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Issue with VMware Workstation Pro 16 on Kali Linux
Dears, I am using Kali Linux 2020.3, Linux Kernel version 5.8.0 and GCC version 10.2.0. I have an issue with VMware Workstation Pro 16 as below. I successfully installed on my machine; however,...
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VM Ware workstation 15 player Error in opening vmx file is corrupt
I am using VM Ware workstation 15 player in Win 10 laptop. The Guest OS is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I had the maximum size of the HD set to 40 GB. The current size has reached 39.4, and today the OS will not...
View Articlemitigations warning
hello I have installed the new version of vmWare player on Windows 10. When I start my ubuntu VM I have this warning: To disable mitigations, change the side channel mitigations setting in the...
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Age of Empires runs, but I can't see the mouse pointer
I recently downloaded VMware Player 16, Linux (Fedora 32) host, WIndows 10 client. I had to use the "--ignore-errors" option when setting VMware up or it failed. After installing the operating system,...
View Article"Cycle Through Multiple Monitor" broken for triple monitor setup on...
VM: Manjaro Linux (Kernel 5.8)Host: Windows 10 2004 Pro 64bitI just upgraded to VMWare Workstation Player 16 (from 15). I have a triple monitor setup (two external 1080p monitors connected to laptop...
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Trouble starting Windows 10 guest under Ubuntu 20.04
Hi I have Win 10 VM which was created about a year ago under Ubuntu 19.10 which worked fine.I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and unable to open this VM - VMWare window immediately disappears as soon...
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DirectDraw Init Failure - Windows 95
I'm trying to play Links LS 1998 on a Windows 95 virtual machine (VMware Workstation 16 Player) but when I start the game, I immediately get a "DirectDraw Init failure" and the game ceases to load....
View ArticleHow to traverse the host's physical adapter from a VM while using NAT?
Hi I’ve been trying to get my VMs to connect to the internet but there only seems to be communication between the VM, virtual NAT adapter(VMnet8) and the hosts physical adapter. The version I am using...
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Automatically launch Cisco VPN Client on Start
Is there a wan to automatically launch Cisco VPN Client when I start VMWare Player 15 from suspended mode? David
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vmware player on exit
As I exit VMware workstation 15 Player I get this error. It doesn't seem to effect anything. Everything starts up fine the next time. I'm just sick of this error. Any ideas? David
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No option for 'Guest Isolation' in VMware Workstation 16 player
Hi, I was trying to solve the issue of not being able to copy and paste from my windows 10 PC to the virtual Ubuntu 18.04 CLI.I found out i should enable it in Guest Isolation tab in options but I do...
View ArticleDwm related APIs dosn't working on guest win10 (host win10) / Faster...
HI, I'm trying to create fast windowshot under VMWare. Guest is Windows 10 x64, Host is Windows 10 x64. VMWare tools are installed. 1) I can use PrintWindow from user32. It runs about 50ms per frame on...
View ArticleMake sure Touch-USB connects to VMware at startup
I have a user interface application running in a VMware run by a VMware Player on a stand-alone PC. Input is generated by user through a Touch-screen with USB-touch. It works very well when the...
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Workstation player use case to reduce windows patch time and patch breakage
Hi All, I'm looking to see if Workstation Player (or some other product) is a good use case for the following situation: 120-ish industrial PCs running Windows 10 on various remote sitesAll industrial...
View ArticleExtremely slow graphics performance (Player: 14.1, Host: Win10, Guest: Ubuntu...
Hi, my freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04 VM under VMWare Workstation Player 14.1 running on Windows 10 suffers from ridiculously slow graphics performance.For comparison, my old Ubuntu 16.04 VM (which I...
View ArticlePass GPU from host to guest
Hi, My computer has an nvidia quadro GPU and I would like to be able to see this hardware within my guest OS (ubuntu 16.04). I should be able to see it through the command "lspci" although it is not...
