Windows XP Pro 2002 32 bit
I guess I'm stupid but so be it. I downloaded vmware and after installation it asked for the XP Pro operating system. Here is my problem...the XP computer which was an HP crashed and the operating...
View ArticleRe: Vmware player-what if my copy of xp is contained on a full system disc
You won't be able to use those disks to install XP in a VM. OEM OS licenses are tied to the hardware & cannot be transferred. You would have to buy a separate copy to run in a VM....
View ArticleRe: Windows XP Pro 2002 32 bit
Welcome to the Community, VMware products only provide the virtual platform to install operating systems. In order to install them, you either need to have the installation media, backups to restore or...
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Andre...it appears that unless I can get a xp pro disk it will work....I will have to try a different approach....Many thanksDick- Original Message
View ArticleRe: Dual boot WinXP to VM?
Well, I am trying this now (finally!). I have Win7 installed and the disk containing the WinXP image is mounted. I can't get vConverter to accept this.It only wants "this" current machine (Win7) or a...
View ArticleUnable to connect to Homegroup from Win8 virtual machine
I just set up a new Win8 machine in VMPlayer (5.0.1 build-894247). As far as I can tell, things seem to be okay but I cannot connect to the existing Windows 7 Homegroup. The Network and Sharing...
View ArticleIncorrect IP on VMNet8 of VMPlayer
I installed vmplayer and it worked properly before. For unknown reason, its ip address of VMNET8 on host changes to 168.x.x.x instead of original one, 192.168.x.1. Its DHCP works on subnet on...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect IP on VMNet8 of VMPlayer
Looks like it's supposed to use a static IP.Please check the TCP/IPv4 configuration of the VMnet8 Adapter.
View ArticleRe: "The virtual machine is busy" error
My probably last update on the issue:The problem does not occur when starting a VM from the library, instead of opening the vmx directly. Sometimes VMware Player will be "Not Responding" for a while,...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect IP on VMNet8 of VMPlayer
A 168.... IP address is usually a self assigned IP address if Windows does not get an answer from the DHCP server. Please check whether the "VMware NAT Service" is up and running. For Windows hosts you...
View ArticleHow can I select the 1366x768 resolution for Ubuntu 12.10?
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on VMware Player 5.0.1 build-894247. I have installed the VMware Tools and can choose the resolution 800x600 and up to 2560x1600. So I have a fair amount of resolutions to choose...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect IP on VMNet8 of VMPlayer
jjliu wrote: I installed vmplayer and it worked properly before. For unknown reason, its ip address of VMNET8 on host changes to 168.x.x.x instead of original one, 192.168.x.1. Link-local addresses for...
View ArticleProblem with VMPlayer for 32-bit machine
Hi,I am trying to download the latest VM Player for Windows. I am looking at version VMware-player-5.0.1-894247.exe that is for "Windows 32-bit and 64-bit". My machine is a 32-bit machine with WIndows...
View ArticleRe: Problem with VMPlayer for 32-bit machine
Hello and welcome to the communities. Player 4 introduced the requirement for 64-bit CPUs. Try version 3.1.6.
View ArticleRe: Activating Windows XP after transferring into a VM
So, I called them, I entred the numbers, but ''he'' said that the product could not be activated. What I do now?
View ArticleRe: Activating Windows XP after transferring into a VM
Garirry wrote: So, I called them, I entred the numbers, but ''he'' said that the product could not be activated. What I do now? The only reason I know of that it cannot be activated in a P2V scenario...
View ArticleRe: Activating Windows XP after transferring into a VM
WoodyZ a écrit: Garirry wrote: So, I called them, I entred the numbers, but ''he'' said that the product could not be activated. What I do now? The only reason I know of that it cannot be activated in...
View ArticleRe: Activating Windows XP after transferring into a VM
Garirry wrote: WoodyZ a écrit: Garirry wrote: So, I called them, I entred the numbers, but ''he'' said that the product could not be activated. What I do now? The only reason I know of that it cannot...
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