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How to disable Alt-Tab shortcut in VMPlayer?
I want to send Alt-Tab to my windows host OS when working out of the guest OS on VM player. At the minute it gets trapped by the guest OS. Anyway to disable sending it to the guest (RedHat)?
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Can't get VMware player to isntall usb driver
I have a USB based oscilloscope that ran on XP. The driver wont install on Windows 7 64 bit, so I'm trying VMware player. Should I be able to install the driver in an XP VM? I can't get it to work.
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VMWARE - Why can't I find the vmware-tools ISO for linux guest?
In their website vmware claims that if we are "Unable to locate the ISO image for the VMware Tools installation" then we can just download it. I followed the link indicated and I can find ISO's for ...
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Debian Wheezy - VMWare Player and Gnome3
I have installed Debian Wheezy in VMWare Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 and all is fine. Except the "Failed to load Gome3" messages keep on coming. This is what I did so far:
Installed VMWare Tools ...
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Cannot install VMware-player-5.0.2-1031769
My system is Windows8 64bit. When I try to install VMware-player-5.0.2-1031769, I got this error:
I am already the Admin of my computer.
P.S. I have the previous version installed. But I cannot ...
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Vmware Player does not start (NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
Since yesterday, I cannot run vmplayer.
The last time I run it, about one week ago, it was working well. I've made several updates since this time, but no update to vmware itself.
I've rebuild the ...
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Caps Lock key not working in VMware Player
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on VMware Player on Win 7. Recently I noticed that the Caps Lock key has no effect in the VM. SHIFT key works fine in capitalizing the typed keys.
How can I make ...
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Web browser in virtual machine spawns error on host machine
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 in VmWare Player, and my host machine is running Windows 7 x64. I was browsing the Web from within the virtual machine, and somehow the site I was visiting tried to infect my ...
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PuttyFatalError- networkerror:connection timed out
I am unable to connect vmware player through putty. My vmware ipadd and ipaddr from http://www.whatismyip.com/ is different. I get connection timed out error. Please can some one help me the reason ...
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VM Player Error [closed]
Error while opening the virtual machine: Taking ownership of this virtual machine failed.
The virtual machine is in use by an application on your host computer.
Configuration file: ...
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VMWare Player disable screen timeout
I want to setup VMWare Player such that the screen of my virtual machine will never go black from inactivity again.
Can I achieve that?
Note: my virtual machine is a text-interface Ubuntu.
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In VMWare Player on Win7 can't expand my virtual OS's disk even though I have 10GB free on my Win7 file system
I'm running VMWare Player on 64-bit Win7. I have exactly one guest OS within it: 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04. It's virtual disk space is 16GB: It's partitions take up all 16GB: 15GB primary and 1GB swap ...
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how to dd capture partitions of a VMware Player VM
I have a Linux VM that runs in VMware Player. It has /dev/sda1 mounted as /boot and /dev/sda2 mounted as /. I want to use dd to capture both partitions. I now know from the answer to this post that ...
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VMWare guest does not automatically resize even with Tools installed
I'm resizing the window, but the guest does NOT automatically resize. How can I make it?
Guest OS is Windows XP, Host is Debian 6, WM is i3, and I'm using Player 5.0.2.
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Use the same VM wtih VMware player and Virtualbox
I have some problems with my VMWare player installation (possibly a bug). So, I want to try to run my VMs with VirtualBox, without converting them.
So, is it safe to run my VMs with VirtualBox and ...
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vmware player/virtualbox bridged networks not working on windows 7, but nat connections work
I am trying to run ubuntu server inside a virtual machine on my windows 7 (64 bit) laptop. I am a developer so I need to run server software on the ubuntu virtual machine. Ubuntu also needs to go out ...
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How to start VMX86 (VMWare Player) in the safe mode
I have a limited RAM, and I want to run 4 ubuntu virtual machines using VMWare player. So, I have started my windows 7 in safe mode to save RAM and am trying to start VMWare Player in safe mode. But ...
