how to "disconnect" virtual network cable
We can visualize a virtual machine as having a virtual ethernet cable connected to a virtual router within the VMware framework. I have two virtual machines here that are based on OpenSUSE 11.2...
View ArticleGhost boot/recovery CD
Hello -- I am trying to restore an old windows 98 system. It was backed up by ghost (version 9). I created an empty VM noting that is is a win98 system. When the VM started, it found the Ghost...
View Articleenabled hdaudio but can't find drivers
does anyone know which drivers the emulated hdaudio needs to install? I'm having problems with the default audio, it crackles horribly on xp, laggy and slow. yet when you launch a game its fine. then...
View ArticleVMWare Clone (9.0.2) has slow performance
Hi, I have installed VMWare (9.0.2) in my system with host as Windows 8, guest OS as 'OLE4". I cloned the VMWare(VM1,VM2), here performance issue started. VM1 is working fine but VM2 has got...
View Articlethe UMDF driver Serial port with VMware ® Workstation 9.0.2 build-1031769
Good day!Discovered the inaccuracy of the UMDF driver Serial port with VMware ® Workstation 9.0.2 build-1031769.Two times I asked for a help and did not get it from VMware.Analysis of this problem...
View ArticleUSB Android Phone Connection Interrupts Guest Network
VMWare Workstation 9.0.2 build-1031769, Windows 7 64bit Home Premium host, Windows XP 32bit SP3 guest running on a Lenovo T400 w/8GB RAM. Whenever I connect my Android-based smartphone to the host via...
View ArticleNetwork preferences don't offer the physical Ethernet devices I have (and need)
When configuring networking in vmware workstation 9 on Linux it only offers me a selection of devices, apparently limited by overly simple string-based filtering. I get offered my eth<n> named...
View ArticleHow to fully hide the tool strip in vmware workstation 8.0
HI all, I have Vmware workstation 8.0 running on my windows 7 PC and what really bugs me is the little tool strip up the top. I have tried going into exclusive view but that doesn't work. I am running...
View ArticleWorkstation 8 Set Network Location asks every time started
Hello, I get the Windows 7 "Set Network Location" dialog each time I start a particular VM.The Network ID increases each time I start up the VM. It is up to number 57 now! Searched around and cannot...
View Articleworkstation 7 (linux) and mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
hi all, i am looking into i/o performance problem under workstation 7. I have tried to follow the recommendation from article:...
View ArticleHELP my keyboard doesn't work in my virtual machine!
I have a pretty straightfoward setup. Thinkpad T430 running XP SP 3. Used standalone converter to convert to VM and also resized it down onto a USB hard drive. When given the choice of export formats I...
View ArticleHelp, Where did all my data go?
I've been working in my Centos virtual machine, and today when I started it up, all my work from the last 3 days is gone. It's like it was 3 days ago. I had checkpointed before making a bunch of disk...
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VMware Workstation 8 and Fedora 19/kernel 3.10.3, vmnet issues
I apologize if this has been covered - I was not able to find a discussion with a solution that works for me. Basically, per the subject, I have a 64-bit Fedora 19 machine with kernel 3.10.3 and VMware...
View ArticleLaptop in battery mode - "cannot find a valid process to connect to"
Hello All, I've bought a new laptop Asus transformer book TX300 " ASUS Transformer Book TX300 - Notebooks & Ultrabooks - ASUS "and installed a trial of the workstation 9.02 to run 1 or 2 XP VM...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 Un-pausing from Pause causes loss of virtual machine OS display...
In Workstation 9, when un-pausing a virtual machine from a paused state, the position and size of previously displayed and organized windows is lost; this did not occur under Workstation 7.x, and it...
View Article(dumb question!! ) building a right computer.
Hi, everyone. As the title states, you guys are being asked a very dumb question. I am going to build a new pc, which will have win 8 to run the workstation mainly (set up as a computer lab )While...
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Not all host serial ports are available for guests
Workstation 8.0.6 offers an incorrect list of host serial ports if I try to connect a guest's port to a host port (a "physical" port). It does not contain dynamically added virtual USB ports...
View ArticleWorkstation 9.0.3 or 9.5?
Hi, just out of curiosity - are there any public release dates to Workstation 9.0.3 or 9.5? 9.0.2 is getting a bit old and has problems with Linux kernels after 3.8.x. Rumors are welcome as well :-)...
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[Solved] Windows guest freezes/hangs every 25 - 30 seconds
Hi, I have been struggling with a windows guest OS freezing for 1 - 2 seconds every 20 - 30 seconds and could find nothing helpful by googling. Pinging the VM from outside the environment showed that...
View ArticleOnly allowed one processor
Recently migrated my workstation environment to a new platform: Dell M6500- Intel Core i7 Quad- 24 GB RAM- 500 GB SSD for Datastore- OpenSuse 12.3VMware Workstation 9.0.2 I completed the installation...
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