Why not always select USB compatibility = 3.0 in hardware configuration?
When I go to hardware configuration of a VM in the section "USB Controller" then there is a drop down boxwhich let me select the USB compatibility. On my notebook I have 2 USB v3.0 and two USB v2.0...
View Articleoracle linux guest problems
i have had a number of problems running oracle linux 5 & 6 as a vmware guest and just solved most of them by making sure eth0 onstartup = true andusing standard redhat kernel instead of the...
View ArticleVM crashes with signal 11
Hello, I am running VMware Player with Linux host (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit with all latest patches applied) and several VMs such as Trusty alpha and Saucy, Windows 7 and XP. I happened to receive...
View ArticleDos program won't go full screen on a Windows XP virtual machine installed on...
I have installed a Windows XP virtual machine on a Windows 7 computer. I still work with some dos programs and I can't get the dos window to be full screen. The virtual machine window will go full...
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I can't install VMware Player on my Computer - Syntax Error
Hey, i try to install VMware Player 6.01 on my Computer (Windows 8.1). After i start the setup and put in the installation path and go on continue there opens a window which says Syntax Error (sorry...
View ArticlePCI passthrough
I'm rather new at learning about VMs. I have an old frame grabber card that only has 32bit drivers that I'm doing a personal project with some research from school. I didn't see a way to pass the old...
View ArticleHow to have cleaning-up disk space in guest OS hard disk come up on host OS...
Folks, Hello. I am using VM Player 3. Host OS is Windows 7. Guset OS is Windows Server 2003.Because host OS Windows 7 hard disk C is almost full, I need to clean up disk to get some disk space in Guset...
View ArticleCentOS 6.4 host and Windows 7 guest crashes host
I have Player 6.0.1 installed on a CentOS 6.4 host. 2.6.32I have a Fedora 19 guest which works fine.But my Windows 7 guest consantly crashes the CentOS host.It seems to happen pretty consistently...
View ArticleCan you use a virtual hard drive with a linux live iso guest (persistently)?
If I format a virtual hard drive with gparted and then mount it, it becomes impossible to reboot the guest. Attempting to reboot hangs up with a blank screen, as though it can't find the boot medium....
View ArticleProblem with usb
Hello. I have alaptop withWin764bit(i5 4gbram) that connectoneArchos 101tabletandvmWareplayer6.0.1(linux mint13)recognizes itand I canconnectto it.Buton thedesktopwithWin764bit(amd fx-4100...
View ArticleWebcam visible but "no frames" in Ubuntu guest
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on VMWare 6.0 with Windows 7 as host.I am trying to access my webcam on Ubuntu but I'm successful only once in a while.The results for lsusb is :harsh@ubuntu:~$ lsusbBus...
View ArticleUsing Guest with Host VPN
I've tried googling, but only came up with answers that were a few years old, so I'm going to ask and hope someone has an updated answered. Host machine is running Win7x64, and is connected via Windows...
View Articlevideo under xp-32 guest
I have the following issue under vmplayer 6 with xp-32 installed as a guest (4gb ram):while video plays fine in video players (win-mediaplayer and videolan) on the guest system, the videos will not...
View ArticleSlow, unsychronised crosshair cursor when using AutoCAD 2013 with VMware...
Hi there, I've been having this issue with my VM all week, my cursor tracks fine outside of AutoCAD 2013, and within AutoCAD it tracks fine when I'm using any cursor EXCEPT the big crosshair (so...
View ArticleNeed Help Expanding the / Partition - I Think
I'm doing some Perl development on a VM provided by a client. In order to get the VM small enough to send to me, my client pared it down to the bare minimum. So I guess it's not too big a surprise that...
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VMware 6.01 on Fedora 18
Hello, While tryng to update from VMplayer 6.0 to VMplayer 6.0.1, the following was prompted: "Your hard drive is full. Free some space and try again" But my hard drive is not full!: Filesystem...
View ArticleError when opening a virtual machine
I'm trying to open a virtual machine from VMware Player. I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise and the virtual machine would be linux. When I import the .ova file, I get this error: "Failed to open virtual...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 no hibernate/shutdown...
VirtualBox wouldn't offer hibernate and need to test hibernate/resume from Windows 8.1 so trying vmware player but doesn't work either. If I installed the client tools, I enable hibernation, but...
View ArticleVMX corrupt file
I have Windows 7 on my PC, running VMWARE PLAYER version 6.0.1 build-1379776. I can no longer start my session, as I keep getting "VMX file corrupt" error.What does this error mean. Can I reinstall...
View ArticleSerial Communication port cannot be used - which renders Vmware Player...
I have installed XP professional from original DVD (inside Windows 7 home premium), but although XP seems to "see" the Serial Comm port, the application doesn't.That application is Picstart16C an old...
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