Re: Cannot install VMWare Extensions for Windows 98 on VMWare Player 6: Could...
Unfortunately, wait. Historically, it takes VMware a couple of days (weeks) after releasing a new version to get the updated VMware Tools installer packages correct on their download servers....
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Thanks for the hint. I got the file tools-winPre2k-9.2.3.exe from the CDS Repository of VMWare Workstation. Unfortunately when I execute it I get the message "The tools-winPre2k-9.2.3.exe file is...
View ArticleRe: Cannot install VMWare Extensions for Windows 98 on VMWare Player 6: Could...
Apparently the SetFilePointerEx function is only available from Windows NT on. Windows 98 only has SetFilePointer which only supports a 32Bit index. Are the extensions supposed to work on Win98 at all?
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Re: Cannot install VMWare Extensions for Windows 98 on VMWare Player 6: Could...
The CDS Repository as of this moment does not yet have the VMware Tools for VMware Player 6 and I would not use an earlier version. If you want the VMware Tools that are compatible with VMware Player...
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I'm installing Workstation v10.0 right now, and the release version of the tools are 9.6.0.Those exe's should be self-extracting files which extract the ISO images of the Tools installation packages,...
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Re: Can't Connect CD
Thanks for the reply and instructions but the CD may not always be the same drive letter. I may have a flash drive or two plugged into the USB-hub. I rarely use the CD so it would pretty much always be...
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I'm just saying that ever since auto-detect was an option, it has never worked as one would expect it to. Most of us users recommend NOT using it!
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Multiple Files - Feature or Issue?
Hi All, When I created the VM for XP I kept the pre-selected "Multiple files" option thinking (hoping?) that when doing backups, only the files that actually changed when running the VM, would need...
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Most likely, all sectors of the virtual hard drive will be touched when the guest is running, so all pieces of the file(s) will have the current date/time as last accessed.The benefits of splitting the...
View ArticleRe: Half-life 2 - 3D issue with VM Player 4.0
I contacted VMWare 5 months ago about this issue. They told me they it would be fix in their next release because it was to late for player 5.0.2 and workstation 9.0.2 Well guess what VMWare! It's...
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Thanks for the reply, but that's why I am suggesting it should be a feature request if it is not currently possible. Player will know which files it has Modified during the session and only write those...
View Articleubuntu host, winXP guset, can't access link files in shared folder.
I installed XP guest on ubuntu, adding a shared folder and mapping it as a network driver in XP.Then it turned out that I can't access any soft link files of that folder in XP, it says like 'access...
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Hi, welcome to the communities, this is a known issue. Your XP shows the links as files. You can edit the VM-configuration to make it follow the links. It's described in this kb-article: VMware KB:...
View ArticleAnyone know where the Release Notes for Version 6.0.0 are?
All the links that I can find to the VMware Player Version 6.0.0 Release Notes return Page Not Found!
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I brought this to the web guys' attention yesterday (bad links for ALL - Player, Workstation, and Fusion latest releases)
View ArticleUsing VMWare Player on Win7 Bootcamp partition to access Mac OSX?
Greetings, I am new to VMWare, and I have Fusion for Mac OSX which accesses my Bootcamp partition (Win7). I recently installed VMWare Workstation 9 for Windows which includes VMWare Player. Is...
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VMware does not support the running of OS X under VMware Player/Workstation! Also, running legally virtualizable versions of OS X in a Virtual Machine may only be done when done on Apple-branded...
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Ok dude ease up - I said I was new to VMWare.
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Re: Using VMWare Player on Win7 Bootcamp partition to access Mac OSX?
Hey dude! nothing personal... it's a canned message... don't be so sensitive!
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Apologies - I thought you we're taking a run at me since I was a noob.
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