Destination Host Unreachable
Hallo, currently I am in a further education for an administrator of virtualization. I installed in the past multiple virtual machine on my own computer. I did this not only to train on Windows Server...
View ArticleNo Player for Mac?
I have used VMWare player for ages in a Windows environment and now am running a MacBook. I cannot find a download link for the player anywhere. Every search bring me to a trial download of Fusion....
View ArticlePlayer 7.1 - Slow VM functionality when started via scheduled task or batch file
Host: Windows 8.1 64-bit running VMWare Player 7.1Guest: CentOS 7 64-bit I would like to have a CentOS 7 guest VM automatically launch when a Windows user logs in (with the Player console window...
View ArticleInsufficient permission to access file (38).
I installed the VMware player 4.0.1 update and now I cannot run any of my Linux guests. Get lots of permission errors, even though I have full control over the files and directories as user and...
View Articlevmware player internal error
Hello, i have a problem with running ubuntu in VM player 7. I am running Win7 64bit OS. I am experiencing the following error message: "Error while powering on: Internal error" when i try to power up...
View ArticleInstaller options /cfgfile
Hi all, Trying to figure out what the /cfgfile can do for me when installing Player. Would it be possible to predefine NAT subnet, DHCP scope, VMnet8 IP address etc.?I know I can manipulate these...
View ArticleKeyboard Not Working after VMWare Conversion
Hello,I'm trying to run a VMware Conversion of an old laptop as a backup. I've run a VMware conversion and converted it to a vm 9 image file. When it gets opened in VMware Player everything works...
View ArticleProblem Compiling vmware-tools in Black Ltoolsab Linuxv-6.5 (64bit)
I have installed Black Lab Linux v-6.5, the latest, in VMware Player v-7.1.0 build2496824, without any errors or warnings, until I installed vmware-tools. At that point got the error messages that...
View ArticleUnable to Install VMWare tools on first install of VMW Player for Windows
Is there some trick to installing VMWare Tools on VMW Player for Windows. Have tried in both Player 7.1.1 and 6.0.5. I have downloaded the "darwin" and "windows" versions of tools with versioning that...
View ArticleUSB 3.0 devices not recognized by WinXP guest in VMware 6.0.5 (32-bit)
I have VMware 6.0.5 (32-bit) installed in Windows 7 Pro (32-bit), and I installed Windows XP Pro (32-bit) as my guest OS. Despite setting the USB controller compatibility to USB 3.0, and installing my...
View ArticleInstalling Player 7.0 or 7.1 on Windows 8.1 64-bit hangs
Hi there, Has anyone had an issue with getting Player 7.0 or 7.1 to install on Windows 8.1 64-bit ? The installer hangs at the stage where it's attempting to install 'vcredist_x86.exe' which is the...
View ArticleStop the resolution from changing remotely
I have an application that runs at all times on a Windows 8.1 VM and it's a Metro style app. Whenever the resolution drops below 1024x768 it closes. I have a problem with VMWare Player, latest...
View ArticleOperating System Not Found
Hi All, Would you mind answering me on the following two questions, although only second one matches discussion title: 1. I have ISO image file on my windows 8.1 desktop. Inside is NOT guest operating...
View ArticleWhich version Player to use for running VM's created with Workstation 8.0.1...
Hi, I have created a RHEL v6.4 64 Bit OS VM Image on my VMWare Workstation v8.0.1 build-528992 on my Windows 7 64 bit OS laptop (Box-1) and it runs fine when executed on the same laptop. See attached...
View ArticleImport XPMode Not working in Vmware Player End of March 2015?
Hi Everyone. I just wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing the behavior that I am suddenly experiencing. For some time now I have been using the Import XPMode function in VMware Player and...
View ArticleWindows 10 & VMware Player 7: screen resolution issue
I'm running Windows 10 tech preview on a virtual machine using VMware Player 7.0.With the latest build (9926) I can't select 2560x1440 as screen resolution, only 2560x1600,2560x1920 and everything...
View Articleinstalling C++ IDE on vmware player
Hi every one. I'm new to this technology. I got vmware player 6 installed on windows 7 64 bits. My question : Is it possible to install a C++ software on vmware player without installing a windows...
View ArticleUSB Game controller - will not install in XP Guest
Hi, I have a Logitec 310 USB game controller that works fine with win8.1. I have XP installed on Player and want to play some old games using the controller. I did some searching here and found a...
View ArticleWMware in Linux Mint
When i execute... rexx Downloads # ./VMware-Player-7.1.0-2496824.x86_64.bundleExtracting VMware Installer...done.(vmware-installer.py:11027): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the themes tool in...
View ArticleThinPrint: virtual printing doesn't work
Hello, I am new with vmware player and ThinPrint. The summary of the problem is: Virtual printing from the vmware client using the printers of the host does not work,because no virtual printers are...
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