Workstation nesting under Hyper-V
Hi Team I am trying to get VMWare Workstation Player working under Hyper-V. I am getting the error "VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V role from the system before...
View ArticleCan workstation work in a remote VPS of another virtualization technology?
Not sure what virtualization technology is commonly used in linux-based VPS hosts but it definitely is not vmware. Still would like vmware workstation to run in such a VPS in order to use the freebsd...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 12 Player crashes virtual machine on startup
I updated VMware workstation the other day and now when I try to boot my virtual machine, it freezes during the loading phase (host is Windows 10). I've attached an image of the screen I get if I try...
View ArticleCan't connect the virtual machine to another computer through LAN
I have a game that is only playable through Windows XP, and have one computer that has Windows XP, so I am using a Windows XP virtual machine to play the game. The only problem is that I need to...
View ArticleRestoring backups from machines with uefi instead of BIOS
Hi all, I've just downloaded the free version of VMWare Workstation 12 Player to have a bit of a play around and I tried to restore a recent backup of Server 2008 R2 but it failed because the backup...
View ArticleCannot connect the virtual device sata0:1
Cannot connect the virtual device sata0:1 because no corresponding device is available on the host. The error pops up when I enable the host/guest share and map the drive.I tried to delete and then...
View ArticleFailed to import "Windows XP Mode".
0down vote favorite Im having trouble when importing Windows XP Mode. When I click "Import Windows XP Mode VM" then click Import, it says "Failed to import Windows XP Mode" with no following...
View ArticlePower on Error - Virtual Machine needs authorization.
Hi: My first time here and first time using VMware. I have Windows 8.1 host and installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 guest into VMware 12.5.5. I followed the Easy set-up. All went well until I clicked "Power on"....
View ArticleThinning virtual machine with Ubuntu 64 bit
Hi there, according to Ubuntus "Disk Usage Analyzer" (baobab) 20,7GB of 76GB are in use at the moment (see attachments) but the VMware directory somehow is around 79 GB. I already tried the disk...
View Articlevmplayer will not start after install on Arch Linux
I installed VMware-Player-12.5.5-5234757.x86_64.bundle as per the instruction found here. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware When i run the command vmplayer it doesnt do anything and there is...
View ArticleVM XP image slow - Solved
I had built my sister-in-law an XP PC which now had a fan that failed. I had built a newer PC with Windows 7 64 bit on it and gave it to her.She wanted addresses that were in CreataCard Gold 3 which...
View ArticleHow to route all audio from guest to host
I have a Windows 10 host running a Windows 7 guest on VMware Workstation 12 Player. The guest I'm trying to figure out how I can route all the audio from the guest VM to the host as if it's the VMware...
View Articleworkstation used an very large amount on system commit
after starting Workstation Player system commit of the host increases about to 20 GB.and then windows 10 says insufficent storage available. after stopping Player System commit stays by 18 GB.
View Articlevmware-tools.service failed because the control process exited with error...
Hi, I did a physical to virtual of my Linux Ubuntu 17.04 and have come across a couple of stumbling blockswhich I hope you very bright people out there can help problem solve. I'm using workstation 12...
View ArticleLinux Host/Windows 10 Pro 64 Guest - Bad Audio?
Hi, Host: Linux Mint 18.1 MATE 64Bit / Guest: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit I've been using VMWare Player for many years on Linux hosts with no problems.I recently updated Linux VMWare Player and now have a...
View ArticleVMWare Player (+ Server + Workstation) - USB SmartCard Reader communication...
In testing under a Linux VM I've come across a VERY reproduceable problem with using SmartCards (in particular PIV). Readers that can return a list of their speeds will fail before even getting to see...
View ArticleExpanding a partition in Ubuntu
Hello all, I have a Ubuntu guest installed in Workstation Player 12, and I use it to study Hadoop and Spark applications. Unfortunately, I only allocated 20GB to it initially and I've run out of space....
View ArticleWindows 10 Hanging on start up
Linux Mint 18.1 Cinamon x64 host running Kernel 4.10.20. Trying to transfer a VirtualBox W10 VM into VMWare Workstation 12 Player. All exported and apparently imported correctly. However on start up in...
View ArticleHost Secure Boot with a linux host
With Secure Boot enabled in the host UEFI, how is it that installing vmware workstation on linux as the host, which changes the linux kernel, how is it that the modified linux kernel is still allowed...
View ArticleHow can i open ports in VMware Workstation 12 Player
Hey, i opened ports in my fritzbox router and disabled firewall in win 10 .. ports were open but not in VMware. I dont know how to configure ports for NAT network in VMware player i think it isnt...
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