Configure my image in the LAN - configure networking
I have windows 7 laptop connected to LAN.In this computer I am running Image of another windows 7 using VMWare player.My primary laptop IP is: 100.100.100.2 and I wish to set the image to be with ip:...
View ArticlePlayer won't connect to my erial port
Player won't connect to my serial port. I get the following error "Cannot connect the virtual device serial0 because no corresponding device is available on the host.". The port is present and shows up...
View ArticleMinimum Space To Dedicate for XP Professional
First time with Player. About to install XP Professional on my SSD drive. Don't want to dedicate more space than necessary. What is the minimum I should dedicate in the setup? Will only be using two...
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New faster HDD, now Guest WinXP Pro sluggish under Host Win7 64bit
Glad to have found this forum. I cloned my 5400RPM hard drive to a 7200RPM and used the restore partition to restore to factory state. I installed most of the updates to Win7 Home Premium 64 bit before...
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New version of Squid proxy appliance (KingNeutron v7) available now!
--Previous announcement:http://communities.vmware.com/thread/328648?tstart=0 2013.0325 - Announcing the latest V7 of the KingNeutron (Minimalist) Squid Proxy VM o Now Based on Long-Term-Support...
View ArticleNot able to create or open virtual machine after upgrading RAM
Hi, Recently i upgraded RAM on my personal laptop from 6 GB(4+2) to 8 GB(4+4). Till before every thing is working fine.. like i am able to create/open VM's.After my RAM up gradation i am not able to...
View ArticleWeb Browser Virtual Appliance?
Does anyone know of any good web browser virtual appliance? All I can find is https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/browser-appliance, but it's very old and doesn't seem to be actively...
View ArticleHow to communicate with Guest VMs when Host is NOT on a network
Hi all, I hope I am in the right place - or that I have not missed anything obvious related to my question!We have 2 VM's (64bit OEL) on VMWare Player 6. Both are configured as bridged networked VMs...
View ArticleWindows 95 guest cannot communicate with host Windows 7
Folder sharing is not possible when the guest is Win 95, as I understand. So I have to rely on the network.I run a Win 95 guest which I have created in VMware 7.1.1The host is Windows 7 I can see the...
View ArticleEmulate A CD-ROM Drive For Real Install On HDD
How do I use VMware Player to emulate a CD-ROM drive, mount a Win7 install ISO, and do a real install to one of my HDD partitions?The ISO is already set with an Autounattend.xml file, so the other...
View ArticleVirtual Floppy Image just doesn't work in Windows 95 Guest
I have Windows 95 as the guest. Created by VMware Workstation 7.1.1No matter what I do, I cannot connect to a virtual floppy (a disk file with FLP or IMG extension). When I run the Win 95 guest in the...
View ArticleVMWare Player- Challenge with Network Setup to allow offline working- thanks...
Many thanks in advance for any advice here. My situation:Novice Developer using a Windows 7 laptop with Ubuntu Server on VMWare Player.Need to progress client and server side development on the laptop...
View ArticleDebian Jessie / VMware-Player-6.0.1 / Says installed but won't launch
I installed VMware-Player-6.0.1-1379776.x86_64.bundle on my Debian Jeesie 64-bit OS. It says "Installation was successful", but when checking the install log it says"WARNING **: Could not open X...
View ArticleCannot access Ethernet & SCSI controlers on Windows 8.1
Hi, I am new to VMware so there might be a simple solution to this problem - here are the specifics.I bought a new laptop (Toshiba Satellite C70 A Series 8GB RAM running Windows 8.1 - 64 bit)I...
View ArticleHow do I get my vm to power up. Thankd
I am receiving this error on start up. How do I correct this Thanks https://imageshack.com/i/n9l2jdj
View ArticleWindows 8.1 guest OS upgrade caused major network slow-down for vmnet1, vmnet8
I'm troubleshooting a network slow-down which occurred after upgrading the guest OS from Windows 8.0 to 8.1. VM host is running Linux.The problem occurs only when communicating between host and guest...
View Articletrouble enabling both NAT and bridged networking
Host: Win 7Guest: UbuntuI am a web developer and my Ubuntu VM serves as a webserver. I am on a laptop that I take between home and work and a few other places, so my IP changes all the time as I roam....
View ArticleUsing a Recovery Disc to install on VMWare Player
I apologize if I'm posting this to the wrong place, but I'm finding things for doing this in VirtualBox, but I want to know if it is possible to do in VMWare. When I bought this laptop, it had Windows...
View ArticleOne of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use ...
I get this error while trying to power on my vm 'error while powering on : unable to open file i\...\... : one of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a...
View ArticleCan't open cs50 ova in 6.0.1, Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
Direct link to ova file:http://mirror.cs50.net/appliance50/19/i386/appliance50-19-vmware.ova First vmware player complains that:The import failed because did not pass OVF specification conformance or...
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