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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 Article64 Bit Player Install Issues
I've noticed several threads where people have trouble installing VMWare Player 64 bit on what appears to be a 64 bit host OS. I am using an Acer ATC605-UR13 Desktop PC, with Windows 8.1 pre-installed....
View Articlecompact a disk
Hi,on VMware player 6.0.2 build-1744117 I have a virtual machine (OS : Win 2008 R2 server). When it is off, I edit and on hard disk I choose to compact using utilities. This disk has about 19 Gb...
View ArticleWireless Keyboard does not work with VMware installed
Hello,I installed VMware player the other day on my PC and noticed that my keyboard wasn't working, I mean, only the media keys works (Volume Keys and mute button). I tried to uninstalling VMware, now...
View ArticleWrong Mouse Position in VMware Player
Host: Windows 8.1 Pro 64BitGuest: Windows 8.1 64BitVMware Player: 6.0.3 Hello,since Today i can't use mouse and touchpad in my VMs.The position of the mouse i saw and the point of mouse-action are...
View ArticleHow to install RHEL7 in VM player?
Hi, When I install RHEL7 in my VMplayer, RHEL7 cannot find the disk in installation.Does any one know how to solve this problem? VM player:6.0.3 build-1895310Host OS: Win7 SP1 x64
View ArticleError while powering on: The file specified is not a virtual disk
Hello. I realise this is no doubt a commonly discussed topic however I opened this discussion in hopes of getting a specific answer that will help fix the problem. I'm running VMWare Player on Windows...
View ArticleBehavior of a NAT interface
VMWare Player 6.0.1 NAT interfaces have a strange behaviour regarding ICMP destination unreachable packets.In most NATs (all?), these packets are allowed to ingress the NATed network upon a egress UDP...
View ArticleVmware Player 6 can't install 3D acceleration with ATI Radeon 2400 Pro Card
Vmware Player 6 can't install 3D acceleration with ATI Radeon 2400 Pro Card on host - does not seem to detect it (is it just too old) -however on host it says 3D graphics enabled so it is a 3D card....
View ArticleQuick question from a newb..:-)
HEy guys...pretty new to this whole thing,but after much reading and consideration I wen't ahead and purchased VMWare Workstation. A few days ago I got the prompt to install the new 10.3 version...now...
View ArticleVirtualMachine Menu missing from menubar in FULL screen mode
Running VMplayer 6.0.3 build-1895310, 3.13.0-30-generic Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, /tmp/vmware-dunn/vmware-player-6964.log ...in this log I see: W110: Failed to get guest launch hierarchy: Maximum items (512)...
View ArticleVMware tools update gives garbled dialog box for password
This is on a linux host 3.10.17 64-bit (Slackware) with VMware Player version 6.03 64 bit. When I try to install VMware tools, it pops up a dialog box for the password, except they are all garbled...
View ArticleHow to disable the ability to allow creation of VM's in VMware Player?
Hi, First of all, sorry if I've posted this in the wrong place... I couldn't seem to be able to find VMware player part of the forum. I've got a need to allow users to just run VM's and not be able to...
View ArticleVMware Player 6 crashes (VMM fault 14)
Hi,I'm running Scientific Linux 6.5 (a RHEL 6.5 derivative and binary compatible) 64 bit guest on a Windows 7 64 bit host. Everything runs fine with 1 virtual CPU, but if I enable 2 or 4 the VM crashes...
View ArticleSave everything in one portable file
Hello, I have installed Kali Linux, and installed in that distro several programs.Also I have stored documents in the virtual machine. How can I make the whole vitual machine portable, so when...
View ArticleDoes VMplayer support Directx 7?
I have a program that requires Directx7 to function. Does VMplayer support directX7? Seems there are other VMs that will do DirectX but only version 8 or 9. thanksMike
View ArticleIt works only resolution 1024x768 on secondary screen with Window 8.1
VMWare Player version 6.0.2On Windows 8.1 two screens, main screen right 1366x768, secondary screen left (SAMSUNG via hdmi) 1920x1080.Virtual machine Windows 7 resolution 1024x768. Mouse don't work...
View ArticleLPT on PCI card
I need to run old software designed for Win98 printing via LPT1. On newer PC with Win7 with WMPlayer software works normally. The problem is with LPT. The new PC doesn´t have LPT on motherboard. LPT...
View ArticleProper network config
Hey all. Im relatively new at networking and VMWare Player/Workstation..will try to make this as straight foward as possible. I want 2 VMs operating on a single host PC to communicate with one another...
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