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In Guest OS, the Ctrl key has been always pressed
Environmental： Host:Windows 10, Home, x64 Player:12.5.6 Guest:Windows 7, pro, X64, and, Windows, server, 2003, St, x86 Vmware Tools: true Question: Guest OS： the Ctrl key has been always pressed。 the...
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Can I delete VMWare\InstallerCache folder?
When I look into the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VMWare\InstallerCache\ under 64bit Win 7 then its growing over the time to now around 700 GB. Is this normal? Can I simply delete the...
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Disconnected - A certificate error occurred while connecting to the update...
Hi, I have VMWare Workstation Player 12.5.6 installed. When I go into the Software Updates window and click on Check for Updates, I get the error"Disconnected - A certificate error occurred while...
View ArticleUSB3 functionality for Player and Workstation Edition
Hello, I read that VMWare Player doesn't support USB3 automatically. According to some help papers there is a way to build-in this functionality by installing additional drivers from the host mainboard...
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VMWare Workstation Player USB guest OS locking possible?
Hi everyone, I am using VMWare Workstation Player 12 on Windows 10 Home x64 with Windows 7 Home Basic x64 as a VM. The issue I am having is that I am running a cell phone firmware flashing program that...
View ArticleRunning VM's on a AMD Ryzen 1600+ system...
Hi there, I recently upgraded my PC to an AMD Ryzen 1600. Now my Windows Server 2008 VM won't start. 2017-06-08T22:17:25.604-07:00| vcpu-0| I125: [msg.log.error.unrecoverable] VMware Player...
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Windows 10 guest keyboard input is extremely flaky.
Windows 7 x64 SP1 host. VMWare Workstation 12 Player 12.5.6 build-5528349 Windows 10 x64 Professional Version 1703 Build 15063.296 When trying to type in either the Edge browser address bar or the...
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Close VMware without shutdown server
Hello, I am using vmware player for sap hana express edition, for training purposes. I want to ask you if there is a way to close vmware and release all resources of my laptop without shutdown the hana...
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Why the new installation email prompt out of the blue?
Occasionally after a windows host reboot any VM started generates the following prompt before starting: It's as if vmware workstation player has just been installed, but it hasn't, it has been working...
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[VMware Workstation 12 Player] Problem with open suspended machine
I have a problem with open suspended machine. Log is in attachment. Any ideas? Log:
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After Windows Creator Update, no remote access a web server running within a...
Two days ago I had a PC updated to Windows 10 Creator. Since that time I can start VMPlayer 7.1.4 (build-3848939) and the Fedora 20 VM just fine. If I examine the listening ports, all the ones I...
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VMWare Player unrecoverable error: (vmplayer)
Hi, I use VMWare Player on Windows 10.Recently, I faced a big problem, i try restart my virtual machine,this window appear, and vmware player is going to crash.I think that line is cause of problem,...
View Article4k Screen on host (Windows 10) has small resolution on guest (lubuntu) for...
I have gone through several similar posts over the past year or two. There's no concrete solution to this. - Tried messing with the configuration file. The svga width, height, and vram size settings. -...
View ArticleTrying to use Workstation Player 12 at a multiuser-environment
Hi there. I'm trying to use the VMware-Workstation-Player 12 at a Ubuntu-16.04 LTS Client with a multiuser-environment.Actually I've installed the VMware-Player by using the admin-account and I've...
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Full Screen Mode and switching between monitors with different resolutions
Hi all, I have noticed that with my VMs running in VM Player, when I launch them, they go to full screen mode straight off the bat, which is what I want, and this works great when I am out and about,...
View ArticleDOS/Windows guest operating systems and USB floppy
If I were to use a USB floppy drive, is there any additional procedure required to configure MS/PC-DOS or Windows 3.1/95/98/ME to recognize it as Drive A? Or is it as simple as configuring the guest OS...
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All VMs Start with Black Screen
Recently moved all my VMs from Host Win7-64bit to Win8-64bit.Fresh install of Player v 5.0.2 build-1031769Computer is Acer Aspire M Intel i5 @ 1.8GhzGraphics is Intel HD 4000 When any of the various...
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Windows 10 guest (on Linux host) *always* loses network connection after dual...
My main system environment is running Linux (with a dual boot of Windows 10) and I have a Windows 10 guest VM. I've found that after I've used the on-metal install of Windows 10 and then get back into...
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VMware Player makes my USB KVM switch machines randomly
I have a Trendnet TK-409 4 port USB KVM attached to several computers, one of which has VMWare Player 1.0.3 on Windows XP. When I am running the player, and only when I am running the player, the kvm,...
View ArticleConverting an OS from a dead PC
Good afternoon all, I have a situation where I need to clone a hard drive with it's OS in to a virtual machine.I've seen "VMware vCentre Converter" mentioned as the cloning software, however I am...
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