to win8.1pro enable me to run Win7pro and/or winserver'08r2 VM's on my win 8 laptop? I would like to keep from attempting to dual boot this machine as I have heard that many problems can arise but I don't want to pay $100.00 for the pro upgrade if it won't enable me to run VM's on it, any help?

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I have been using vmware for a couple years in a kubuntu 12.04 installation without any notable issues. I recently opted to do a complete reload of the machine, and installed a vanilla copy of 14.04 kubuntu.  All went well, I ionstalled and launched vmware player. located the instance and launched my Windows 8 operating system.  It asked to upgrade the tools, to 6.0.3 build-1895310, which I allowed it to do.  However, once I instructed Windows to shut down, after a few seconds the system hung.  This happens every time I close the vmware session.  I have checked the syslog and don't see anything noteworthy preceding the crash.  This is the first time I have had any trouble with vmware products, Is there there a good way to debug the cause of the crash?  Has anyone seen a similar issue?  Thanks in advance for your help!