Running two clones simultaneously = no access to host network shares on 2nd...
Dear All, I succesfully have cloned one instance of VmWare player by making a copy of its folder, and renamed the machine.Then I chose to have copied - as opposed to moved - the virtual machine, and...
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You shouldn't need to change the transport name on either VM. Do they have the same IP address? Are they running a Windows OS? You shouldn't need to change the SID but it is worth a go, download...
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Hi Calvin, Thanks for your quick reply! I have not done anything to alter the IP, hence I´d guess that they have the same. I´m not at home now, so will need to check when back from work.They´re both...
View ArticleRe: Guest display split into identical panes
Downgrading the kernel to version 3.2.0-63 is also a viable workaround if you didn't save a snapshot before installing the updates (like me). To do this, first resize the window such that only one of...
View ArticleWindows XP guest in Windows 8.1 host
I am new to VMware and this is the first time I have tried using a virtual machine.I have an old laptop running XP Pro that I can use with my (equally old) Artec ViewStation AS6E flatbed scanner. This...
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Re: Running two clones simultaneously = no access to host network shares on...
jazzl wrote: How´s Sysprep going to help me here? Because using sysprep is the proper way to replicate Windows images! And it will change the "Transport Name" shown by the getmac command. Although I...
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Please post the vmware.log file for the virtual machine (as an attachment).
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Same problem here. First for my Ubuntu VM and later also for my Lubuntu (very smart to update this one as well after the problems on Ubuntu...). But: since the cause is in the kernel update, I thought...
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It looks like the virtual parallel port is configured to write to a file, rather than being associated with a parallel port on the host. Edit the VM settings and change the parallel port connection to...
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If you run msinfo32 on the host and navigate to Components->Ports->Parallel, does your scanner show up on LPT1?
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HiProblem partly sorted. Many thanks for your time. It was your suggestion about the parallel port that sparked an idea. I used the W 8.1 Device Manager to change the Lpt1 setting to allow interrupts...
View ArticleRe: Windows XP guest in Windows 8.1 host
You will have to do that from your desktop BIOS.
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Hi - thanks for the suggestions. I couldn't get the Grub screen to come up (Using VMware Player 6.0.2) so in the end I edited /etc/default/grub and commented out the line GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 (by...
View ArticleUnity Mode - Key Remains Pressed
Hello All, VMWare Player Version: 6.0.2 build-1744117 Host OS: OpenSuSE 11.4Guest OS: Windows XP *Issue ONLY happens in Unity Mode... I've noticed this issue more times now then I care to mention....
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I rather thought so!Once again thanks. I will mark this as solved and try elsewhere for questions about getting into BIOS.
View ArticleRe: Guest display split into identical panes
Great...video rendering is restored reverting back to the 3.2.0.63 kernel. So the issue is the updated 3.2.0.64 kernel interacting badly with the vmware video driver packaged with Ubuntu, while in a...
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Re: Running two clones simultaneously = no access to host network shares on...
Thanks Woodyz, that solved my problem! After disabling windows media player network service that prevends sysprep from running, upon completion, I just had to reactivate two applications plus customize...
View ArticleVmWare tools certificate error in win 7
Hello, I'm using VmWare Player 6.0.2 build-1744117 on Linux Debian. I installed win 7 on it and when I tried to install VmWare Tools I get this error: "A certificate error occurred for the update...
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