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VMware Workstation Player 12 3D Performance Is Very Slow, 6.0.7 is brilliant.
I've found that 3D graphics performance in VMware Workstation Player 12.1.0 is very slow, making games unplayable. I have downgraded to VMware Player 6.0.7 & the performance is brilliant. Has...
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Upgrading from Player 5.02
I am in the process of reinstalling my Windows 7 on a second Disc. I have VMPlayer 5.02 currently running on my other Disc I could just reinstall 5.02 but was wondering if I should try the latest...
View ArticleCan't start the virtual machine
When I open my virtual machine, it shows this."VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0) vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/physMem_monitor.c:1180 A log file is available in...
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Running a Kali Linux VM with Bridge on win7 cant connect to internet/lan?
Hey there ! Im very new to VMware player and setting up networks. I tried several times to setup a bridge for Kali Linux Vm. But it doesnt seems to work : As you can see it isnt connected ... I also...
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VMware Workstation 12 Player - Software Updates not working
I can't get Software Updates to work. I'm using VMware Workstation Player 12. I receive the message: "Disconnected - The connection to the update server timed out. Try again later. If the problem...
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Trying to play a game on host and VM at the same time
Hello everyone. I am testing a game mod and i'm currently using Vmware workstation to run this game on two systems at the same time. The game has a multiplayer function and thus I am able to play...
View ArticleVM window size config
Where is the config file for current size of a VM (powered on) window?I want to create multiple VMs and have them all at exact same size (1366x768), so i want to duplicate this config file for the...
View ArticleVM Player Cut-n-paste issue
Using VM Player 4.06, Ubuntu 14.04, Windows 7.I had to install open-vm-tools (git apt-get install open-vm-tools-dkms ) and patches (https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git )to enable shared...
View ArticleCan't start the USB Arbitration Service, can't connect any USB devices to my VM
Currently using VMware Player 12.1.1-3770994. Host machine is Windows 10. When I try to connect a USB device (iPhone) to my Mac VM, the list isn't populated with anything. I checked the VMware USB...
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VMware workstation allows me to select more than no. of cores i have?
I'm using this processor which is stated to have 4 cores: https://ark.intel.com/products/88196/Intel-Core-i7-6700-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHzI could however select up to 8 cores (selecting more...
View Articlecloudera isn't opening on VM ware workstation
Unable to open file "E:\hadoop\disc images\cloudera-quickstart-vm-5.7.0-0-vmware\cloudera-quickstart-vm-5.7.0-0-vmware.vmdk": Insufficient permission to access file.
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C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\config.ini useless after renaming to...
In the past VMWare Player used the central configuration files C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\config.ini andC:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\settings.ini As you know this software was...
View ArticleBug in multi-monitor functionality in VMWare Workstation
Is this the appropriate place to submit a bug? This has been happening for quite some time. I just upgraded to 12.5.2 and it's still not fixed. So maybe VMWare doesn't know about it yet? I have 3...
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Can ping and map windows network computers, but NOT browse neither SSH
Host: Windows 10 Home Version 1607 Build 14393.477, 64-bit OSGuest(VM): Windows 7 Professional SP 1, 64-bit OSVM: VMware® Workstation 12 Player, 12.5.2 build-46382 I upgraded my PC host to windows 10...
View ArticleStop VMWare from using port 443.
How do I disable sharing or change port sharing is using? It is using port 443 and I need that port for something else! I'm using VMWare Workstation 12 Player. Thank you.
View ArticleVMCI.SYS Blue Screen on VMWare Tools Install
I am trying to install VMWare tools on a Vista guest and am getting a blue screen with VMCI.SYS. The install never completes. The Vista guest was virtualized from using VMWare Converter on the physical...
View ArticleNetworking isssue
I am using VM Player 4.0.6 on Win7. Have Ubuntu 14.04 VMs.My VM Player Network Adapter is set to NAT. (I must have chosen all the defaults).This all was working fine forever but somehow something...
View ArticleRunning Things From 128 GB USB Flash Drive. Is this even possible?
I have VMware. I also have a flash drive that holds up to 128 GB. Is there a way I can keep the VMware file on the flash drive and then bring it to work, plug it in there, then run my entire day from...
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Moved VM in Constant Restart Loop
Moved a VM from a WS Player on Win7 machine to a WS Player Win10 machine. Took ownership on initial boot and then the VM goes into a constant restart loop. Gets to Windows is loading files, then...
View ArticleVMWare player 12.5 doesn't send "CTRL+ALT+DEL"
I have converted the phisical Windows 7 Pro on my laptop with "VMWare vCenter Converter Standalon client" to a new Windows 7 virtual machine instance.After launching the virtual machine, the VMWare...
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