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How to create drive partitions in Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (x64)
I want to create D: ,E:,and F: drives,
I have Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (x64) on vm player, i've tried :
Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management >
and right click ...
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Win-Vista w/VMWare Player w/Ubuntu Server 12.04; IE on host can't connect to image
Created brand new image of Ubuntu Server 12.04
Installed Apache2
Applied all updates / upgrades
ifconfig shows IP aaa.bbb.c.ddd
Using 'Bridged' setting in VMPlayer
Using IE on host, enter ...
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VM Player Snap Shot Functionality
I currently have VM Player installed (version 5.0.1) and I know this does NOT have the snapshot functionality.
Does anyone know how to take snapshots with VM Player. I can not install the version ...
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Using a .vmdk file in VMware player 5.0.1
I am new to VMware player. I downloaded an OS ready for VMware player, which turned up to be a .vmdk.
I am using VMware player 5.0.1 for Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit.
How will I open the file?
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VMWare Player mouse becomes erratic
I have been experiencing a problem with VMWare Player 3.1.6
This is on a Panasonic Toughbook CF53 the Host OS is Windows XPSP3 fully updated, The Guest os is Windows XPSP3 fully updated.
It seems ...
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Can I select the adapter to bridge separate for every network adapter in VMware?
I have a host computer running Windows7 with a wired network and a wireless network. These are two separate networks with two separate dhcp servers.
I created an Ubuntu virtual machine in VMware ...
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Is it possible to increase hard disk space on virtual machine?
I have Ubuntu which runs as virtual machine under VMware Player .
When I installed Ubuntu I allocated 5 GB for its Hard Disk .
Is it possible to increase this space retroactively without ...
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Setup Chrome OS (Hexxeh) in VMWare Player without network
I downloaded Chrome OS Vanilla in vmx format. When I run Chrome OS in VMWare , on chrome the startup screen the third option is for setting up the network since my virtual machine is not connected to ...
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Setting the ungrab hotkey in Vmware Player 5 / Workstation 9 to Right Alt
After numerous bugs with virtualbox ( Namely random graphical failures ), I swapped to vmware player ( And since, vmware workstation ). However, I'd like to change the ungrab hotkey to the right alt ...
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Slow PHP over ubuntu server | VirtualMachine
I have an Ubuntu-server 12.04LT-64x installed on VMware Player (I found VMWare works better than Virtualbox after few installations over vb).
My host computer is an Intel i3 with 6GB-RAM and ...
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Host-only openSUSE VMWare Player guest not pingable from Windows 7 host
I'm running VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247 on my Windows 7 computer. I need to have the openSUSE virtual machine run with a static IP but only be accessible by the host (i.e. not be on the ...
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VMWare Player does not save changes in guest operating system
I have installed VMWare Player in my Windows 7 Ultimate and I have added Ubuntu 12.10 in a virtual machine. The problem is that every time I power off the virtual machine everything is lost. I mean ...
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Installing VMware Player via MSI failed
This error pops up every time (both VMware Player and Workstation) and never is able to install at all. I stopped installation after the temp file is created and ran the MSI file directly. It now ...
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Not able to login to Ubuntu 12.04
I am using VMPlayer to run ubuntu 12.04 as a guest OS with host being Windows 7.
When I try to login to my account it says that the password is not correct.
However, if I switch to console mode by ...
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Configuring bridged network card on VMWare VM - Host : Windows 7 - Guest : Ubuntu Server 12.04
My question is about giving Internet connection to a VM with a STATIC IP address, by connecting to the WiFi I have at home.
I gave my VM, running Ubuntu Server 12.04 on VMWare Player, one network ...
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Installing 64-bit Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS, on a VM with VMWare Player, on a 64-bit Windows 7 PC
I'm trying to create a VM, using VMWare Player, with an ISO image of Ubuntu Server 12.04 (LTS). The machine I'm doing the installation on has an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU, and runs 64-bit Windows 7
I ...
