Ping but no browser access
I installed Player5.0.2 on Windows 7 and, and then installed Windows Server 2012 with the gui. All that went just fine. The server can access the host hard drives; the network icon says internet...
View ArticleWhere can I safely download VMware Player 5?
I am new to VMware. I wanted to download the latest version of VMware player. According to the documentation that would be VMware 5. The download page ( Player Version History ) *...
View ArticleVMPlayer VNC Freezing Bug
The error is very easy to reproduce,Vmplayer version: 5.0.2How to reproduce: Start a Full screen 3D application in vmplayer, use VNC viewer to connect the client. Then request full screen update in the...
View Articlemac address of vm to other hosts....
I have a small LAN with a handful of hosts. One is a Win7 box with vmware player(latest version) and a virt...al machine using bridge mode. The issue is that to the other hosts on the network, the mac...
View ArticleWindows 8 64bit Blue screen
In my office my software testing team required some machine for testing their application on different browsers,so i installed different os on vmplayer and all are working fine ,on last week they ask...
View ArticleMachine fails to boot: VMWare Player unrecoverable error
Greetings all, I've done lots of research on this topic; I have come across many people with similar errors (but not my exact one), so I'm hoping someone out there will have the answer... My machine...
View ArticleVM fusion to VM player conversion problem
Hi, I created and was using a VM on VM Fusion. It worked perfectly fine when I was using it on our Mac computers on VM Fusion. But as soon as I tried to move the VM to a window computer via a zip file...
View ArticleGetting started with VMware or booting in Win 8 from the DVD
I am not well versed with any of this, but I have a homework assignment and I have completed everything up to Part 2 step 5.5. When the root@bt:~# prompt appears, type iwconfig and then pressEnter....
View ArticleBug in DOS-Function FindFirst / FindNext File
I have several DOS programs which run excellent under real Win XP, but under virtual XP they run faulty. These Programs find existing files, but report some of them twice (instead of once). To find...
View ArticleUser Player w/o VT-X Support of CPU
Hi,I have an CPU (Intel Core Duo E7400 with 2.80GHz, Wolfdale, Socket 775 LGA) that does not support VT-X. The Host Operating system is Vista 64 bit. Can I use the vmware player to run vista 64bit...
View ArticleCanon MP510 on za Playa
Hi,I have a few holy good software that are running under Win98 so I got installed it on VM Ware Player.Now I would use all of their features, printing too.I have a "not so old" Canon MP510 and I...
View ArticleVMware Player Bridged using wireless NIC on host
I am running a windows 7 laptop with a wireless NIC. When I create my vm (win2k8) and bridge it to the wireless NIC it gets an IP, but can't get to anything. I can't ping the gateway or my host IP....
View ArticleWhy does the Removable Devices dialog keep popping up, even when having...
With VMWare Player 4.0.2 build-591240, when it detects newly attached USB device, a dialog box will appears as shown in the attachment.This dialog box keeps appearing, when new devices are detected,...
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Updated tools, now cant change settings
Ok first some prerequisites: Linux Mint 15 x86_64, VMplayer 5.0.2, Vmware-tools 9.2.3. Updated vmware tools using root. Wouldn't let me do it via my user (which btw is an administrator) Now when I load...
View ArticleVMWare doesn't start after kernel update
Hello, I've just updated my kernel to 3.10.0-997-generic. After that VMWare Player doesn't start anymore.I've tried to run patches and different solutions I found in google, but it didn't worked yet....
View ArticleHow to allocate the fixed size of memory for guest OS
I'm using VMware Player 5.0.2 (Host OS is win7) and a Ubuntu virtual machine(Guest OS).I need the Guest OS have all the memory it is set (for example 2GB) in setting when it is started instead of...
View ArticleGuest mouse pointer only moves on click when in unity mode
I have an Ubuntu 13.04 host running Windows 7 Professional in VMWare Player 5.0.2, and I'm having a problem with Unity mode. After switching to Unity mode, the guest's mouse pointer only moves when I...
View ArticleMouse ungrab / release problems - VMware Player 5, Windows 8 host, Debian...
VMware Player 5, Windows 8 host, Debian Wheezy guest - with VMware Tools installed. I have some strange behaviour that is quite irritating. The mouse is automatically grabbed when I mouse over the...
View ArticleLinux / Unix System for learning C programming ?
Hi, I would like to set up a Virtual Machine for learning C programming. Can I use Linux or have to use Unix ? Just wonder which Linux distribution uses less power on my Windows 7 workstation and...
View ArticleUpgraded to Player 5 - Can't launch VM from shortcut anymore.
Since installing Player 5, my desktop shortcut to a VM no longer works. When I click it, instead of lauching the VM, it peppers my Desktop with temp files and then complains it cannot find the VM....
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