Player 5 : host with two nic & two VM
Hi,one of the best new features in Player 5 is:"Previously, the standalone version of VMware Player did not give users a way to select what adapter would be used for a virtual machine. With standalone...
View ArticleHow to run VM created on VMWare Player 5 on VMWare Player 3?
How to run VM created on VMWare Player 5 on VMWare Player 3? It is possible? I'm asking for that because I would like to use Player 5 on my home computer, but if I copy VMs and I want to use them on...
View ArticleVMware Player and snapshots
Hi,I'm using with much satisfaction VMware Player, but I suffer the lack of availability of the "snapshots" feature.I know I could buy the VMware Workstation but it has too many other features (and is...
View ArticleHow to mount a DvD (ubuntu)
I know that this question is probably related to my incopidence incisde of ubunut/linux/unix but for the life of me I can't get my DvD from my physical drive to appear in my vm.. I've right clicked on...
View ArticleUbuntu Desktop 12.04.1 LTS not working with VMware Player 3.16
I tried to install Ubuntu Desktop 12.04.1 LTS with VMware Player 3.16 it always gets stuck on the same...
View ArticlePrint using Win NT using VMplayer 4.0 Win 7 host printer
Set up virtual printer using VM tools (uses COM2 as COM1 is a physical port on PC. It says printer is present but doesn't print anything. (Have old HP printer driver setup in NT and new HP laser...
View ArticleI would like to know more about VMWare Player, and other important info as well
I would like to know about VMWare Player. First of all, I would like to know about the bios setup in VMWare. Now what I want to know is if the bios acts the same as the actual bios setup in my...
View ArticleHow to gain administrator access on Win Server 2008?
I would like to gain administrator access to a machine which runs Windows Server 2008. I had joined the machine to a domain which re-configured administrator rights, and, does not give me access to...
View ArticleVMWare Freezes On Reboot
All, I have installed Windows XP SP3 in my VMWare virtual enviroment and whenever I reboot it, it gets stuck on the front VMWare POST screen where it says F2 to enter setup and F12 to network boot. I...
View ArticleShared folders with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, hosted by Windows 7 x64
Hello all. I have enabled shared folders in player and pointed to a relevant folder on my host Windows machine. However, although I should now see the volume mounted at /mnt/hgfs, nothing shows up....
View ArticleCan't get a Windows XP Virtual Player to show host printer
Using version 4.0.1 build, I can't get my Brother printer to show up. It does work perfect on the host (Windows 7 64bit), and oddly enough it does appear if you pull down Virtual Machine/Removable...
View ArticleVM Player (4 &5) does not allow me to change monitor settings
I have a notebook that I have an external monitor connected to. It is a Lenovo IdeaPad computer. Anyway, the external monitor will allow me to change it with no problem when using it from the host...
View ArticleSDCard on Windows 7 Machine
I have a Windows 7 laptop with a SD Card slot. When I insert an SD Card, the Windows identifies it as a SCSI device. I would like to access the SD Card from VM Ware running a UNIX like OS, but VMWare...
View ArticleVMWare player unrecoverable error: VCPU-0 Unexpected signal 10
HI Everyone!I need help! I am trying to fix an issue with VmWarePlayer. I get this error when trying to boot up the xp VMX file. VMWare player unrecoverable error: VCPU-0 Unexpected signal 10 This is...
View ArticleUsing Opensuse 12.2 & VmwarePlayer after the latest kernel update?
1)In Terminal become root2)As root /etc/init.d/vmware stop3) type in this as root mv /lib/modules/3.4.11-2.16-desktop/weak-updates/updates/vmci.ko /tmp4) then type in vmware-modconfig --console...
View ArticleNetwork connection broken on resume from suspend after ugrade to Player 5.0
Product: VMware Player 5.0.0 build-812388Host OS: Win7 64-bit, SP1Guest OS: Xubuntu 12.04, 64-bit After upgrading VMware Player from 4.x to 5.0, whenever I resume the Xubuntu 12.04 VM from a suspended...
View ArticleLightest way to run player
I have a VM that I want to run, I've had it for years. It's part of a software package from some company. I have no interest whatsoever in a host operating system. In an ideal world I would have the...
View Articleexpansion packs
I am running VMware player 4.0 I believe on windows 7 home and student. I tried to enable the USB 2.0 and got an error which said I needed to instal Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack. I searched and...
View ArticleBridged Networking / Mapped Network Drives are Unreliable
Greetings, As a preliminary, here is my configuration: Host Machine: Windows 7 Pro x64 running Vmplayer 5Guest OS: Windows XP Pro x32 with all the latest MS updates and patches The guest OS is...
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