View ArticleCan't find gcc version to compile linux kernel modules
I'm running VMWare on a Debian testing machine. After kernel and VMWare update (kernel 5.8.0-2 and vmware-player-16.0.0) I receive an error that it can't find the gcc to compile the modules. With...
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Can't access PPP equipment connected to Guest
Hello everyone! First, let me thank this community in advance, since it helped me in the past. Well, basically, what I'm trying to do is to connect an equipment that needs to talk to a Windows Host...
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USB-Touch device cant communicate "beep" to VM
I have a USB-Touchscreen connecting to a VM run by a Workstation Player. (See other thread for autoconnect issues I had previously.. Make sure Touch-USB connects to VMware at startup ) When connecting...
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Error booting up vm
Hi, As I try to boot-up a vm, I am getting an error (image attached).I have hyper-v disabled and I have gone into my BIOS settings to enable VT-d (image attached). However, the error still persists....
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Webcam USB Device Connection Unsuccessful
Hi All, I am using latest VMware 16 and facing very critical issue related to the webcam, VMware is simply not detecting my Dell Latitude inbuilt webcam in the virtual Windows 10. It shows this...
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Tools for NetWare
Is the VMware Tools ISO for NetWare included in the latest release of Workstation? I installed Player, then received an error when attempting to install the tools. I then checked the online repository...
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VMware Player Crashing
My VM is crashing regularly with error: NOT_REACHED bora\apps\vmplayer\win32\menuController.cpp:427. It is Win 10 host running Win 7 VM. Log file below: [Moderator: Log text removed]
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how to connect the virtual net interface via bridge to a dedicated network...
Hi!I thought of giving vmware a try and am already stuck.... sorry.I want to configure a vm that uses a dedicated usb ethernet connector as it's bridged interface to the network.It should be the only...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation How do I delete .vmem file
While shutting down my windows 10 computer I had a prompt to "Force VMWare Shutdown"( i forgot to shutdown vm)So I clicked yes. Now on restart I cannot open any VM's. I deleted all .lck files.But...
View ArticleUsing one GPU on Ubuntu, different one on virtual windows machine
Hi - I am completely new to virtual machines. I use a workstation running Ubuntu 18.04 for some engineering stuff, and it uses a Radeon GPU. I would like to also use this machine to run a Windows game...
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VMWare Workstation (Free) hangs after a few seconds
Hello All: I've been having an issue with VMWare Workstation (Free Version) since updating Windows 10 about 5 months ago. I tried troubleshooting then but was unsuccessful so ended running up...
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Ubuntu multiscreen unusable with manual scaling
I have a 27" 1440p monitor and a 27" 4k monitor I would like my Ubuntu instance to scale across. It works when I allow autoscaling, but the 4k screen is way too small. To fix this, I scaled it using...
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Issue with vm player 16 text sharing feature between guest and host.
Hello, I have an issue with VM player 16, this is regarding the copy-paste text sharing option between the guest and host, I'm using win xp and I want to share text from XP to my win 10 machine, the...
View ArticleI'm getting an Unsupported 16-Bit Application Error.
It won't let me install it at all and I and I have no idea why. This is a new computer with virtualization turned on so I have no idea what to do, any suggestions?
View ArticleCan't expand window of VMware Workstation 15 Player
Like the title states, I can't expand the window of the player. Grabbing a window edge and resizing results in the edge bouncing back to the original position. Using the "full screen" button results in...
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join 2 private networks together into single network between two VMW hosts
Hello guys, I have the following:1 Host OS: I run there 'Main VM' without internet and 'VPN VM' which seeds (ICS) its VPN connection to the 'Main VM' via vmnet5 adapter (Host-only network, Connect a...
View ArticleInstalling Workstation Player 16 on a Hyper-V VM
Hi all, I'm trying to get a version 16 player installed on a Windows 10 VM running in Hyper-V so I can use the afore mentioned as a management VM for the company's engineering toolset which is hosted...
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downgrade Wvmare Workstation Player 15.5
Hi Community, I have one question: last week I have accidentally push the update button for my Wvmare Workstation V 15.0 to V 15.5.Now all my virtual machines don't work in correctly :-(Is it possible...
