Can Win7 App-V run under VMware Player 5 ?
Hi,I am testing an image of Win7 x64 that includes a pre-configured App-V environment, but there is no trace of the virtualization environment after the setup under VMware Player 5. Is it a limitation...
View ArticleNothing in VMware player responds
I have had a player set up for about 8 months now. I installed my OS (Windows7) and another program in it and all worked fine until I tried to access it today. When I opened and activated the player,...
View Articleit seems like I have to reinstall vmware tools every time I update my OS
5.02 1031769 Win 7 host OS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest OS The guest OS was telling me that it was due for an update and restart, so I restarted it. Now I can't see any of my mounted hgfs folders. So I...
View ArticleWhy is VMNAT.EXE eating up my cpu?
I have VMwarePlayer 5.0.2 installed on Win 7 SP1, fully updated. I have a Linux Mint KDE 13 (now 14, see below) installed as a guest O/S. I see the following behaviour: after a period of browsing...
View ArticleCan't install VMWare Tools - no CD appears
Hi, I'm using VMWare Player 5.0.2 on a Windows 7 host with a Windows XP guest. If I try to Update VMWare Tools, nothing happens. I can see in Windows Explorer that no CD-ROM drive is added to the...
View ArticleMounting a TrueCrypt Disk in VMWare Player
I'm having difficulty trying to mount a USB Device that is Encrypted with TrueCrypt in VMWare Player. It keeps giving me an error and saying it did not successfully mount the disk, I'm wondering if...
View ArticleTip: Hiding Fullscreen Toolbar in VMWare Player 5 (Windows)
Hello, Thought this tip would be useful for some people. I ran into lots articles detailing instructions for hiding the toolbar in VMWare Player 5 in Windows. Usually they were along the lines of:...
View ArticleNetwork routing for VMplayer Linux guest
I've moved a VMware Linux guest, created with VMware Workstation on a Linux host, to a Windows laptop running VMplayer. The guest worked OK under Workstation using a static IP. I've fixed up the...
View ArticleError installing vmware tools on Kubuntu 13.04 (vmhgfs module)
After doing a distribution upgrade from Kubuntu 12.10 to 13.04, when I reinstall vmware tools I'm getting errors in the "vmhgfs module" part of the install. This is preventing the filesystem driver...
View ArticleCannot find ace.dat
I recently had a hard drive crash. I was able to recover my VHDK file from it, but lost everything else. I created a new VM and linked to the recovered VHDK file. Whenever I launch the VM, I receive...
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How to Fix - VMware Player software update can't connect
Hello, I just downloaded the VMware Player 5.0.2 for Windows x64 and installed it on Windows 7. During the startup and after creating and provisioning a virtual machine the automatic software update...
View ArticleAny updates regarding VMware tools installation?
Hi all, I have gone through threads discussing about vmware tools installation problem but didn't found any solution. So if someone has nay update in this matter, so let me know. Thanks.
View ArticleVMware player 4 suddenly crash
Hi, i would like to somebody help me to solve a problem. A month ago, i installed a vmware player 4 on a windows server 2008 r2 standard x64. That machine has a Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5405 2.00GHz...
View ArticleVMware Tools doesn't want to update...
Hello! I got this message, when I tried to update my VMware Tools: "There was a problem updating a software component. Try again later and if the problem persists, contact VMware Support or your system...
View Article"Easy Install failed to install VMware tools"
As I started to create a VM for Ubuntu 12.10, VMware Player displayed a message saying that it recognizes this OS and will install it and VMware Tools with Easy Install. "Great idea," I thought to...
View ArticleTechnical support assistance with standalone VMWare player tools
Due to the closed environment in which I am currently working, it is not possible to download the VMWare tools from the guest host OS. I am using CentOS to install a Cisco application . All seems to...
View ArticleVMware Player 5 - Tools - "Cannot find component on update server..."
While creating a new VM in VMware Player v5.01.1 (build-894247), for Windows 8 Professional, I encountered an error stating "Cannot find component on update server. Contact VMware support or your...
View ArticleVMware tools for Windows 7 will not download (CDS internal client error (3033)
Hi all. I understand that others have had this issue, but I have yet to find a solution for Windows. It is trying to download v. 9.2.0. I am happy to download directly, but every time I do I get...
View ArticleInstall VMwareTools fails: Could not find component on update server ...
Install VMwareTools fails: Could not find component on update server. Contact VMware Support or your system administrator. Google has no answers. Its obviously a strange fault. any hints? Thx!...
View ArticleCannot get vmware tools to install
Running win7 64bit as host, ubuntu 12.04.1 as guest. When choosing to Reinstall VMWare Tools the cdrom image does not get mounted. Checked with mount command, its not there. Try to manually mount...
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