Lost of Internet connection after activating VPN in host
Dear all: I was using W7 XP Mode but the integration with the host was poor (coping files and microphone does not work, among others). So I installed VMPlayer4 and it works perfectly, however, when I...
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VM player fails to power of after Windows shutdown
Hi group, I'm relatively new to VMware and I'm sitting with a annoying issue that I haven't been able to find a solution for on the www. When I shut down Windows within my VM player it shuts down fine,...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Freezing
Hello,i´m working with the VMware Player 5.0.1 build-894247 on Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit, Service Pack 1. My system is a Dell Precision M4600 notebook and includes several VM's. In all of them I...
View ArticleHelp a newbie get started... 2 vmware players 1 computer?
Ok, here goes... Please forgive me if I dont fully understand the complexities or intracities involved, Im trying to get up to speed. I have a dual core toshiba laptop with win7 on it and 8 gigs RAM I...
View Articlecannot get poweroff/suspend scripts to run
Hi there, I am out of ideas, maybe somebody here knows the magic trick to get poweroff/suspend scripts to run inside the guest. I am running VMware Player 4.0.2 on Windows 2003r2 and have a small...
View Article32-bit program with 16-bit installer won't install
I have XP Pro (32 bit) guest runing on a VMPlayer 5.0 virtual machine. The host is Vista 64 bit. I just installed it yesterday. Some 32-bbit software that has a 16-bit installer will not load into...
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virtual network editor disapeared?
Hi, just installed vmplayer 3.1. Npow I would like to connect from the host to the guest, e.g. by ssh or http. I know, I have to configure portforwarding with Virtual Network Editor. But where did...
View ArticleWhither VMware Player 5.0 VMNetCfg.exe?
Just upgraded from VMware Player 4.0.4 to the new 5.0. The old method of obtaining VMNetCfg.exe appears to no longer work. There is no "network.cab", and none of the .cab files that show up when you...
View ArticleWin7 clone asks for activation (screenshot attached)
Using vcenter converter standalone, I created a virtual machine from the powered on physical machine. But when I go into the guest it says "activate windows now" although host is already activated....
View ArticleVMware Communication error.
Hiii all, I am new to use a virtual machine.I have installed a VMware player 4.0.4 on my computer with windows XP PRO SP3 (2GB Memory)and the guest OS is also the same.The Vmware I use is to...
View ArticleVMWare Player Licensed?
I saw the deal for VMWare Fusion for Mac includes a commercial license for VMWare player, so I was wondering, if I purchase VMWare Fusion can I use the VMWare Player license on my Windows Based machine...
View ArticleConnect Two Virtual Machines via LAN connection Using VMWare Player
So this topic may already be posted, but I am at wit's end trying to find a solution. I have VMWare player 3.1.4 installed on a Windows 7 enterprise_x64 system. I have configured two virtual machines:...
View ArticleGuest OS won't start up on VMware Player 5.0.1 since upgrading Kernel on...
Hi all, Now I use VMware Player 5.0.1 (32bit) under the following environment: Host OS: Scientific Linux release 6.3 (Carbon) 32bitKernel: 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600...
View Articlemap through unknown usb device from host
Hello, I am having a virtual machine running windows XP on a windows 7 64bit host. The device I attached to usb isn't recognized in Windows 7 because there are no drivers for it. This results showing...
View ArticleI'll start with the stupid question first...
Hello,i went through the whole rigmarole of signing up, to ask a different question, but as soon as i signed up and got to the community page, i was greeted with a "VMware Player 4.0 is now available"...
View Articleapple iphone doesn't show up in the folder listings on ubuntu
Hello,I have a Ubuntu 12.10 guest OS running in VMware player 5.0.1, on a Windows 7 host system. when i connect my iphone, the vmware player toolbar at the very top does show the iphone connected...
View ArticleNew Problem with Unable to open kernel device "\\.\VMCIDev\VMX"
I am running VMware Player 5, Host operating system Windows 8, Guest operating system Windows XP. During powerup, I'm getting the message "Unable to open kernel device "\\.\VMCIDev\VMX" I know that...
View ArticleVMware Player 5.0.1 - USB No Driver Found Error.
Hello, I've been looking around the forum for quite a while, but none of the discussions have solved my problem. Everytime I try to connect a USB device (SanDisk Cruzer 32 GB) to my guest OS (Windows...
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