View ArticleVMware Workstation Player freezing if Linux running
Hello,I have a problem since a few weeks. I can't use my Linux Guest System on VMware Workstation 15 and 16 without a freezeafter some randomly done task. Sometimes it happen if I tripple click...
View Articlebug when i reboot HOST
Good morning all ,Here I have a concern about VMWARE PLAYER 16:After installing VMWARE PLAYER 16 on my HOST WIN 10 pro x64 machine, created a GUEST virtual machine running WIN10 pro x64 too so that I...
View Articleunable to share files and folders
I'm using vmware worstation 16 player (16.0.0 build-16894299) on a windows 10 pro (2004) machine. I'm a complete newbe. Please, how do you share files and folders between windows 10 and the...
View ArticleHD resolution full screen guest on UHD resolution host - possible?
Hi, I have a laptop with UHD screen - native resolution 3840 x 2160.Host is Win10 x64 Pro, guest is Win7 x64 Pro. Inside the guest I have software that can't be used on high-resolution screens...
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VMWare 16 problem with Windows 10 20H2
I did a search about this problem and someone else had exact same issue except he didn't get further help because he was using MacOS. Link: Problem with new version Player 16 This problem is existing...
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How to Fix VT-X Is Not Available Error on Windows 10?
I went through many forums and discussions to find solutions for fixing the VT-X Is Not Available error on Windows 10 computer. And, then landed on this page - Fix VT-X Is Not Available Error.And it...
View ArticleVMWare Player 16.0.0 build-16894299 crashing in vmhgfs.sys, buffer overflow
Guest OS windows 10 Home version 2004, build 19041.572, 64bitVM processor core: i9-9900K8GB RAM The VM has crashed 3 times in the last 3 days.Is this a known defect? Will this be fixed? This is the...
View ArticleWorkstation Player 16 not booting GNS3 VM (Hyper-V/CG issue)
Good morning, I had a GNS3 VM running on VMWare Workstation Player 16 (build-16894299) and last week it was working and this is not. My Guest OS is Windows 10 Enterprise (1909). I got the error of...
View ArticleMicosoft Teams black screen when sharing
I am using VMWare Player 16 with Windows 10 20H2 host and guest and latest Office components including Microsoft Teams, with Hyper-V. When sharing a PowerPoint file (not the screen or the PowerPoint...
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A couple questions with Upgrading
I have VMWare Workstation Workstation Player 16 installed and have been considering upgrading to Workstation 16 Pro. I can't seem to find these questions answered on the FAQ or anything on the page. If...
View ArticleUSB webcam not working in macOS guest
I have a Logitech USB webcam, and I'm trying to get it to work on a macOS Big Sur guest. It connects successfully to the VM, and when I open an app that us the camera the light on the camera turns on,...
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Mysterious Registry Key Player 16
My vmparport service in registry editor (Windows 10 20H2) lists vwdk.installers REG_MULTI_SZ MSI. What is this key? Why is it there?
View ArticleVmPlayer: Win 10 Host + Ubuntu 20.04 Guest screen blinking
Hi everyone! I/m using VmWare Player 16 on Windows 10 host and Ubuntu 20.04 as a guest. When I moved my VMs to new laptop (Dell 5411 10850H + MX250 GPU) I faced annoying issue - My VM screen blinking,...
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Connect guest machine directly to modem and to LAN via dual NIC?
I have very little experience with VMs and networking but I feel like this should be possible but have no idea what I'm doing so thought I'd ask for some help or opinions. I have a normal PC running...
View ArticlePenDrive Problem
hi, I recently plug a usb stick to the computer and showed me a message, where i want to start it (Vmvare or the local host). I chose Vmware and did what I want. By chance I turned off Vmware and after...
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Connecting networks inside guest VM
Hi everybody,I am a hardware engineer with good programming skills and intermediate networking knowledge in industrial environment (so it is Windows, Linux, PLC, embedded devices, virtual machines...)...
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