Smart card reader not recognized by VMware Player 7 for Linux
I have been running VMWare Player 6.x 64bit on Ubuntu 14.04 with an OmniKey USB smart card reader connected which has been working flawlessly. Yesterday I discovered the new VMWare Player 7 and...
View ArticleVM Player 7.0.0 - Mouse does not automatically release/ungrab from guest...
Mouse does not automatically release/ungrab from guest machine - have to always hit ctrl+Alt {groan}Host OS: Windows 7x64bitGuestOS: Windows 8.1x64bitPlayer: VM Player 7.0.0 Home - Accelerated...
View ArticleDefrag/Compact Disk not working in VMware Player 7.0
When choosing defrag or compact it pauses for a brief moment and says it's complete. The progress bar doesn't even have time to show up and the task manager doesn't show any significant disk activity...
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VMPlayer Fails to Install - Current Version 7 Update
I have used and updated VMPlayer extensively in the past (including the previous version), but the latest update (Version 7.x Dec/14) fails to install with the error: VMAuthdServices failed to start....
View ArticleVmWare tools certificate error in win 7
Hello, I'm using VmWare Player 6.0.2 build-1744117 on Linux Debian. I installed win 7 on it and when I tried to install VmWare Tools I get this error: "A certificate error occurred for the update...
View Articlevmplayer 7.0.0 GUI freezes at a random keystroke
Hi I'm running a XP environment in VMware Player 7.0.0 build 2305329 on my win7 64-bit machine.Recently, the XP environment freezes when I use the keyboard. I can use the mouse all I want, but as soon...
View ArticleVMware e windows 8
Instalei VMware Player no Win8 e Fedora como guest. Fedora está extremamente lento, mesmo depois de reinstalar tanto o Player quanto Fedora. Será que há alguma incompatibilidade entre o win8 e o...
View ArticleNo Internet on host
I have installed vmware player on my windows 8.1. I have installed kali linux as my vm machine. The connection type I use is bridge amd replicate host. I use wifi on the host. When I first installed it...
View ArticleCan a 64bit Solaris guest VM run on a 32bit Win7 hostOS?
I setup successfully a Solaris 2010.11 guestOS VM on a 64bit Win7 hostOS.It runs fine. Now I want to copy this Solaris VM to a 32bit Win 7 computer and run it there. Is this possible? As far as I know...
View ArticleAnother error trying to install Player 7
Hello allBeen running Player 6.0.4 for a while with no problems. Opened it yesterday and was advised to upgrade to version 7.Downloaded 7 and tried to install.Installation removed v6, then I received...
View ArticleCopy and Paste issue - specific and wierd case
I'm having a weird issue with Copy and Paste on both the VMplayer and Workstation. I have spent many hours trying to diagnose this and have finally thrown my hands up in frustration. First, my...
View Articlevmware player not working "cant find file specified" and vmx file corrupted
HI I am messaging to ask if there is any way possible to fix my vmware player on Windows 8.1, When my linux Ubuntu virtual machine was running our of space on the partition I created for it, I tried to...
View ArticleWhy does my VMPlayer Windows guest creates all files with executable...
Hi, I am running Win8.1 in VMplayer 7.0 with a shared folder with my host Ubuntu 14.04 system. Whenever I create or save a file in Windows, it gets the permissions -rwxr-xr-x in the Linux file system....
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Windows 7 64-bit: Can't upgrade VM Player 6, can't revert to earlier...
------For Windows 7 64-bit, fully patched. I had VMware-player-6.0.1-1379776.exe running successfully for several months. Today the running instance offered me a chance to upgrade to...
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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 ArticleVMplayer 6.0.5 build-2443746 - using puTTY - first connection refused, after...
Hi, I am using VMPlayer 6.0.5 build-2443746, and after the update, whenever I try to connect to Linux (vmware running), the connection is refused. However, if I issue the command - ping to the vmware...
View ArticleVMWare Player Internet Connection on Win 8.1
HelloAfter Update from Win 8 to 8..1 it is no more possible to connect the Player to the InternetWhat Shell I do?Thanksitctrans
View ArticleNetwork adapters' PCI addressing is not consequtive
Hi, In my VM it has turned out that my interfaces do not map to network adepters in a consecutive manner i.e.:Question is - is it a bug or feature ? C:\Users\mimazure\Desktop>KB_2047927_pciSlots.py...
View ArticleFile Permission Error
I get the following Error when I'm tyring to open the PWK Kali Linux-Debian VM An error occurred while opening configuration file (file path): Insufficient permission to access the file. The account...
View ArticleVMWare Player + Ubuntu 14.04 memory leak
Hello. I've got a newly built host running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I've installed VMWare player 6.0.3 build-1895310 64-bit. The host has an an i5 processor and 16GB RAM. I've got a Windows 7 Pro VM with...
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