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Can't install Windows 7 through VMware Fusion, missing CD/DVD drivers
I'm trying to install Windows 7 32 Bit. There is no "easy install" for the VMware Fusion 4 setup as shown in this vide. http://www.vmwarefusionlearningcenter.com/intro-to-fusion.html#3
And when I ...
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Non-sharing Windows Applications in VMWare Fusion
I've turned on File sharing in VMWare Fusion between Windows XP and OS X Lion. When doing so, the Windows applications on XP are now shown in my OS X Applications folder. Is there any way to change ...
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Cannot drag folder to Ubuntu in VMware Fusion
My host is Mac OS X and I used VMware Fusion 3 to install Windows 7, Windows XP, and Ubuntu Linux. I can drag and drop folders between Windows 7/XP and Mac OS X, but I cannot do the same for Ubuntu. I ...
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Xmonad focused window border issues with virtualbox/vmware guest additions
I've tested xmonad on ubuntu and archlinux, running either on virtualbox and vmware. After installing guest additions (and the equivalent vmware tools for vmware), the focus border stops working. I ...
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access files in VM fusion from the host machine
I'm running VMWare Fusion on my mac (osx lion). I saved a file there that I'd like to view on the host machine. How can I access this file?
VMWare is running an Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit server image.
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Can I run VirtualBox and VMWare Fusion on the same machine?
I have both VirtualBox and VMWare VMs on separate laptops.
Can I run both of those VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox on my Macbook Pro, assuming that I don't want to run them at the same time?
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Can a VMWare fusion image on windows 7 be legally used on more than one mac?
I have a legal, store-bought copy of Windows 7. I'd like to install it into a virtual machine, either VMWare or Parallels.
I have VMWare Fusion on my Macbook Pro and my iMac.
My question is, once ...
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MAC OS X 10.6.8 - Uninstalling VMWare Fusion
Does anyone know if uninstalling Fusion (using the correct uninstaller for it), also uninstall Windows and associated apps?
If not, is there a correct sequence to get rid of all things Windows ...
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Does VMWare Fusion replicate the trackpad experience on Windows 7
I have become addicted to the trackpad on my MacBook, especially scrolling with two fingers. In the past I have run Windows 7 from a Bootcamp partition, but sadly the trackpad doesn't work quite as ...
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VMWare Fusion with a Bootcamp partition, how does that work?
When I install Windows 7 on my Mac using the Bootcamp option, I am installing it directly on the hardware with the drivers provided by Apple. I'd do that for maximum performance.
But from what I ...
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VMware fusion on MacBook Air with OS X Lion seems to hang when getting back from sleep
Every once in a while, my MacBook Air becomes unresponsive when it is sleeping and I open the lid.
It seems to only happen in these circumstances:
the MacBook air got into sleep modus because of ...
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Kinect SDK running in vmware - is there a way?
I do the bulk of my Windows-oriented development in a VMWare Fusion virtual machine (Mac), which runs more than well.
I have recently started working with Kinect but I am unable to use it within the ...
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Macbook Air Reboot after Wake when Windows 7 Running in VM
Is anyone who is running a Windows 7 VM on a new 2011 i5 Macbook Air (I have the 13" w/128 SSD) able to put their Macbook air to sleep for extended periods of time (like overnight) without manually ...
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Reading from hard drive of crashed VMWare VM
I have VMWare Fusion running on my Mac, running a Windows 7 VM. I accidentally powered down my Mac and the VM image won't restore properly, losing all my files I had worked on in that image. I have ...
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Setting favorites in VMWare Fusion 4
I used to be able to setup a "favorite" image in VMWare Fusion 3, where the image would load when I started VMWare. Now with VMWare Fusion 4, that option is gone/missing. Is there any way to do it ...
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How do you get to the guest filesystem from the host in VMWare Fusion?
I have a Mac host and a Windows guest. I use the Mac terminal for development. How do I access the guest's file system from the host terminal? I am using VMWare Fusion.
How about from Finder?
I ...
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Can I convert my OS X Lion into a VMware virtual machine?
