Unable to receive login prompt on Windows 7 (Alt + Ctrl + Delete Issue?)
Hello, I have been having an issue logging into a VMWare instance running windows 7 using VMWare Player. When I try to send Alt + Ctrl + Delete using all known methods (Button, Drop down menu option...
View Article0 bytes of system swap space is available
I just installed VMware Player and get this: VMware Player recommends 512 MB of system swap space for the set of currently running virtual machines. 0 bytes of system swap space is available. For...
View ArticleSound no longer works right
Running Windows 7 x86_64 as a guest in openSUSE 13.2. Surround sound (5.1) worked in the guest with prior versions of vmplayer, however since upgrading to vmplayer 7.0.0, it doesn't. There is no sound...
View ArticleProblems with graphic driver (vga)
Hi, I have a problem when starting my program:The program has encountered a problem: MODULE_NOT_FOUND: vga.dl (debugger result)I googled that module and it seems like it has something to do with the...
View ArticleAnnoying repeated keystrokes
Hi, when working in the guest, I randomly get repeated keystrokes. For example I press return, and get 50 CRs instead (until I press another key). This happens quite frequently and is really annoying....
View ArticlePlayer 7.0.0: how to preserve full screen mode between sessions?
Hi, I have Windows 7 x64 with 2 monitors. I used to run virtual machines in full screen mode. I expect that Player restores full screen mode when restarting suspended machine. This works with Player 6...
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VMWare Player 7 on Windows 10 Technical Preview 9879 issues when turning off...
So far I've tested Linux x86 and x64 guests, along with Windows NT 4.0 (yeah I know..) And turning off a VM will cause my machine to halt. hostCPUID family: 0x6 model: 0x3c stepping: 0x3hostCPUID...
View ArticleHow to increase MacOS guest display resolution?
After startup of MacOS guestOS on Win7 64bit Vmware host the initial display resolution of the guestOS is only 1024x768 When I go now in guestOS to...
View ArticleShared folder and mouse scrolling unavailable in Debian
Hi there, My host system is 64-bit win 7 pro. I'm new to Debian and Linux in general. I installed Debian 7.7. (Wheezy) and Gnome in a VMplayer on laptop. When I go to System...
View ArticleCannot connect to Hosts Network via Bridge
Hi, I am new to VM World , i have installed VMPlayer 6 last week and i found that i couldn't connect to hosts network via Bridged network, Please suggest any solutions.
View ArticleAssign (bootable) ISO to DVD drive, connect, change BIOS boot prio and start VM?
Assume I have a runnign VM (e.g. with Win7 guestOS). On my Win 7 hostOS I have a bootable *.ISO file. In order to try out this ISO (and to boot from it) I always have to do manually the following: 1.)...
View ArticleVMplayer 7, is it really 64 bit?
I upgraded from 6.0.4 to 7.0.0. The download page described it as "VMware Player for Windows 64-bit operating systems". My host is running 64bit Win 7 up-to-date as of the time I downloaded. It...
View ArticleVMPlayer 7, screen position
I updated VMware Player to version 7 (from version 6.xxx latest)Now every time I start VMware Player 7 on my computer (Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit), it starts on a different position of my screen (screen...
View ArticleVMware Player 7 closes on suspending guest
Whenever I suspend a guest in VMware Player 7, VMwarePlayer exits on the host operating system.Is there a way to change this behaviour? I want to keep VMware Player 7 still running on host after...
View ArticleIntel VT-x mode issue
I'm provisionig Windows 7 x 64 VM in our ESXi 5.0 and 5.5 environment. Now I want to virtualize via VMWare Player in this Win 7 VM further 64 Bit Windows/Linux systems.I'm getting the information "This...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04.1 latest updates broke Unity session (Player 6.0.4)
Host: Windows 7 x64 SP1Guest Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS x64 A bunch of updates showed up yesterday for the kernel, DKMS, and some nvidia packages. After rebooting, I can login but Unity desktop session...
View ArticleIssues opening ttyUSB0 when using Cygnal 2103 USB to Serial
Hello, I've been experiencing a very bad problem with VMware where opening a serial port on /dev/ttyUSB0 fails about 80% of the time. We're using a Meshnetics Zigbit development board which uses a...
View ArticleHi VM player is getting hanged
Hi, I am trying to configure PIG in my system in VMplayer but it is getting hanged. Is it system issue or VMplayer issue or Windows 8.1 edition issue for VM player Please advise. Regards,Bibhas
View ArticlePlayer 7.0.0 "spurious APIC interrupt on CPU#, should never happen."
I wanted to add to @AC2014's post in the Workstation forum. On 6 December 2014, he wrote: Did anyone notice the message below in /var/log/syslog?"spurious APIC interrupt on CPU#<n>, should never...
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