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VMWare Player is not working after installing Hyper-V on windows 8 Pro
I was using BB10 simulator on windows 8 but last night I installed windows Phone 8 development environment and it also installed Hyper-V (or activated it). Now I am unable to run BB10 simulator in ...
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Running a Snow Leopard 10.6.7 Image on an AMD: The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system
I am trying to run a Mac OS X Snow Leopard VMware image 10.6.7 on my AMD quad core computer with VMware Workstation 9.0.
My latest attempt involves opening the specific configuration .vmx file (which ...
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Is it possible to change the 'hardware version' in VMWare player?
I am using the latest version of VMWare Player, and I need to create an image for a server. Is it possible to downgrade the hardware version to version 7 (equivalent to VMWare Player 3.xx), rather ...
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Is it possible to limit how much CPU a virtual machine can use with VMWare Player?
Is it possible to limit how much CPU a virtual machine can use with VMWare Player?
I use VMWare to run a Windows XP virtual machine. I want to keep it on in the background all the time.
The real ...
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Can folders be shared between two guest OS (Ubuntu and Windows XP ) in VMPlayer
I have a machine with CentOS 6 and VMPlayer 5.x running Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04 guests. I am trying to find a way for the Windows XP and Ubuntu guests to share folders with each other.
Each guest ...
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Can't start virtual machine, need to mount VMDK to access files
So i have put myself into some serious trouble. In may this year, i used the premade virtual machines running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and ran this on my PC (Windows 7). There was no trouble at all, ...
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vmWare Player - virtual machine configured for 2 CPUs but I only have 1 CPU
I copied a virtual machine that I downloaded but can't play it in vmWare player.
When I start to play it, it says:
This virtual machine is configured to run with 2 CPUs, but the host
has only 1 ...
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Can't Login to Windows XP VM using VMware Player
I am using VMware Player (4.0.4 build-744019) hosted in Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit to open a Windows XP Pro virtual machine. Lately, when I try to log on to Windows XP, I get the following Logon Message:
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Run VMware Player image as service Windows 7
I have an image that I would like to run as service (running with VMware Player) in Windows 7.
The reason I want it as service so image will start running when server is going up, without forcing ...
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Debugging for camera windows 8
I am using Windows 8 on VMware Player and trying to get the Web camera working.
Ensured to enable the USB control and connecting device to VM instead of host.
However built in "Camera" says ...
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VMWare-Player downward compatibility?
I used VMware-Player version 4.0.4 on one Pc. The other Pc has version 3.x installed.
Transfering files from version 4 to version 3 fails, because there are different features used.
I can not update ...
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Support for VMware Player by Windows 8
I ran into this issue as soon as I configured the en_windows_8_x64_dvd_915440.iso in VMware Player.
How do I resolve this issue?
VMware Player goes into a restart loop. I know VMware Workstation 8 ...
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“Your PC Needs To Restart” error on VMware Player 5 when installing Windows 8
I'm trying to install the latest Windows 8 preview on VMware Player 5, after trying build 8200 for a while.
Immediately after booting, it gives me the following error:
Your PC Needs To Restart.
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Is there any way to customize vmware's “Easy Install” of ubuntu?
VMWare has a feature when creating new VMs called Easy Install, that will show you a small wizard asking you the minimum things needed and then will install the entire OS without you needing to do ...
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Changing num lock state on boot, VMWare Player
For school we have to work with different virtual machines in VMWare Player for some courses. There's CentOS6, there's Ubuntu, there's Windows 7.
The passwords on these machines contain numbers and ...
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Can't uninstall VMware player 5.0 from computer with Hyper-V
I had installed VMware player on my computer. Later I installed Hyper-V on my computer.
Now, when I try to uninstall VMware player, I get this message:
Can anybody provide a way to remove VMware ...
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Accessing VMware Player across the network
My network:
192.168.2.2 (computer)
255.255.255.0 (mask)
192.168.2.254 (gateway)
The VMplayer is:
192.168.233.129 (ip)
255.255.255.0 (mask)
192.168.233.255(bcast)
It's obvious the player can't be ...
