Ping from laptop to vmware player server
Hi,I have vmware player installed to my laptop (win7) and there is a linux server up and running under player. I would like to have browser connection from my laptop to this linux machine IP ( to...
View Articlehow to download?
It seems impossible to download vmware player, i just get a empty evalcenter page. Iv registred for a account but its still the same.... cant someone just give me a download link to the ubuntu...
View ArticleCan I use my usb microphone and still have host sound card playback
My (usb) Meteor Mic appears to my computer (win xp) as a usb sound card - with the mic as the recording device and the audio output jack on the mic as its sound card playback device. On my host, I can...
View ArticleCommercial use
Commercial UseVMware Player is also now available for commercial use. A commercial license for VMware Player 5 is included with VMware Fusion 5 Professional to enable customers to run virtual...
View ArticlePlayer 5 single window pixel cutoff?
I run Player 5 on a x64 netbook host under Ubuntu 12.04.1. Guest is 32-bit Windows 7. The netbook screen resolution is 1024x600. If I auto-hide the Windows taskbar (on the bottom of the screen) in...
View ArticleRunning a VM from the Command line
Hello, I have VMWare player installed, with a XP VPC.I would like to start the VPC via a command line instruction, but Im getting an error message when I do so ( so I'm hoping someone can help me with...
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VMWare Player 5.0.1 Setup stalls
Hi all, Installing the latest version of VMWare player 5.0.1 is not working. The following screen appears and nothing else happens, no error, no cpu usage, just sits there like this forever (slight...
View ArticleGuest Machines Do Not Show in VMPlayer Library
My vmware player does not show gest machines in the library. My troubleshooting suggests its a permissions error on whereever the library data is stored. When I try to open a guest machine the player...
View ArticleNo more 3d (Aero?) in win7 guest on vmplayer 5.0.1?
I am running vmplayer 5.0.1 on a kubutnu 12.10 host and xorg-edgers PPA installed. My win 7 guest refuses to turn on 3d. This worked fine with vmplayer 4.x.x. Has this been turned off in vmplayer 5.x.x?
View ArticleCan I boot a Linux from CD and mount the vmdk (how?)?
Assume I want to modify some files of a Linux system which is currently installed in a VM (=on a vmdk).Think of e.g. the /etc/fstab file or others. Because the files in focus are currently locked when...
View ArticleUbuntu 12.10 easy installation on Vmware player
Hi, While installing ubuntu 12.10 on Vmware player, am having trouble saying could not create the ISO used to store easy install settings. if this problem persists you may need to reinstall vmware...
View Articlevmplayer error in creating sound stream
There's barely any information about this error on the Internet, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that has this problem. I'm using Linux for the host and Windows 7 for the Guest. The same setup...
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Hide top/title bar (outside fullscreen)
Hello, is it possible to hide the topbar like in google chrome? I wish that everything in the red box is gone.
View ArticleVMware Player not probably to uninstall.
At me VMware Player 5.0.1 build-894247 it is installed on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. There was a failure in system Windows 7. After failure in system I made recovery systems (rollback) to earlier state...
View ArticleHow do I import an operating system image to a virtual machine?
Is it possible to take an image copy (e.g. using a drive imaging module or program) of a machine (for troubleshooting), and, transfer the image to a new virtual machine? I would like to import my unix...
View ArticleWindows 8 Host has poor performance
I can't seem to get any decent performance out of VMware Player 5 with a Windows 8 host, trying a premade Ubuntu 64 that I copied over and also a new install. IT won't boot 50% of the time, other 50%...
View Articleoperations on .vmk failed error and cras
I have been using vmware player on my Win 7 Pro 64-bit pc. I have installed a 64-bit Win 7 OS and been happily using it for 3 months. In the last few days I have started getting sporadic errors after...
View ArticleChoppy/Jittery Sound in XP Guest in Player 5 with Windows 8 Host
The sound quality is terrible from within an XP guest running under Player 5 on Windows 8 host. The guest XP system has all updates installed available via Microsoft Update. I deleted VM Tools and...
View ArticleStreaming not working in Player 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 on Windows
On a Windows XP host, I upgraded from Player 4.0.4 (where this worked perfectly) to 5.0.0, and the following command line now fails: c:\current_directory> c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware...
View ArticleCan I make VMWare Player write to .vmdk and .vmem files continuously instead...
Hi there, I've been using VMWare Player for a whole bunch of stuff lately, and one thing *really* bothers me: When I suspend a VM with 2GB of RAM, my work computer locks up for about 5-10 minutes while...
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