HW Support
Is it possible for a VM to see specialized hardware like physics cards, DSP boards, etc or would those require special drivers for VMs?
View ArticleVMWare Player 5.0.0: 64 Bit Host, 32 bit created VMs
Hello, I have a laptop that runs Windows 7 Professional 32 bit on which I created 32 Bit VMs using VMPlayer 5.0.0. I also have a laptop with Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit and I want to run the same...
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 ArticleTyping is faulty in vmware
Hi all, I have a typing problem associated with vmware, the frequency on how it reads the kb buffer is more than how fast the characters are typed, also it is clearly showing that it is screwing up...
View ArticleVMPlayer 5: Suse 12.2 64bit host & 32bit Windows XP guest crashes
Hi, I installed VMPlayer 5 on Suse linux 64bit as host, and planned to run Win XP as guest. It all goes well as long as Win XP is installing on a text screen, but as soon as it launches the graphical...
View ArticleUbuntu guest gets new NAT IP every time I wake my laptop
I have 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 (happened with prior releases, too) installed as a guest OS in VMware Player 5.0 on a 64-bit Windows 7 host. The guest has a NAT interface configured. The host is a laptop...
View Articlevmware player crashes on fedora 17 x86_64
Player loads fine but crashes when I start a virtual machine... Here are the logs, any help would be appreciated. If you need any more information please let me know. Sep 26 17:03:15 bighat kernel: [...
View ArticleVMWare Player 5.0 bridged network doesn't work
I have a laptop with WIndows 7, and connect wireless to the business network. On my host the wireless connection is working fine.I use VMWare Player 5.0 and have setup a virtual machine with Windows 7,...
View ArticleVMware player 5 guest loses network after 1 hour
I have VMware player 5.0.0 running on Windows 7 x64, the guest VM is 32-bit Windows XP. The guest network is bridged.After an hour of use, the network within the VM stops working. By that I mean that...
View ArticleVMware Player 5.0.0 Caps & Num leds don't light on
Hi all, I have just upgraded to VMware Player 5.0.0. It works fine, but I notice this little problem: caps lock and num lock keys leds don't light on anymore in guest OS when pressing respective keys....
View ArticleCan't access host printer
Host OS is Windows 7. Guest is Windows XP Pro SP2. Can't access host printer. Removable machines under Player shows my printer is accessed in the virtual machine but windows keeps showing an error...
View ArticleWhich version of VMware Player will support OVF1.0
Hi, I have an appliance built in OVF1.0 format. Would like to use VMWare player to play it.I would like to know which versions of Player will support OVF1.0 and which versions support OVF0.9 versions ?...
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Select boot medium?
Is it possible to select the boot priorities in the VM settings? The BIOS boot message is displayed for only a split second and the it goes to boot from HDD, when I want to boot from CD. I literally am...
View ArticleVMware Player 5 won't play existing machine
I have been a virtual XP on Win 7 host for several years under various versions of VMware Player since v3.After upgrading to ver 5 I cannot launch the existing virtual XP machine.The error message...
View ArticleVMware Player 5.0.0 - Switching between multiple VMs
Hi there,I've just started using version 5 of Player, and try as I might I've been unable to figure out how to switch between multiple full-screen VMs on a single host. Previous versions have had a...
View ArticleHow do I put a line at the end of .vmx file?
[Sorry for n00b question but my vmware player keeps auto-repeating characters without a command to do so and I am lost as to how to put a line at the end of vmx file, I failed at my first two attempts,...
View ArticleVmware Tools Stuck
I went through the installation of vmware tools for ubuntu 12.04. It's stuck at the screen, Installing vmware tools, Please wait.... Any suggestions?
View ArticleError during install VMware 4.0
I'm trying to upgrade from VMware 3.1.4 build-385536 to v4.0. During the install, the old version is to be deleted, but I get an alert message "Bad Arguments for CBootstrapCmd::LuaAssert:condition not...
View ArticleWhere is vmware hiding Browser Appliance 10.0?
Hi, I give up, so where is vmware.com hiding Browser Appliance 10.0? I have searched this site high and low and still not found it, I've used search bar too and no results. Browser Appliance v10.0 is...
View ArticleShare internet
Hi all, I have a question to clarify. I have the vmware workstation 7.1.4 and I have installed in a virtual machine on BACtrack addition I have a wifi card (usb) connected virtual machine wing which...
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