Is it possible to "mask" the CPUID in Workstation?
Basically what I want to do is to be able to "mask" the CPUID in a VM for testing purposes. For example be able to make the software think it's running on an Intel CPU on an AMD host machine. I've...
View ArticleVMware workstation 9 running OSx on windows 8 not detecting iPhone
Hi, i have updated my windows from 7 to 8 and everything went well, or so i thought.i develop iphone apps and therefore i run osx in a vm. After installing VMware 9 it seemed to work fine, until i...
View ArticleIncreasing the VRAM to 32GB for VMWare Workstation
Hello, I have a HP Elitebook laptop running VMWare Workstation 7.0 on a Windows 7 Professional. The physical RAM of the laptop is 16GB but I would like to increase the virtual RAM of the VMWare...
View ArticleError message when installing VMware Tools in Whistler.
When you try to install VMware Tools under Whistler 2257, you get the following error message (with AutoRun enabled). D:\Windows was not able to process the application binding information.Please refer...
View ArticleScratchy / Abnormal Sound Card Sound from XP Guest on Windows 8 Pro Host...
I encountered an issue with distorted sound coming from a Windows XP x32 guest using a Windows 8 Pro x64 host under Workstation 9.0.1 build-894247. It wasn't an issue under the Windows 7 OS I upgraded...
View ArticleSound disconnecting in Linux and Windows guests in Win7x64 host
I am using a Dell OptiPlex 790 with onboard audio. Periodically on a Windows guest, or everytime I try to use audio on Linux guests, I get the "Error opening Sound Device 0:". "A device ID has been...
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VMWare Unity Mode Annoying Gray Desktop Box
It seems that VMWare Workstation adds a gray box for the desktop of the guest in Unity mode, as shown in the screen shot below.Is there any way to change, move or remove that box, as it seems to...
View ArticleIE Crash with npctrl.dll division by zero error
We have one silverlight application that will crash Internet Explorer 8 and 9 with a division by zero error in npctrl.dll only when IE is run on a VM and the silverlight version is 5 (silverlight 4...
View ArticleMissing task bar when creating PC-BSD release 9.1 64 bit VM in VMware...
Hi All, I am trying to create a virtual machine of PC-BSD release 9.1 64 bit in VMware Workstation version 9.0.2 build-1031769 based on PCBSD9.1-x64-DVD.iso downloaded from...
View ArticleLinux guests do not restart
I have an i7 ASUS box, 8 vCPUs, 16GByte of memory, and Workstation 9 running on Windows 8. I come from VMware Player which had the same issues, so I wanted to upgrade to the supported product but it...
View ArticleVmware Technology Preview 2013
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View ArticleVMware still can't find my vhd file after I browse to it
I created a VMware 9.x VM from a VHD file and took three snapshots. The VM worked fine in VMware. It also worked fine when I ran it in VMware Player 5.0.1 from a networked machine. I took the drive...
View Articleinstall debian 7 guest on vmware workstation 8 , host win7 64 bit
Hello,anyone knows how to do this ?I get always: "could not find os" My install medium is an ISO. Most other linux ISO can be installed, like fedora, ubuntu, suse but NOT debian (checked with 5,6 and...
View ArticlePoor Windows video performance under Ubuntu and dual monitors
Hello, For a while now I've experienced poor video performance under windows with VMware when using dual displays. A single display instance of VMware performed wonderfully, extending the session to...
View ArticleNexus 1000v & ESXi inside workstation 9
Hi, I am wondering if anyone here was able to properly install and run Nexus 1000v and ESXi inside VMware workstation 9. I have spent countless hours and stil can not make the VEM's register in VSM...
View ArticleStarting VMware Tools service in Whistler Build 2296 ends with an error message
Hi all, when you try to start the VMware Tools Service, you get this error message: Could not start the VMware Tools Service service on Local Computer. Error 12001: Windows was not able to process the...
View ArticleInstalling VMware external tools on Whistler.
How do you install VMware external tools in Whistler 2257 and 2296? That is interesting!
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Run iscsi on a Linux vm of Workstation 9
Hi,Anybody used iscsi to map a lun to Linux box of workstation 9? I got an error when running iscsi discovery. It is tricky that the vm worked well in an ESX server. I just got this problem when I...
View ArticleHow to get new drives installed in Vmware 9 workstation.
I am having a problem getting Vmware 9 workstation installed correctly. My host is win 8 and the guest is win xp. I have a brand new Toshiba laptop and it obviously has a scsi drive in it. When I...
View ArticleAuto start 2 VM's at once with VMware Workstation 9
Hello, I have got the code to get 1 VM started, but when I do the same code, it opens VMware twice. Is there a way to have it startup both VM's in just 1 instance of VMware? Here is the code I am...
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