Hardware acceleration on Haswell platforms
I am running Ubuntu on a laptop which is powered by a Intel core i7-4800 (Haswell architecture).I have a VM setup with Windows 7 for two applications which do not run with Wine. The problem is that...
View ArticleVMWare 6.0 Bridged Networking Failure
I have an issue where I'm using VMware Player 6.0.0. The bridged networking suddenly failed and I can't seem to get it working again. The NAT option works so I'm not totally out of action. I'd like to...
View ArticleVMare Player Evaluation Timeout?
I am getting a message that my evaluation for VMware Player will end in 23 days. Can this be safely ignored? What happens after 23 days? Is there a "free key" I can enter?
View ArticleVMware Player for Lubuntu 12.0.4 Linux on an old PowerPC MacMini?
Hello! I am running Lubuntu 12.0.4 Linux on an old PowerPC MacMini. I am interested in installing a VMware Player in order to be able to run some other platforms, e.g. Windows.Will the VMware Player...
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VMware Player fails to initialize after upgrading to version 6
When starting VMWare Player 6, all UI elements are missing and there are several boxes on the right side of the window. After several seconds, Windows reports the application as "not responding"....
View ArticleHow to connect to LAN with XP virtual machine?
First post. Thank you for having me on these boards. I am a total beginner with virtual machines. I need to have both W7 x64 and XP Professional on the same laptop. On a previous machine I set up a...
View ArticleDrag'n'Drop of large Files - Just a thought
Hi there. Recently I was using the Drag'n'Drop-Feature of VMWare Player a lot, and I came to wonder: when there's a "Copying Files..."-Dialog displayed by the Windows Explorer, is the process of...
View Articleneed help with acer laptop notebook running windows 7 service pack 1 32 bit
I would like to know if i can install vmware player to my notebook I received an error message saying that i didn't have something. Thank U
View ArticleopenSUSE 12.3 Guest on VMware Player 6 Windows 7 Host
Hello, I'm using VMPlayer 6 on Windows 7 and trying to install openSUSE 12.3. This caused me no problem in version 5. This is a clean install from the DVD ISO which is the 32Bit version. When...
View ArticleRandom Disconnects of Audio Devices in VMs
System setup is the current VMware Player 5.0.1 build 894247 running on 64-bit Windows 7 SP1. Virtual Machines are two 32-bit WinXP SP3 setups. The host has two USB audio devices connected to it, in...
View ArticleRunning a dos based grogram
Hi all I am trying run a dos based program, it works on XP machine, however it only runs ion a vitue enviroment 400 by 600. i think the virtue graphics card. any ideas? BW C
View ArticleWin7 & Win2008 guest Black Screen (Unity Mode) problems
I have found a problem with Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 Guests that doesn't seem to exist with Windows XP guests. I always park my guests in Unity Mode so that i can use Internet Explorer 7-8-9 from...
View ArticleNAT: DNS returns bogus entries
Almost the same thing as a few years ago happened:server 1.0.10 NAT: DNS not workingxerces8 wrote (Nov 2, 2009 1:40 PM): I just updated VMWare Server from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 and now DNS does not work in...
View ArticleGetting Access Violation Error MacBook Air 2013 Bootcamp and Windows 8.1 RTM
I am getting the following error on VMWare Player 6: VMWare Unrecoverable Error (vthread -14)Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred It happens on any guest (XP, Win7, Win 8, Win8.1) that...
View ArticleUsing Guest OS in portrait oriented monitor.
Is there a configuration that allows the guest OS to use all of the vertical space available? I am using XP as a host and VMplayer 5.02, with VMware Tools up to date. I've been using various window...
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VMWare Player Sound Card Beep
Hi I am using VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247 and I cannot figure out how to turn off the beeping coming from the sound card. It beeps every 15 seconds and the only way I can get it to stop is by...
View ArticleVMware network connection problem
Hallo all,I am running windows xp operating system virtual machine on VMware player6 but internet connection does not establishes so plz guideme what should i do now
View ArticleBSOD 3d after P2V conversion of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit pc
Hello to all,I did a conversion with Converter 5.0 on my notebook with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit , which is successful . I did start the virtual machine with the Player 6.0 and has started and...
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Minimize to Tray while under Unity...
Hi!Since some time ago, I have VMware player installed on my computer. I must say I love how the software works, indeed! And the Unity mode is a fun toy to play with! But, it has something that should...
View ArticleConnecting External HD through USB
I am trying to connect an external hard drive to my VMWare player. The VMWare player is able to read the external hard drive, but when I try to connect it through Removable Devices I get the error "the...
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