Starting Encrypted virtual machine from batch file.
I have created batch file to start my account machine(Encrypted) which is installed inside Vmware Workstation 9. Batch file as below @echo off"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware...
View ArticleInternet is not working in the virtual machine ?
Hello All, I have installed two VM in workstation with Ubuntu Server 13.04. After configuring the static IP address in the ubuntu server , the internet is not working on any machine. I have did the...
View ArticleMonitor profiling application in host or guest?
I'm successfully running Datacolor Spyder4Elite (monitor color profiling/calibration application) in Windows 7 on bare metal. Their architecture relies on periodic reloading of the video LUT (Look-Up...
View ArticleJust wanted to give a shout out to VMware and this slick CTRL-R feature.
Without this great feature, and the lack of confirmation I would have never mistakenly deleted all the work I was doing for the past hours! I've looked around and found no way to disable this hotkey....
View ArticleNAT and sub-networks
Hi everyone, I'm currently running VMs of the following OSs Win server 2003 EnterpriseWin XP SP3 Win server 2008 R2 EnterpriseWin 7 Pro I know that we can only have one NAT network under the virtual...
View ArticleFullscreen Toolbar Position
VMWare Workstation 7.1.4 build-385536 Ubuntu Host, 2.6.32-32-generic When in fullscreen mode, the default position for the drop-down menu is top centre of the screen - it looks like a couple of pixels...
View Article"Oh no! Something has gone wrong." message
Hello,I am using Workstation 9 to run Linux, and I keep getting the above message on startup. I have been using VMware Workstation for some time, and I don't recall this happening earlier. Even though...
View ArticleWhy does Windows ask me to repair the drive after use
Workstation 10 latest versionHost: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bitGuest: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bitI have a physical drive mounted in the VM Every time I run the VM and even if I never touch the mounted drive I get...
View ArticleRedhat VM -> Workstation Converstion with VCC, Workstation thinks it's an...
Pardon the ambiguous title, I wasn't quite sure how to phrase it. I have a RHEL virtual machine that's running on an ESXi 4 cluster. I converted it to Workstation 8 format using the standalone...
View Articlecannot find a valid peer process to connect to
I am using Workstation 8 and my host is a Dell Inspiron17r Windows8 PC. When I have booted up Workstation8 and I attempt to power up the WindowsXP virtual machine I get the this message "cannot...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 10 keeps changing VM's owner and group to "root" upon exit
I have one VM where Workstation keeps changing the owner and group of *.vmem and *.vmss files to root. None of my other VMs exhibit this behavior. It does not seem to affect the running of the VM. It's...
View ArticleVMware Tools not working on Workstation 10
I recently upgraded from Workstation 8 to Workstation 10. I have updated VMware Tools in my VM, and now, when I double click on the VM icon in the system tray I just get the about dialog....
View ArticleWhich WS version is needed to run Windows 8?
I am currently on the WS 7.1.6 version with a Win7X64 host but I have bought an upgrade to 8 a while ago but did not install it on this PC since I saw a lot of complains about stability etc.And the...
View ArticleException 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.
Machine stays on for a while and this crash happens. Help please!
View ArticleAfter host locked screen, guest doesn't show its screen any more
After host locking its screen and then unlocking it again, guests screen is not show any more. Only a blank window. It did not help to close the tab or try to connect in other ways to the guests...
View ArticleProblems Installing VMWare Tools - OpenSUSE 12.3
Hi, Using VMWare Workstation 8.0.6 build-1035888. S | Name | Type | Version | Arch |...
View ArticleAn error occurred while restoring the virtual machine
hi every onei have pause my vmware and when i try to restore it i have this error"An error occurred while restoring the virtual machine state from file "C:\Users\Asus\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows...
View ArticleWindows 7 won't release control of USB devices!
Hi, I am trying to use USB devices within a VM, VMware detects all of my available USB devices but when I try and enable them into the VM they do not connect, I assume this is because Windows 7 won't...
View ArticleWhen Configuring a NAT and bridged adapter connection, other connections...
I was just wondering why when I bridge my private subnet connection, it makes my other adapters convert to having the network connection type of Domain instead of public.
View ArticleCan't open VM after Windows Blue Screen
I updated my Windows 8 machine, it blue screened, now I can't open my VM that I had open at the time of the blue screen. Attached is the message I got from VMware Workstation 10.
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