VMWare Player 5.0.2 won't start with Bluetooth Keyboard connected
Hi I'm using VMware Player 5.0.2, on a Windows 8 host. If I have a Bluetooth Keyboard connected to the host, no virtual machine will start. I get the same error each time: 'cannot find a valid peer...
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Only a guess. Try to see whether changing the VM settings (Settings --> USB Devices) help. André
View ArticleBoot from bootable LiveCD WITHOUT a preinstalled VM possible?
Assume I have a bootable LiveCD (as *.iso file). In order to boot from this bootable LiveCD I can take an arbitrary, existing VM with an hostOS , then assign the *.iso as source for the CD/DVD drive in...
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Re: Boot from bootable LiveCD WITHOUT a preinstalled VM possible?
No, you cannot boot from an ISO image directly. It's basically the same as in the physical world, you cannot boot from a CD without a host However, you can create a new/blank VM and attach the ISO...
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Hi I've been trying that for the last few days unfortunately. I've tried adding and removing the USB controller, but cannot find any setting that will fix the problem.
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If you disconnect the Keyboard and then start the Virtual Machine via the Mouse are you then able to reconnect the Keyboard and the Virtual Machine still functions? If yes then you'll have to do that...
View ArticleVM can't connect to host using WiFi.
Im running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on my host machine with the same running on my VM version 6.0.0 build 1295980. Both the Host and VM are are the same network, on the same homegroup, and can see...
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This problem is now fixed. My original assessment was incorrect. The problem was power. If I was running the computer on Battery, then the VMware guests all crashed with various strange errors on...
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Black screen
Hi, after ugrading to the new player version I got a black screen in the VM.If I try to get in the Unity mode, I get the following message. How can I solve the issue? Best regards,Marco
View ArticleVMware Player 6 hangs on start-up (Windows 7) after Tools update
Hi - I'm using VMware Player under Windows 7, with Xubuntu as my guest OS. I upgraded to v6 last week, and didn't have any problems. I was using it ok initially this morning, then upgraded to the...
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Re: VMware Player 6 hangs on start-up (Windows 7) after Tools update
Well I think it's ok now - I rebooted the host (Windows), tried Player, and it started up. When I selected Xubuntu as the guest OS, it booted up rather than just carry on from where it left off, but...
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Well, have you tried doing what the message tells you - to upgrade the VMware Tools inside your guest?
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I'd like to do that, but I can't do it under Manage => Update VMWare tools.When I click it I'm getting no feedback and it's running endless...And inside my guest I can't do it because I see only the...
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I'd try booting the Windows VM to safe mode, and if the screen isn't black then see if VMware Tools can be uninstalled and then reboot to normal mode. This hopefully will enable you to see a normal...
View ArticleRe: USB3 support on VMware player
HalloWe have about 130 technician that use a usb dongel and are using Vmware player 5.02. Vmware player 5.02 is not happy for USB 3.0. We had to disable usb 3.0 in the bios - then all ports get to be...
View ArticleVMware Player 6
I apologize for the very basic question, but I was unable to locate the answer myself.Given that VMware Player is used for free for personal use, what are the differences between VMware Player 5 and...
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Cannot start copied VM after later version of VM had blue screen error STOP...
Hi all, I am facing a blue screen issue that appears unrecoverable in my VM: at startup, the system prompts to start in normal/safe mode and whichever way ends up with the blue screen and restarts....
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Re: USB3 support on VMware player
I'll assume you didn't see in the OP where pgalvin stated "Note i cannot down rev my USB3 port to USB2 ", meaning the physical port on the Host since the VMware BIOS doesn't contain settings for USB,...
View ArticleSwitch between guest VMs in full screen mode in Vmware Player v5 and v6
When two or more guest VMs are running in full screen mode in VMplayer 4 we can switch between they with arrows on the pull down strip on high of screen.In VMplayer 5 (and v6 now) I didn't find this...
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