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How to uninstall VMware player in linux
When I start the installer for VMware workstation it says that I have to first uninstall VMware player. But how can I do that? It's not like I installed it with apt-get. I downloaded the .bundle file ...
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How can I make Windows 7 installs smaller for use with a virtual machine?
Are there anyways to lessen the footprint of a Windows 7 install when installing to a virtual machine? So far it seems to take around 30GB, anyway to reduce this?
Thanks!
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Hide annoying VMware hint “To release input, press Ctrl+Alt”
I'm running VMWare Workstation 7 on Windows 7 x64. In the guest OS (also Windows 7 x64) I have VMWare Tools installed, but the VMWare Tools service is disabled. I run the VM in full screen mode and ...
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Legalities of installing OSX on VMware Workstation? [closed]
I have recently installed OSX Snow Leopard on VMware Workstation. Although I have legally purchased a copy of Snow Leopard, I needed to use a downloaded set of files including a darwin file to ...
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cucm 8.5 with vm workstation 8
I am not fully versed with vm yet. I am running a lab, I have cucm 8.5 installed. It was working allowing network connections. Had to move the physical machine and shutdown normal, powered on no no ...
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How to increase VMware Workstation 8 performance?
I want to add temporary files to /dev/shm with my VMware but I found this hack to improve the perfomance of the vm:
mount -t tmpfs -o size=5G,nr_inodes=5k,mode=700 tmpfs /disk2/tmpfs
But I don't ...
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VmWare: How do I mute the beep sound coming from the guest OS?
Even disabling the host beep service (Computer > Manage > Device Manager > Non-Plug and Play Drivers > Beep > Stop) does not stop the guest OS from beeping on the host when clicking around a ...
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installation doesn't proceed : when starting the setup of VMware 8
When i start the setup of VMware 8 , an incomplete window of installation opens up and installation doesn't start/end .
This type of window appears:
I have a 32 bit processor with win7 installed . ...
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Can I clone my laptop os and host it with VMware Workstation 8?
Does it make a difference in speed when I use a shared vm instead of a native os? I'm using Linux for web development with a laptop. My server isn't the fastest but it's nice to have this new feature ...
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VMware guest pauses when the host is idle - how do I keep it running?
I'm running VMWare Worstation 7 with Windows 7 x64 as guest, Windows XP x64 as host. Inside the guest I run a long-running console application, which prints out progress messages with timestamps on ...
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When running virtual machines, is VT-x support or higher clock speed better?
I'm looking at building a new desktop workstation. I will be using VMWare Workstation to run virtual machines, probably only one or two at a time. I am currently deciding on CPU and the options I am ...
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VMWare performance difference between using physical disk and virtual disk (VMFS)
Under Windows 7 with VMWare workstation 8, I want to run a Linux-VM with Ext3/4 as guest filesystem. I want the VM to have maximum read/write performance.
So I'm thinking about the best hard drive ...
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VMWare on Intel i7-2600[S/K]: VM processor configuration for maximum performance
I have an Intel i7-2600K-processor, which has 4 cores but runs 8 thread because of Hyperthreading. I want to run a Ubuntu-VM with maximum performance under VMWare 8 (host system is Windows 7, and is ...
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Linux Tiling window manager that works well within VMware (resolution, monitor changes)
I tried to use awesome within VMware, but I'd like to use the ability to change the resolution by resizing the window, and cycling through different multi-monitor modes.
Gnome deals with this fine, ...
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Globally disable Unity mode in vmware workstation
Is there a way to globally disable the "Unity mode" feature in vmware workstation 8?
(The icon is very simillar to the "Full screen mode" icon and I really press the Unity button by mistake too ...
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How to detect keyboard in VMware workstation
I have installed OS X 10.6.2. on VMware workstation, but after installation it is giving me error that your keyboard is not detected and it is stuck there.
How can I detect the keyboard in VMware?
