VMware WS 10 not able to ping outside the machine using usb eth adapter
Hello all, My configuration in brief : PC1 - WIn 7 OS : 10.0.1.242VM - Ubuntu 10 : 10.0.1.17 [ Guest OS in vm on PC1 ]PC2 - Win 7 OS : 10.0.1.10I have vmware ws 10 installed on PC1 machine and...
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Hi Guys. i have been trying to install both vmworkstation 10 and 7 on my system but in both cases i keed getting the following error' line 1495char 7error expected ')'code 0URL...
View ArticleSSD vs 7200RPM Hard Drive - Upgrading Laptop for multiple VMs
Hi There, I'm looking at upgrading my laptop hard drive in the next few days and I'm after some help / suggestions. My main use for my laptop is for my virtualisation subjects at TAFE. I won't be using...
View ArticleHow to Re-Share shared folders of the host system
Hi there. I am running an SBS2011 Server (which acts as a primary domain controller) on a virtual machine on a Windows 7 professional host system. I am able to share the RAID 5 arrays of the host...
View ArticleVM Workstation 10 crashing laptop due to CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT error
Hi all I found a previous thread on this, but it was from over a year ago and so wanted a new one. I have upgraded to a Windows 8.1 machine (Dell Intel Core i7-4500 CPU @ 1.80GHz with 8GB RAM) and...
View ArticleMouse cursor icon changes to random shape in Shared VM mode
Hi, I'm running Workstation TCP 2014 on a Windows 8.1Pro machine. As guests I primarily use Windows 7 64bit machines. I recently started testing the Shared VM option and found something strange.First...
View ArticleProblems with USB devices on latest VMware WorkStation
I can't use any webcamera with vmware, I've tested with several and they all suddenly start missing mic on Lync. Also I have a Jabra PRO headset connected to VMWare. It's also detected, but Lync will...
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Resume unexpectedly fails quite often?
VMWare 10 with Windows 7+8 x64 hosts and guests. I often suspend the VM and restart the host, then restart the VM, only to be told that "an error occurred while restoring the VM state". It happens on...
View ArticleGetting performance information about the CPU of a VM
How can I get performance information about the use of CPU (and memory, disk, network...) by a guest VM hosted by a VMware workstation host (Windows)?I see I can get few informatuin by using Windows...
View ArticleInvalid Machine Code?
I virtualized my old Windows XP computer because i have a program on it which i bought years ago (2006) and the developers are not supporting this version anymore, and won't help me with installing it...
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Bridging to Bluetooth only?
I've just installed my VmWare Workstation 10 on the new computer and run one of the VMs I've previously created. However, I can't access the internet... I suspect the problem lies with networking...
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vmware workstation x64.msi failed could not write value key...
i have this problem when try to install vmware workstation vmware workstation x64.msi failed could not write value key \system\currentcontrolset\service\vmware\performance i try to install vmware...
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Sharing VMDK based hard-disk between two virtual machines
I'm trying to practice setting up an Oracle RAC based environment with 2 virtual machines. Virtual machine #1 is rac-node-1 and virtual machine #2 is rac-node-2. What is the process or the steps to...
View ArticleIntermittent missing removable devices
Running Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 and VMWare Workstation Tech Preview July 2014 (e.x.p build-1946049) First day or so was fine; after PC reboot, the list of removable devices was significantly smaller...
View ArticleFailed to initialize library for mounting and unmounting virtual disks
My System:Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 I recently downloaded and installed Update:V 9.0.4 build-1945795 before, I had 9.0.3 . Everything worked fine.Since the last update, I can't mount disks...
View ArticleStandalone VBScript using VixCOM API
Hey,My question is about the examples provided with VixCOM API, there is only one using a VixCOM object in VBS, and the script itself is not standalone, how can I avoid using a wsf file? <job...
View Articleunrecoverable error vcpu-2
Hello, I powered on my vmware workstation and got this error message: operation on file "e:\vm\windows server 2008 x64.vmdk" failed. After I clicked ok, I got this error: "vmware workstation...
View ArticleConverted Local Machine Won't Power On - No error message
I made a simple clone of my Windows 8.1 local machine using vCenter Converter Standalone as Administrator. I can select it in my VMWare Workstation 10.0.3 (also run as Administrator). When I click...
View ArticleFull Screen Menu isnt pulling down
Hi,I have VMware Workstation 10.0.3. I have 2 virtual machines.Sometimes when I'm in one on the VM's on full screen on a single screen laptop, I cannot get the full screen Menu to pull down, although I...
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