Shared folder: Access denied in guest when folder on host is on a network drive
Hi, Workstation 11, Host and Guest Windows 7 amd64 I have two shared folders. One is local to the host and there's no problem.The other one is on a network path mapped to a drive letter on the host...
View ArticleWorkstation 11 - install error 29141
Hi I cannot install VMware Workstation 11 on my Windows 8.1 x64 laptop.When I run the installer it stops with the error: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This...
View Articlewhich linux distro for workstation 10.0.5 ?
Is there linux distro available for hosting workstation 10.0.5 which supports all vmware features out-of-the-box? I did try mint 17.1 cinnamon and it did not have full screen support (win 7 guest...
View ArticleVMWare Player 7 Pro license - will it work on VMWare Player 5 Pro?
Hi guys, I have VMWare Player 5 installed and I do not really want to uninstall it as I have it all set up and I had problems with VMWare Player 6 previously when I could not uninstall it at all.Can I...
View ArticlevMware Player - The file specified is not a virtual disk
So I was operating on my vm, on vmware player for ubuntu (host), and all of a sudden I got the error 'The file specified is not a virtual disk', when trying to run the vm. Not sure if this helps, but...
View ArticleMy virutal machine dont start after host bluescreen?
Hi I run VMware Workstation 11 and my host got bluescreen when I boot up my virtual Windows 7 machine. Now I get this error when i try to start it.The disk **.vmdk has one or more internal error that...
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VT-x virtalization does not work
Hi All! I have 2 hosts. 1. Sun Ultra 45, Debian8 x86_64,VmWare Workstation 102. Sun Fire x4200 M2 ESXi 4.1.0 The problem appear when I try to start VM ubuntu x86_64 with Intel VTx/EPT or AMD-V/RVI...
View ArticleEdit settings in restricted VM
Dear Community, in VMware Player 6 Plus and Workstation 10, I was prompted for the restriction password, when I clicked "Edit virtual machine settings". Nothing could be changed without the password....
View ArticleBlack console screen for a Debian Wheezy 64bit guest
Hi, I have create a Linux guest ((Linux kernel 3.14.34 amd64) on a Windows 8.1 Pro, 64-bit (Build 9600) 6.3.9600 host.My version of Workstation is 11.1.0 build-249682. After displaying some lines...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 10 and Virtual Audio Cable
I am trying to feed audio from my PC into a Windows and/or Ubuntu guest using Virtual Audio Cable (Virtual Audio Cable Home Page).I can hear my audio going into the virtual audio cable by using the...
View ArticleRecover data from disk with missing vmdk parts
I have a VMware disk which is saved as several 2GB .vmdk parts. A couple of these parts became corrupted, meaning that the virtual machine could no longer recognise the disk. Is there any way I could...
View ArticleWorkstation 11: Can't drag & drop
Another bug in Workstation 11: Can't drag and drop files from Windows XP guest into Windows 7/64 host. See this video for details:...
View ArticleVMware Player No Internet
Hello, I have been using VMware for awhile now and it seems like every few months I can't connect to the Internet. I always forget how to fix it. I've tried "Bridged", "NAT", and "Host Only" but none...
View Articleopensuse 13.2 I120 triple fault Virtual CPU enters shutdown state
OS: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit(6.1, build 7601)motherboard: GA-970A-D3BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PGProcessor: AMD Phenom II x6 1045T (6CPUs) ~ 2.7GHz (Instructions: MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE, SSE2,...
View Articleno mouse in linux Xorg
Hi, I have installed arch linux with host=win7 and guest = archlinux. When I go into any window manager i.e. xfce or twm, the mouse does not show/interact at all. The keyboard does work. When i...
View ArticleWorkstation 10.0.5 build-2443746 VMware Tools fail to compile work fine in...
root@ubuntu:/home/srfisk/vm/vmware-tools-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl A previous installation of VMware Tools has been detected. The previous installation was made by the tar installer (version 4)....
View Article[BugReport] vmware 11 start osx 10.10 system with a crash
the report info is in the post file this is the old vm i use with workstation 10 vm , i upgrade 11 the old vm is working fine but when i upgrade the vm with vm version 11 , then the crash come . hope...
View ArticleVMWARE Workstation 11 failed to connect to server. Server is an unknown...
Guys, On my home lab, where i have a simple router (Netgear Nighthawk R7000) and two workstations after updating to WS11 i cannot connect one PC to another. On 10 i had many shared vms on one pc, and...
View Articlevmci starter (perhaps with arch)?
my guest is always a linux machine (usually arch, the #8 linux distro on distrowatch). the host is either osx or linux. I run vmware fusion and vmware player. I want to write code that sends a packet...
View ArticleAny Way to Keep a Non-Shared VM Running When You Sign Out?
Under Workstation 10, running on Windows 8 as the host, shared virtual machines continue to run in the background when you sign out. Unfortunately, non-shared VMs terminate when you sign out. This...
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