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Bind VMWare Workstation services to external interface only
We need to rebind all VM workstation services (for example, vmware workstation server) to the external interface, instead of 0.0.0.0.
Any one has any clue regarding this? I searched all day, just ...
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Is it possible to include Host OS in VMWare Workstation tab switching?
VMWare Workstation in full screen mode has a toolbar that allows for convenient switching between running VMs.
However, to switch back to the host OS, it seems that VMWare needs to be minimized, ...
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How do I turn off tabs in VMware Workstation?
In VMware Workstation, tabs take up a lot of vertical space which could be better dedicated to the VM.
How can I trim the UI components of VMware Workstation?
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Connect Monitor to Physical Server, but have VM on server detect it
I have a built server, with multiple VMs running on it. There is one user account running on the physical server, and on that session, there are multiple VMs running. I use VMware Workstation, to run ...
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linux framebuffer in VirtualBox compared to VMware
I'm experimenting with virtualization tools and there is an issue I would like at least to understand or even solve with your help.
In short, here is my config: Windows XP SP2 32-bit as "host", ...
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VMware virtual network adapters and Windows Firewall
I am running VMware Workstation 7.1.4 on Windows 7 Enterprise SP1-U (x64). Aside from the physical network adapter, I have created a single virtual network adapter (VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for ...
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Controlling VMware Network from the Commandline
Is it possible to control the network state of a running VM from the commandline?
I would like to
disconnect the network
change the type either to bridged or nat
reconnect the network
I tried ...
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virtual machine internet connection
i am using vmware workstation ace edition. i have rhl 9 as my guest os and windows xp as my host os. i have a wifi connection at home that i use to connect to the internet, using my host os.
i would ...
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Why can a VM only have three virtual IDE disks at most in VMware Workstation?
I found I can only add three virtual disks to a guest in a VMware Workstation VM. When I tried to add the fourth disk, the IDE option is disabled automatically.
Does anyone know why?
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Installing Android on VMware Workstation?
As you know , we can install different operating systems into Virtual Machines running under VMware Workstation.
Is it possible to install Android(4) on VMware-Workstation 8?
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VMWare Workstation 8.0: Entering core quantity for a PC with a quad-core processor
I am at the point in installing Ubuntu 10.04 in VMWare Workstation 8.0 where the following dialog box appears:
My physical PC has a AMD 970 B.E. quad-core processor. I've never installed an OS in ...
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Better performance in VMware Workstation 8?
My laptop has only 4GB RAM and core-i3, so I'm trying to set up my vm to run smoothly with those specs.
Currently, I have the machine using 2 processor cores and 1.5 GB of memory. However, while the ...
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VMware Workstation NAT Connection Dropping issue on Ubuntu Host
I hope someone can help me with this issue. We currently have VMware Workstation setup on an Ubuntu 10.04 host with NAT networking configured for the guests (b/c we don't have a router at the servers ...
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What disk do virtual machines use in VMWare workstation?
I use VMWare Workstation and keep my virtual machines on a separate physical disk, not my boot drive. Does this mean that the VM's IO will be against that disk when it is running?
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Unable to run or install virtual machines - issues with VT
I use VMWare Workstation 6.5 to run VMs on my workstation. I have recently upgraded by motherboard, chip and RAM and I now get a message about the BOIS VT setting when I try to run an existing VM or ...
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What is the Xen/Citrix equivalent of VMware workstation?
Does Xen/Citrix have a workstation/desktop tool to run virtual machines on top of an existing OS?
My host machine is Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate.
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Is it possible to run 64bit guest system on 32bit host system under VMware Workstation?
I saw this question aleady Can I install windows 7 x64 in a VPC where the host is vista x86?, but I haven't seen any talk about VMware Workstation.
I have version 7 and it is currently installed on ...
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network of two Host-only VMware
I try to connect two VMware (with WinXP) on/inside on host computer(with windows 7). The configurations are:
VM1: network adapter - host-only with ip address: 192.168.10.50
VM2: network adapter - ...
