Assign (bootable) ISO to DVD drive, connect, change BIOS boot prio and start VM?
Assume I have a runnign VM (e.g. with Win7 guestOS). On my Win 7 hostOS I have a bootable *.ISO file. In order to try out this ISO (and to boot from it) I always have to do manually the following: 1.)...
View ArticleVMplayer 7, is it really 64 bit?
I upgraded from 6.0.4 to 7.0.0. The download page described it as "VMware Player for Windows 64-bit operating systems". My host is running 64bit Win 7 up-to-date as of the time I downloaded. It...
View ArticleVMPlayer 7, screen position
I updated VMware Player to version 7 (from version 6.xxx latest)Now every time I start VMware Player 7 on my computer (Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit), it starts on a different position of my screen (screen...
View ArticleVMware Player 7 closes on suspending guest
Whenever I suspend a guest in VMware Player 7, VMwarePlayer exits on the host operating system.Is there a way to change this behaviour? I want to keep VMware Player 7 still running on host after...
View ArticleIntel VT-x mode issue
I'm provisionig Windows 7 x 64 VM in our ESXi 5.0 and 5.5 environment. Now I want to virtualize via VMWare Player in this Win 7 VM further 64 Bit Windows/Linux systems.I'm getting the information "This...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04.1 latest updates broke Unity session (Player 6.0.4)
Host: Windows 7 x64 SP1Guest Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS x64 A bunch of updates showed up yesterday for the kernel, DKMS, and some nvidia packages. After rebooting, I can login but Unity desktop session...
View ArticleIssues opening ttyUSB0 when using Cygnal 2103 USB to Serial
Hello, I've been experiencing a very bad problem with VMware where opening a serial port on /dev/ttyUSB0 fails about 80% of the time. We're using a Meshnetics Zigbit development board which uses a...
View ArticleHi VM player is getting hanged
Hi, I am trying to configure PIG in my system in VMplayer but it is getting hanged. Is it system issue or VMplayer issue or Windows 8.1 edition issue for VM player Please advise. Regards,Bibhas
View ArticlePlayer 7.0.0 "spurious APIC interrupt on CPU#, should never happen."
I wanted to add to @AC2014's post in the Workstation forum. On 6 December 2014, he wrote: Did anyone notice the message below in /var/log/syslog?"spurious APIC interrupt on CPU#<n>, should never...
View ArticleNo network connection running VMware Player 7 on Windows 10 Tech Prev Enterprise
Hi, I am testing VMWare Player 7 on Windows 10 but there's no network connection. however virtualbox works good on Windows 10
View ArticleNo VMware Player 7.0.0 32-bit??
Did vmware stop support for 32-bit operating systems??I can't seem to find anything about vmware player 7 for 32-bit windows, what happened?
View ArticleAdding vmnet adapter in VMWare Player
Does anyone know if it is possible to add/install a new vmnet adapter in VMWare Player? I've added an network adapter for one of my virtual machines, but the new adapter does not show up in Network...
View ArticleCan't find host "vmware-host"
Hello -- I just update one of my xp vm's to vista -- I find now that when I try to reconnect to the shared folder the "host" "vmware-host" is not in the list -- I tried to enter it manually, but...
View ArticleHalf-life 2 - 3D issue with VM Player 4.0
Hello, Since I upgrated from VM player 3.1 to VM player 4.0, Half-life 2 has stopped working properly. The game look seems to be in 16-bit color with boosted gamma (my screen is almost white). I tried...
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Boot menu, expand +Hard Drive item?
Is it possible to expand the +Hard Drive item in the boot menu? - to choose the disk to boot from, without entering Setup.- I tried a few keys, but none worked. Is anybody able to do it. Thanks in...
View ArticleRunning a Virtual Machine from a USB 3.0 SSD hard-drive extremely slow
Hi I'm using VMPlayer to run a Windows 7 machine on an HP EliteBook 8570w (i7) with 16 GB RAM and a 256GB internal SSD drive.When I use VMPlayer (I tried version 5 and 7, same result) to run a Virtual...
View ArticleFail to connect virtual device ide1:0
I cannot access my hos CD rom drive from within my Windows 7 virtual machine. Currently using VM player 6.0.3. I get an error on start up saying "Fail to connect virtual device ide1:0". The error...
View ArticleProblem with starting my virtual machine [Ubuntu 12.04 LTS]
I am currently a user of VMWare player to run the virtual machine for Ubuntu 12.04. Everything was working till today but after a restart I can no longer access the virtual machine. It does not move...
View Articleno 3d support on win8.1 host
hello, I still didn't find an solution why 3d support doesn't work on my win exp guest.What can be the reason for this? I updated my tools and the SVGA II driver is shown as working.directX says.....
View ArticleVMX corrupt file
I have Windows 7 on my PC, running VMWARE PLAYER version 6.0.1 build-1379776. I can no longer start my session, as I keep getting "VMX file corrupt" error.What does this error mean. Can I reinstall...
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