How can I use HP LaserJet 1000 in Windows XP in VMWare Player?
I have a Windows 7 64 bit OS with VMWare Player 6 and Windows XP 32 bit installed. I have XP driver for the HP LaserJet 1000. But with the driver are installed, the printer does not print.
View ArticleVMware Player - drag drop files
I am using VMware Player version 5 with tools installed on Windows 7 Professional. I want to drag files (PDFs) from the VM(guest) to Windows 7(host). I can drag/drop from host to guest but not other...
View ArticleGuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Hello folks, I have a 64-bit Core i5 PC with Windows 7. I have VMware Player 6.0.0 and installed Ubuntu desktop 12.04.3. Everything was working fine in the virtual Ubuntu machine. The virtual...
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 ArticleProblem in Installing Vmware player in Windows 8
Hi all, I am trying to install Vmware Player on my Windows 8 PC, i downloaded it from Vmware site, but i am getting error which is shown in the attached file. I tried again and again but it didn't...
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Why I uninstalled VMWare Player
I installed VMWare Player free version a few months ago, mostly to see if it is a good replacement for MS Virtual PC. My use is purely personal. Upon launching VMWare Player today I was prompted to...
View ArticleNo network connection on guest
Hello, My Win7 guest can't connect to the network, it complains about a unpluged ethernet cable. No network problem on host. It used to work until I upgraded the host from Win8 to 8.1 (not sure if...
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Vmware player stops working (freezes)
Hello VmWare community, I would like some help.I'am using Vmware player(6.0.0 build-1295980) with installed Vmware Tolls (9.6.0, build -1294478) on Windows Server 2008 R2 with guest operating system...
View ArticleVirtual Ethernet Adapter no network access after upgrade from Win 8 to Win 8.1?
Hi,I had been running vmplayer 6 on a Windows 8 pc (with hyper-v disabled) no problem. After the recent upgrade to Windows 8.1 (on the host), the client OS (XP) lost all network connectivity and listed...
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Multicast
hello everybody,I have an issue with VMPlayer 6.0.0 build-1295980,Player run on Windows 7 32bit real machine, I've installed a VM with Linux Mint14. I develop a simple application that sendMulticast...
View ArticleVmware player wont install or run
We are running windows 64bit windows 7 and trying to install/open vmware player version . on machines with it already installed the process starts but then immediately stops and will not run, on new...
View ArticleCan't change DNS servers on Ubuntu Guest
Hi, I've got a Windows 7 Pro Box running VMware player running a Ubuntu 12 and a Ubuntu 13 guest. The other day I was prompted to upgrade to the latest VM player , which I did and then my Ubuntu12 VM...
View ArticleCan you prevent guest OS from seeing ALT-TAB ?
On VMware player v5.0.2 (or any other version), is there a way to prevent the virtual machine from seeing ALT-TAB, so that the host OS will process ALT-TAB ?
View ArticleDoes the Free VMPlayer 6.00 inludes VMware tools?
Hello, I am using VMPLayer 6.00 in linux. I tried to load the vmware player tools iso image but it seems to not exist. I ran sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt and got an error that no medium was found. I was...
View ArticleVNC connection enabled virtual machine running in VMWare Player but VNC...
Hi We have Windows 7 (64bit) host where is VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247 installed and registered. Quest operating system is also Windows 7 (64bit) created with VMWare Workstation 9.0.2...
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Cannot connect to VMware Tools Update Server
When trying to install VMware Tools for a Windows guest download progress gets stuck at 0%. Similarly if I click "Check for updates" it doesn't seem to be able to connect to softwareupdate.vmware.com...
View ArticleVMWare player unrecoverable error;(vmx)
VMWare was previousl running fine, and then suddenly crashed. I tried removing the app and reinstalling, but am continually unable to open a VM using "appliance50-19-vmware.I've been getting the above...
View ArticleHow to create guest in VMWare player
I know I did this in the past, but i just downloaded and installed VMWare player and there is no button to "create virtual machine". How do I create a guest? I am running Win 7x64 Host and trying to...
View ArticleHow to remove the uncompleted copying file "myfolder" from VM W2K3 or from...
Folks, Hello. I am using VM Player 3. Host OS is Windows 7 and VM is Windows Server 2003.I copy a 22GB file "myfolder" from VM W2K3 to Host Win7 because Hard disk in Host Win 7 only have 25 GB. During...
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