Workstation 9 Extremely Slow Performance
I recently bought VMWare Workstation 9 and started using my appliances from the older VMPlayer.The program actually deleted the player to install. The problem I am having is any appliance I use is...
View ArticleChrome OS - VMWARE no network connection in Windows 7
I installed VMWARE 7 to test the new Chrome OS. I followed all of the instructions and the installation went wall. I started the virtual machine and when I try to access the internet via the guest OS...
View ArticleHexxeh Chromium OS Vanilla no connections available
I have installed Hexxehs January 2013 vmware builds of Chromium OS Vanilla to find that during setup there is no connection available which is required to continue setup. I have it set for briged which...
View Articlevmplayer segfault fedora19 (with work around)
I'm running fedora 19, kernel-3.9.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc19.x86_64 vmplayer will not run, producing the following: [bpm]$ vmplayerLogging to /tmp/vmware-bpm/vmware-modconfig-5063.logfilename:...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 9, XenServer 6.0.2 nested WinXP VM
Details:VMware Workstation 9.0.2 Build 1031769XenServer 6.0.2 Build 53456p VMWindows XP SP3 nested VM within XenServer VM All this works just fine... a bit slow yes, but it works fine UNTIL I install...
View ArticleUnable to hibernate and recognize USB storage devices!
Hello all, I have encountered the strangest problem I have ever seen. When VMware-workstation-full-9.0.2-1031769 is installed on my host OS I am unable to hibernate and my host OS cannot recognize USB...
View ArticleMemory leak of vmtoolsd.exe
I find the memory leak of vmtoolsd.exe in gest os. VMware is Workstation 8 or Workstation 9.Gues os is Windows XP professional SP3 (32bit).Host os is Windows 7 professiional (32bit). When I don't run...
View ArticleVMWare Player 5.0.2 - Mouse Cursor resets to defaults
Hi - I am running VMWare Player 5.0.2. I have a WinXP guest on a Win7x64 host. In Win7, I usually have a custom cursor set selected for my normal operation. However, when I start up VMWare Player,...
View ArticleBackwards compatibility from VMW 9
If a VM is built using the new 9.0.2 version will version 7.1 be able to run this VM? I haven't been able to find a compatibility matrix to tell me.Thanks.
View ArticleDisabling specific USB device from VmWare
After I updated from 9.01 to 9.02 my Renesas E10A debugger USB device no longer works in Windows7 (client is not connected to it).This is on a machine with Windows7 as host and Ubuntu_1002 as...
View ArticleUnable to Ping from Host OS to Guest OS on VMWare Workstation-8
Hi All, I have installed VMWare Workstation-8 on Windows-7 OS Laptop (Host) and two Linux (OEL-5.8) as Guest OS on VMWare. I am running few Oracle Applications (Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g) and those...
View ArticleAccess Internet from guest OS
I have "Windows 8" installed on my Sony VAIO Laptop. I installed VMWare 9I connected to the Internet in windows XP - (inside VMWare).I want to access that Internet in "Windows 8". Please help me ASAP....
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Workstation 9 Added HDD and ....
I added another HD to my VM. It shows up but now I need to format it. How do I format a VM HDD? I did searchers in this forum and on Google and could not find it....I know it can be done, just need...
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"Cleanup" reports 16777216 TB disk space
Hithis is my first post here, and I'm a low-level-user of "VMware Workstation 9.02", installed on a Dell M6700 with Win7 64 Prof. I have five VMs,- 1 Windows 7 X64 plus 2 clones- 1 Windows XP Mode plus...
View ArticleLicensing Key entering
Hello, I have purchased a licensing key for VMWare workstation and I've entered it in Help -> Enter License Key. And Pressed ok, but I didn't get any confirmation that it Succeeded and if I go back...
View ArticleUsing a USB-drive as phsycal disks kills mouse and keyboard in all other VMs
Occasionally I use a VM with a USB drive attached as phsycal disk.As I soon as I start that VM all other VMs become unusable as the keyboard and mouse no longer works. This behaviour is super anoying...
View ArticleImporting VM from ESXi 5.1 to Workstation 9.0.2 -> virtual machine...
I've noticed that virtual machines with more than one virtual HD are imported, but afterwards while trying to load the configuration file I am noted about "a configuration file problem". The VM will...
View ArticleYet Another Guest to Host Communication Issue
I have been searching through all the other requests for something similar but it seems I have a slightly Unique question. I have a DB running on my Host and the Client running on my Guest. Both...
View ArticleFusion 5 Win7 Sent To Workstation 8
Greetings, Now that I’ve managed to copy over my Win7 bundle from fusion to another machine on the network running VMware Workstation 8, I’m trying to figure what to do next. The files on the...
View ArticleDual Boot Networking Question.
Hi, I'm trying to configure a VM for dual booting with the option of XP and Win7 in the boot selection screen. I can install everything and everything works fine, but there is no internet in the Win7...
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