No sound and error: "A device ID has been used that is out of range"
Hi, I have Win7 64bit host and Realtek HD Audio. I have this error whenever I boot up a virtual machine whatever the guest OS is: "The default sound device cannot be opened: A device ID has been used...
View ArticleVmware 8 - vm freezes when attaching a usb drive
I just upgraded from vs 6 to vs 8 and have an issue. Under ver 6, I had a 2tb physical drive connected to the host machine that I let the vm take control of. I use it to backup 90 gig of data on a...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 10 - Windows 7 64-bit vm goes to black screen when...
I have not found much in the way of information regarding this issue and how to resolve it. My virtual machine starts and runs well, but when I try to shut it down, it just goes to a black screen. If...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 and 10 - NO 3D Acceleration for Shared VMs ?
Is this an official limitation of the Shared VMs or a bug? Any workaround? 3D Acceleration is shown as available in the properties of a shared VM but it definitely doesn't work.I've tried on Intel...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 - Slow network performance between host and guest
I am running windows 8 on the host and installed Workstaion 9 trial. Then installed windows 8.1 as a guest system. I am getting slow, really slow network between the two. If i send files to and from...
View ArticleFatal installation error when installing VMWare Workstation 10 on Windows 8
Hi all, The message says I need super user's rights to install the Workstation 10 which I have. Please help me. I have put the 2 errors I saw in jpg format. Regards, Remi Heymann
View ArticleError message: .vmx is not a valid virtual machine configuration file
Unfortunately when installing a program for testing my hard drive ran out of space and decided it was time to stop.When I attempted to start one of the VM's up again the message ".vmx is not a valid...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 10.01 shows black screen when playing Star Wars The Old...
When I launch the game I only get the audio no video. The guest is Windows 8 (Pro 64 bit) with 1 processor ( two cores per processor) and 6 GB of RAM. I tried editing the vmx file to increase the...
View ArticleHaving trouble with binary translation
I got an error with VMWare workstation 10, I trying to install MAC OS X Mavericks 10.9 Retail VMware Image, but from some reason that the result I get when I run the virtual server:...
View ArticleCan't install Workstation 10
I am trying to install Workstation 10 with no success. I run the installer, the UAC prompt pops up, I click OK, and then nothing else happens. I have looked in my Temp folder, and a few files have been...
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VMWare Workstation 10.0.1 on Windows 8.1 Drag and Drop not working
I am using VMWare Workstation10.0.1 on a Windows 8.1 host and a Windows Server 2008 R2 guest. Drag and Drop does not seam to work between the guest and host. Copy and Paste does work, just not drag...
View ArticlePromiscuous mode?
I have Wkstn 10 running on CentOS 6 with 5 VM's all using bridged network. 3 are on "Bridged", and 2 are on "vmnet1". For some reason the names change when the VM is moved to shared. Otherwise the...
View Article[WS10] vmtools errors in guest
Hi everyone, After installing vmtools from Workstation10 into guest OS (win2008r2) I have two errors in event viewer:Both are event id: 1000Warning:[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL)...
View ArticleVMware workstation doesn't start, black screen
Hello there VMware community, I am having trouble installing and using VMware Workstation 10 on my new windows 8.1 machine (Acer). I am trying to install a windows XP virtual machine - but it never...
View ArticleFile NTLDR is missing
The message File NTLDR is missing I got evey time trying to open VMwayer player. Iam running on windows 7, X64 and the VM on XP Professional
View ArticleCapture Movie records black frames
Hi All, I want to Capture a Movie of installation activities in a Windows 8 Guest OS running in VMware Workstation 9. Whenever the mouse is not moving completely black frames are recorded until I move...
View Article"Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error." with a shared virtual machine.
Hi. VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1 Trying to power on a Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit virtual machine produces the following error:Unable to connect...
View ArticleHelp with starting a program in VM
I have made this script for my current VMS , But now i need a script that can start a program in each VM with a slight delay between the running to the programI would appreciate if someone could help...
View ArticleWhy can't I try VMWare Workstation 9 ?
Hello everybody, I tried installing Workstation 10 with a fatal installation error as I specified on a previous post. I saw on another post that a solution was to reinstall Windows 8.1 and then...
View ArticleScrolling causes high CPU usage
I run Firefox in a Linux VM for the purpose of visiting potentially malware-infested websites, and I've noticed that simply scrolling the webpage is enough to send host CPU usage up to 70-80% on a Core...
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