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Difference between 'Custom' and 'LAN Segments' networking options in VMWare 8?
For communicating between VMs, what is the difference between the 'Custom' and 'LAN Segments' networking options in VMWare 8?
The documentation is not clear.
Does one of them have any advantage ...
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VMware Workstation 8 host-only networks
I need some help how to use the host-only networks of VMware Worstation 8 - I can't reach my Vm from my host, though I have selected host-only as network adapter type.
I already googled and checked ...
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Can't access a virtual machine which runs as a service
I'm trying to start a virtual machine (I'm using VMware Workstation 7) as a service on my Windows 7 system, so that it starts automatically with my (physical) host.
I used instsrv and srvany.exe from ...
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Automatic resume of suspended machine
Is it possible to configure machine in VMware Workstation to automatically resume from sleep? Either to respect whatever timeout was set from within the machine (using some tool perhaps?) or on the ...
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What are the CURRENT advantages of the VMware Workstation over the VMware Player?
There's a question here asking about the same, however, it's answer is outdated and incomplete. I was looking for an answer on the VMWare page, but it contains mostly marketing speech like "Gain an ...
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Vmware workstation 7 guest can't see internet (host-only networking)
I installed Debian 6 on VMware Workstation running on a win 7 host. I set the network adapter to host-only because I want the guest VM for my personal dev machine accessible only by myself.
I've set ...
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Use VMWare Workstation or VirtualBox to emulate Windows 7 on Windows 7?
I've got a highly optimized Windows 7 for making music.
Up until now I dual-booted into another copy of Windows 7.
I use that for Photoshop, testing applications and regular work so the registry of ...
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Problem installing VMware 7.1.4 on Fedora 15
I successfully installed VMware Workstation 7.1.4 on Ubuntu 11.04. I've now moved to Fedora 15 but am having problems installing VMware on Fedora 15.
I've installed a couple of kernels, to see if ...
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PuTTY to guest in VMWare workstation: Connection refused
I have the SSH server listening on my IP address in the guest machine (debian2)
edarabos@debian2:~$ telnet 172.16.100.128 22
Trying 172.16.100.128...
Connected to 172.16.100.128.
Escape character is ...
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Making VMware workstation install tools nag screen go away
A Windows XP host running VMware 7.1.4 keeps asking to install VMware tools for a Ubuntu guest and I select do not ask again but it continues to ask every-time VMware and that specific guest are ...
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Windows 7 host; Ubuntu 11.04 VM machine, no copy/paste
Basically, as the titles says I've got a Windows 7 host, with VMWare installed. I'm using VMware 7.1.3 and everything works fine apart from one thing.
Recently (literally today) for no obvious ...
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Getting error on installing OS X Lion on vmware
I am running Windows 7 64 bit and VMware 7.1.3. I have OS X Lion pre-installed VMWare image. When I run that file I get something error like this Mac OS X is not supported with software ...
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High performance desktop virtulization / multithreading on the guest with linux 64 bit host
For over 3 years I have been trying to get similar guest performance in 64 bit windows as I have on my i7 870 at work in the tasks I do at work. My requirements are pretty taxing. I need fast CPU, ...
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Mouse back/forward buttons in FreeBSD under VMWare Workstation
VMWare Workstation 7.1.4
Host: Windows 7 (laptop with touchpad).
Guest: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE (yesterday's)
vmmouse driver: 12.6.9_1 (from ports)
The problem: xev doesn't see mouse back/forward ...
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How to access Mysql installed in windows host from ubuntu guest?
I have Windows 7 host and Ubuntu as a guest OS. I am using VMware workstation to run guests.
I have installed mysql on host i.e. Windows 7 OS. I want to access this mysql from my ubuntu guest os. I ...
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Word for Mac 2011 refuses to write to VMware Shared Folder
My main OS is Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit. I'm using VMware Workstation 7.1.4 to run Mac OS X 10.6.8 which is working well.
I'd like to use VMware shared folders to exchange data between the ...
