Can't install 64-bit VMware Player - So what am I missing?
I've got a new Acer Aspire V3-772G-9829 on which I am trying to install VMWare Player so I can run a 64-bit OS. Unfortunately I can't get Player to install the 64-bit version. I've been searching and...
View ArticleVM Player 6.0.1 Guest Version Issues
Hello, I just installed VM Player 6.0.1 from 4.0 and when I try and run a Windows 2008 R2 server VM I get the error; "Error while powering on: The virtual machine configuration is read-only.The virtual...
View Articlevmware player and bluescreen!
Hi, please can you verify these dumps (attach)? an Expert which debugged them told me that vmware player on vista is causing bluescreen. thanks. there are solutions or I have to uninstall the programm?
View ArticleProblem downloading vmware player 5.0.3
Not sure if anyone else had this problem before. Each time I try downloading the vmware player 5.0.3, it crashes my windows 7 right before the download is to be completed. Any suggestions or advice...
View ArticleScript error when trying to install VMware Player on Windows 8 Laptop
I have downloaded version 6.01 of VMware Player onto the Desktop of my Windows 8 laptop but everytime I try to install it I get the following error... An error has occurred in the script on this...
View ArticleGuest Ubuntu Resolution Problem
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running as a guest in vmware player 6.0.1 build-1379776. The host OS is Windows 7. Starting this week, whenever I resize the vmware player window by dragging an edge or corner, it...
View ArticleMouse Integration broken after upgrading Tools
I'm having problems with the mouse cursor after upgrading VMWare Tools. When I first installed Ubuntu 13.10 in VMWare Player 6.0.1 on a Windows 8.1 x64 host, I used the easy install method and was up...
View ArticleNAT and network Configuration in VM Player 6
Hi,In version 5 i used to run rundll32.exe vmnetui.dll VMNetUI_ShowStandalone In version 6 i have no clue !!! anyone ??
View ArticleUbuntu 13.10 client slows/dims on W7 host
I've had this same problem on 3 different systems over the past year. While I love the integration with Ubuntu, it's just not working well for me. What happens is I use the Ubuntu client for a short...
View Articlehardware upgrade causing vmplayer to crash....
Hi all, I upgraded my motherboard, increased my ram from 8-16 gb, and then installed Win 8.1 64bit. Everything seems OK. So I then installed and tried to run vmPlayer. I have to VMs, one running Win...
View ArticlePrevent leaving the Guest Player?
Hi All, In addition to my other post on "isolated," is there some way I can prevent someone from closing the Guest operating system and dropping back to the Host? My grand-kids often use the PC and I...
View ArticleHow isolated is the Host?
Hi All, Just had to do a full reinstall of win8 after a nasty virus that proved too hard to clean off. No idea where it came from but I would like to use Player to isolate the Host from future similar...
View Articlecan't boot into GUI due to VMWare
On Saturday I installed VMware Player on Kubuntu 12.04. Sunday afternoon my system spontaneously rebooted. During the boot process, I saw a message go past in terminal mode something to the effect...
View ArticleWhy doesn' sharing work. Or shared devices? or...
Hi all, I created a new VM. I installed software, etc. Now I need to copy over some files. I am running a workstation with Win 8.1 64 bit and 16 gb RAM, an I7 4770 CPU, with lots of drives. I have...
View ArticleCan't connect removable devices
Hi, I have to think this is a simple setting somewhere. When I use the option to connect removable devices and select a device, it shows a dialog telling me that the main desktop will no longer be...
View ArticleProblem for the most 'experts: use folder sharing with iso created with...
I created avirtual machineubuntuisothatI created.TherunregularlyinVMPlayerwithoutinstallation, Ialready uploadedthevmtools.It worksbutif I try toshow himone ormore 'guest disk folders: nothing....
View Articlepls help ... Exception 0xc0000006 (disk error while paging) has occurred.
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmx) Exception 0xc0000006 (disk error while paging) has occurred. A log file is available in "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows XP...
View ArticleVMWare Tools poweron script error
Hi! I got "The VMWare Tools poweron script did not run succesfully in this virtual machine" error during guest OS startup. It is like in this old discussion:...
View Articlevmware player crash when i connect from my ipad
Hi, some one now why vmware player crash when i connect to host thorugh ipad?I try to connect through other pc or android and it work fine..
View ArticleNetwork Discovery does not work after Clean Install of Windows 8.1
Hello Everyone, First of all everything worked fine until I upgraded Windows and host antivirus Host Computer: i7 16G ram, 250GB ssd, 1TB storage, Realtek gigabit nic built into motherboard Here is the...
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