Disk space in VM and on host
Hi, I have a VM using 2 virtual disks. The disks have a capacity of 20 and 100GB. In the VM the usage of the first is about 11GB and of the second about 25GB (shown by Windows XP explorer). The space...
View ArticleBridged Network Protocol Won't Install (Win7 x64 Host)
I've encountered the same error as described here and here. After a fair bit of wrangling with it and researching, I've narrowed the problem down to the installation of the Bridged Network Protocol...
View ArticleApple hardware, Windows host, OSX guest?
Hi! Since Apple has become increasingly lax with their hardware drivers (eg. the state of nVidia GPU drivers compared between Win and OSX, or the endless plague of silent data corruption on drives...
View ArticleVMware USB Arbitration Service bug
Hello! VMware Workstation v8.0.x (all versions), VMware Workstation v9.0.0 and VMware Workstation v9.0.1 have the same bug in USB Arbitration Service. I have a few error messages in debug log of USB...
View ArticleNon-persistent disks
Under VMware Workstation, is there any way to create a virtual disk (as opposed to a physical disk) and have it be set as a non-persistent disk? The whole point being to make the disk essentially a...
View ArticleCD/DVD ROM not working in Workstation 9
Am I missing something? I tried to install a Windows 8 Pro VM from DVD and Workstation 9 kept telling me that the VM could not find one as there wa no such device on the Host. I tried this several...
View ArticleInside virtual machine determine whether it is ESX or Workstation
Hi, Is it programmatically possible inside of a virtual machine whether it is running from WMWare Workstation or ESX?
View ArticleKernel panic - not syncing : Attempted to kill init
Hi All, i have installed vmware workstation 9 on windows 7, installed Red Hat Linux 5 64-bit and on top of that installed my customized kernel 2.6.32 version.installation went fine but when ever i...
View ArticleWin Server 2008 R2 Guest runs slow with 4 cores/processor configurations
Hello everyone, I encounter with a little difficulty running Windows Server 2008 R2 standard version as the guest OS on VM workstation 8.I plan to install Sharepoint server 2010 and project server...
View ArticleVM starup msg- There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a drive into...
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a drive into \Device\HardDisk4\DR12 I have to click this message 9 times. Version 9.0.1 build-894247 I do have an Inventory.VMLS file. No othe .VMLS files...
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VMWare Workstation 7 full screen across multiple monitors scrolls up to...
I'm using VMWare Workstation 7.1.6. Only when I'm in full screen across 2 or more monitors (they all have different resolutions), if I place my mouse pointer on the bottom edge of the screen, the...
View Articleversion 9 release 894247 autoupdate running when set to no in config file
Hi. I am running VMware Workstation 9.0.1 build-894247 on 30 windows7 hosts in a university lab environment. A wide variety of Windows and Ubuntu virtual machines can be run on the physical machines....
View ArticleCould not open Virtual Machine .. Dictionary Problem
Hi, I am using VMWare Workstation, 7.1.4 build-385536. I was using my Windows XP SP3 Virtual Machine and then taking a snapshot. In between this process, my laptop battery went down and the screen...
View ArticlePrinting via Thinprint client in Linux Guest (and other *NIX) OS
I do have Thinprint enabled on my guests and a wireless LAN printer connected to my internal LAN. In Windows guests there is no problem to choose the printer from the dropdown menu and send the...
View ArticleProblems with USB devices persistantly auto-connecting.
Hi, I've recently migrated to a new laptop and am having issues with USB devices automatically connecting to my guest. I'm running VMWare Workstation 9 and the guest is WinXP Pro SP3 which has been...
View ArticleSTOP 0x0000003E MULTIPROCESSOR_CONFIGURATION_NOT_SUPPORTED Article Source:...
I have installed a windows 7 x64 machine on my vmware workstation. at first when i install it it gives me no trouble at all, the first run of the OS gives me no trouble, but when the OS requires an...
View ArticleWS8: incorrect key mapping in Linux guest
Hello, I'm using VMware Workstation 8.0.6 build-1035888 on a CentOS6.4 (up-to-date) Linux 64bit system, installed on a Dell Latitute E6530 laptop. A keyboard mapping issue appears in any Linux guest VM...
View ArticleDNS Name Resolution using a bridged network connection not working
I'm using VMWare workstaion V7 on Windows 7 64bit. If I set up a guest to use a bridged connection name resolution fails. The guest receives a proper DHCP reservation with the proper DNS entry and I...
View ArticleVMWare 9 - no network via WLAN
Hi, I am using VMWare 9.0.2. If my laptop is connected to a wired LAN everything works, I have network connection on my VMs (either Bridge and NAT).If I disconnect from wired and connect to WLAN it...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 randomly loses second monitor
When running guests and working inside a guest, I experience than certain things can trigger VMWare to suddenly drop it's second monitor and go back to single monitor, I then have to click the "Cycle...
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