Is it possible to convert the current OS X Lion 10.7.1 install on my Mac Mini (i5, 8GB RAM) into a virtual machine via VMWare converter? I use VMware Fusion 4.
Or, is my only option to set up the ...
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Create a VM from DMG disk image created from Windows XP Boot Camp Partition
I had Windows XP installed on a Boot Camp partition, and wanted to replace it with Windows 7, so I used Disk Utility to create a .DMG image from the partition, reformatted and installed Windows 7 on ...
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What are sxxx.vmdk files and how do I get rid of some of them?
I have a single virtual machine on VMWare Fusion with Windows XP on it. I noticed that I have a bunch of huge vmdk files (several Gb):
Do I really need them all for a single virtual machine? What ...
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How can I share OS X fonts with Windows XP when using vmware-fusion?
When using VMware Fusion, is there any way to share fonts between the base OS (i.e., OS X) and the virtualized OS (e.g., Windows XP)? If so, how?
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Run Snow Leopard (non-server version) as guest in Lion
I know you can run the server version, but neither my Lion (current) or my Snow Leopard CD I have is the server version.
Is it possible to run Snow Leopard as guest in Lion?
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Can you shrink the sparse disk image of a Mac OS X guest OS in VMWare Fusion?
I use VMWare Fusion on my Mac to run a virtual Windows 7 machine, and the Microsoft IE compatibility Windows XP virtual machines.
In VMWare Tools on the Windows guest OSes, there’s a “Shrink” option ...
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How to start a Windows program from a remote system?
I have Windows 7 (x64) running in VMware Fusion on my Mac. To make debugging apps on the Windows side from the Java side easier, I'd like to be able to start the app in Windows from the Mac side.
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Visual Studio has a red overlay when running on OSX through VMWare Fusion
I am having an interesting issue that is displayed below. Essentially I have a bootcamp partition of Windows7 loaded in OSX Lion via VMWare Fusion and everything seems to work swimmingly with the ...
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Vmware fusions with VM's on network share
I am running Vmware Fusions with 3 virtual machines on my current 2010 13 macbook pro 8 gb ram. As of late my VMs has become kind of unruly and sluggish. I do run them at the same time I have been ...
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Using Windows with (VMWare Fusion OR Parallels) AND Bootcamp on Mac OS X
I'm considering getting an Apple laptop, but I will continue to use Windows frequently. Dual-booting is a pain, but virtualization has its own issues, so I'd like to keep a foot in both camps if ...
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vmware fusion: how is the gateway IP decided in NAT networking mode?
I recently did a clean install from Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Mac OS X Lion.
I put all my Vmware Fusion guests in NAT mode with static IP'. All this time in Snow Leopard I had all my guest OS' ...
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VMware Fusion 3.1.3 and Lion 10.7 install error
Clean install of VMware Fusion 3.1.3 on a clean install of OSX Lion 10.7
The install starts and then errors with no informative error except to call the manufacturer.
From Console.app I see:
Jul ...
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Change VMware fusion NAT setting
I have a virtual machine that I like to use in NAT mode, but by default, VMWare fusion internal DHCP server issues IP addresses in the 192.168.1.0 space. This means that when I am traveling and using ...
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Snow leopard in vmware fusion
I'm on Lion and I want to install Snow Leopard in vmware fusion.
Is there a way to do that ?
Just want to do that, because of a software using powerpc not intel binaries.
Thanks !
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How to easily switch between virtual machines in VMWare Fusion
I have two virtual machines open at the same time in VMWare Fusion. I often switch between OSX and the virtual machines. Switching from OSX to the last virtual machine I used is not too difficult. ...
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Developing .NET on a 2011 MacBook Pro via Windows 7 VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine
I can't seem to find a duplicate question, so please excuse (and redirect) me if this question has already been asked.
I just recently got a 2011 MBP. I am a .NET developer, and as such, am totally ...
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How can I simulate a slow machine in a VM?
I'm testing an AJAX-heavy web-application. I develop on a new Mac, but I use VmWare Fusion (currently 3.1.2) to test in Windows XP, using IETester to simulate older versions of IE.
