No shared folder in /mnt/hgfs
Hello, I've tried several tutorials to share a folder between my windows 7 host and ubuntu 12.04 guest, including the official ones and this one :...
View ArticleMachine already powered on... so how do I open it?
Hello,I've just installed VMware Player on my PC, that runs on Debian Wheezy (kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64).I have a WindowsXP virtual machine that works fine, but sometimes the VMplayer window closes by...
View ArticleCommercial use
Commercial UseVMware Player is also now available for commercial use. A commercial license for VMware Player 5 is included with VMware Fusion 5 Professional to enable customers to run virtual...
View ArticlePlayer hangs CentOS 6.2 when starting a machine
A few months ago, I downloaded the VMware Player at home because I teach at a college that uses VMware in the computer labs. I worked fine in CentOS 6.2. Then a few weeks ago (while the term was...
View Articlefunwebproducts
I have just upgraded player to the latest version and my security software blocked the install of funwebproducts. Is this a false positive or is VmWare now bundling rubbish with its products?
View ArticleUpdate 5.0.2 broke Shared Folders
I have been using vmplayer happily with Mint 14 32bit Cinnamon for a while now, but the update to 5.0.2 has broken Shared Folders (and other things). I uninstalled 5.0.2 and downloaded the latest, got...
View ArticleAssigning public IPs to VMs
Hey! I'm thinking of renting a dedicated server with win7pro today. I plan on installing VMware player and adding two virtual machines with win 7 on the dedicated server. I will buy a total of 3 public...
View ArticleAnyway to auto assign keyboard/mouse at VM start up?
So just like the title says, I just was wondering if VMplayer supports the ability for you to assign a specific mouse/keyboard that it will default too automatically as soon as the VM boots up? If so...
View ArticleUpgrade VMWare player from ver 5.00 to 5.02
Hi there, I'm getting a notification to upgrade my free VM ware player 5.0 (running on Win7) to 5.01. When I start the upgrade, it asks me to first uninstall the current version. My fear is whether my...
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VMWare Player Guest Screen Resolation
Dear AllI install VMWare Player on my computer (Win 7 64 bit Pro). Inside VMWare Player, I install Windows XP SP3 for running and testing the old sofware. I got problem as below and would like to get...
View ArticleVmware Player freezing?
I just put server 2008 on it and changed the name for the computer. Once down I had to restart the os on VMware, it loaded up about half of the way and stopped, I could still move the mouse around on...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Converter Standalone is not working
Hello, i tried to create a virtual machine of my PC and got the following error message: FAILED: Erstellen eines VSS-Snapshots des/der Quellvolumes nicht möglich. Fehlercode: 127 (0x0000007F). What...
View ArticleVTHREAD5 - ERROR IN VM PLAYER 5.0.2
NEW TO VM PLAYER. INSTALLED VM PLAYER 5.0.2 IN WINDOWS 8 x 64 BITS. INSTALLED WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE & WINDOWS XP AS GUESTS. EVERYTIME WHEN SHUTTING DOWN BOTH GUEST OS GETTING THIS ACCESS VIOLATION...
View ArticleVMWare Player 5 doesn't start
It's that simple. I'm clicking the shortcut and nothing happens.I've reinstalled it several times but with no success. OS: Windows 7Player: VMware-player-5.0.2-1031769 It worked last year but then I...
View ArticleNetwork Bridge does not work-Win8 host, Win7 guest, Wireless
Hi all,I run into a weird issue. just bought a ASUA S550CM ultrabook, Core i7, win8 64bit, touch screen. Installed VM player 5.0.1 on it and Win7pro guest. everything worked fine. Found an issue with...
View ArticleCan't uninstall VMware because I installed Hyper V
I upgraded to Windows 8. My VMware installation worked after that. But then I installed Hyper V and some software that I don't want to uninstall. Today I went into vmware again and it tells me that it...
View Articlewill Win9 run
Hello, I'm planning to buy a new desktop and Laptop - with win7 64bit installed on both. The idea is create a VM of my desktop before i go on a trip and run this VM on my laptop. I'm planning to use...
View ArticleConnecting to A Virtual Machine
Hi everyone, I sure hope you all can help me out, as I am completely stumped on this one. Let me first give you my situation (setup, etc) and hopefully I'll be able to work through this. I have my...
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How to lock down VM Player
Hi experts, I am exploring some ideas on how to allow secured internet browsing in a lock down workstation running Windows OS. A good option would be to run VMPlayer and run Browser Appliance on top...
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Error while powering on : the file specified is not a virtual disk.
Hi everyone, I just joined the forums.I use VMware Player and yesterday after suspending the image that I was working on, I put the pc to shutdown. Today when I tried to run the image through VMware...
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