This lets me see ...
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What is the best way to deal with `rm`?
my situation is quite unique:
I am using a macbookpro and running VMFusion for Ubuntu
I am sharing a particular folder between ubuntu and mac via "Shared Folders"
As you all know, this means that ...
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Vmware Fusion Mouse Support
I have noticed a few annoyances with the latest version of VMWare Fusion:
With a new Logitech Marathon mouse m705, the forward and back buttons do not seem to work as intended (ex: instead of going ...
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Virtual Machines and SSD's
The general rule of thumb is to host the VM on a separate drive than the host. Is this necessary with an SSD drive? I'm looking to get a 120gb SSD for my mbp to run Windows 7 VM's as well as OS X. ...
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Virtual Machines + External Drives
I'm currently testing a setup with a Macbook Pro, using a VMWare Fusion Windows 7 VM from an external USB drive. The external drive is 7200rpm but is a tad slow. I would like to know if getting a ...
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Open certain domain links from Mac to VMware Fusion Windows
Is there a way to tell Mac OS, VMware Fusion, a third party app, or at least Apple's Mail.app to open certain domains (specified or .local) in my VM over Mac OS?
I have a .NET application on our ...
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Share MAMP in virtual pc as well
I have a MAMP installation on my mac, and I use vmware fusion to run a virtual windows installation. I was wondering if there's a way to share the localhost i have in mac with the vmware windows ...
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Creation of Virtual Machine fails using 'VMWare vCenter Convertor Standalone'
I am trying to convert my Bootcamped Windows 7 partition to a VM using VMWare's vCenter software. The idea being to move the VM to an external drive and reclaim the bootcamp partition.
The ...
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How can I transform my Boot Camp partition into a VMDK file?
I'm looking for a clever way to upgrade to Windows 64 bits on my MacBook Pro's Boot Camp partition. This is the plan I have established (considering you can't just upgrade Win32 to Win64):
Move the ...
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VMWare Fusion guest application list
How does VMWare Fusion compile its list of guest OS applications (specifically for Windows) that can be found by "show package contents" of
USER/Documents/Virtual Machines/VMNAME
and then in the ...
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How can I set up 2 LANs with virtual machines? [closed]
I'm new to networking, and I'm trying to learn to subnet. I have 3 virtual machines set up. I need one to act as my server, one as LAN 1 and the the other as LAN 2. How can I do this?
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How to start my VM in VMware Fusion with little disk space available
Due to some newly installed software packages my MacBook (Mac OS X 10.6.7) runs with little disk space available (~ 2.3 gb), which actually is enough for working right now. Currently I am on the go so ...
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VMware Fusion and FreeBSD: can't create static IP and can't keep dynamic IP
I need a FreeBSD VM running on a new Mac machine. This is in order that I can test changes to the web server running on FreeBSD (company policy is that we test changes on an instance with a similar ...
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Stange VMWare Fusion Display issue
I just updated my Mac OSX server and VMWare started having a strange problem: when a virtual machine is running the display is always black even though the VM is accepting input and working correctly. ...
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Running BootCamp in VMWare Fusion while seeing other partitions
I have a MacBook Pro with three partitions:
MacOS
Data partition (NTFS, I share data here)
Windows(BOOTCAMP)
When I run BOOTCAMP-Windows in WMWare fusion I want to be able to access other ...
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Getting resolution on X using OpenBSD inside Fusion
Been using Free for a while now and decided to give Open a try at my desktop. I was trying it out in Fusion, but I can't force it to any decent resolution.
Will the VMWare tools for Free work with ...
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Mac-Mini 2GB: Good Enough For VMware Fusion with Windows 7? [closed]
I'm itching to buy a Mac mini 2GB and have VM-ware fusion to run Windows 7. The Mac-mini I want has has 2GB of ram / 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this, should ...
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VMware Fusion how to open a file on OSX with a specific VM machine
This problem is sending me nuts.
At the moment in my finder, .pkt files are associated to be opened with the wrong virtual machine. If I right click on a .pkt file and select Open With it says ...
