Re: Machine already powered on... so how do I open it?
You can try using vmrun to suspend the VM and then open it again via the VMware Player GUI. Have a look at Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines& VIX API Resources.
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I uninstalled vmplayer, rebooted Windows 7, and reinstalled, and the cinnamon bug is still there. This player is a newer build, 5.0.2 build-1031769, the build number is much larger than earlier this...
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Re: Machine already powered on... so how do I open it?
Hi Welcome to the communities. Turn off windows update ,I have faced so many time on different system . "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."
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Re: Machine already powered on... so how do I open it?
I seriously doubt that Windows Updates has anything whatsoever to do with the VMware Player GUI crashing/disappearing and fail to see how this has anything to do with this thread at all!
View ArticleRe: Player upgrade vs Mint 14 Cinnamon
Im having the same problems here at my end. Upgraded to the latest 5.0.2 player, and can no longer get cinnamon 3D to work. The menu bars are gone, and mouse is not working. Has to be some problem with...
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My Windows 8 is almost as plain as it gets.ASUS P8Z77 motherboard, Intel i3-3220, 16GB RAM, ATI HD7770, WD Velociraptor for Windows 8, WD Black for VMs.Nothing installed on Windows 8 except Acrobat...
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Unticking "Accelerate 3D graphics" on the virtual machine settings (Graphics), makes the menu appear. Things are slow ofc, but there is something going on with the 3D acceleration. On the host computer...
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I just installed MATE, it works fine and CPU utilizations and Firefox performance are reasonable. Glxgears runs smoothly at over 3400 FPS, so acceleration seems to be fine. So, it appears to be...
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Agree with that. I also have a Ubuntu 12.10 installation running Unity and Compiz.. Seems as all the 3D acceleration is working as intended there, so perhaps we can somewhat conclude with that there is...
View ArticleRe: VM Player & Windows 8
Funnily enough my system's very similar; P8Z77-V board, 16GB. Different CPU, HDD & Graphics, but again not a great deal installed on Windows 8 and running XP SP3 with all updates and nothing else...
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Re: Machine already powered on... so how do I open it?
Thank you WoodyZ!vmrun is pretty good, if it happens again I'll do a soft stop and restart I'm just tickled that the machine is there working as usual, but I lack a way to re-open its window Thanks again!
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Re: Unable to install VMWare Player - Windows XP
Thanks Woody. Screen shot of VM folder: ... and config file attached (I think!)
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Okay the virtual hard disk is not monolithic, good in this case, so I also need the "Mercedes_2012_WSM.vmdk" file.
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Re: Unable to install VMWare Player - Windows XP
I looked at the "Mercedes_2012_WSM.vmx" file and all it should need is to change the line virtualHW.version = "8"tovirtualHW.version = "7" and that should do it for the configuration file. You can...
View ArticleRe: Commercial use
Seriously????? I can just hear the conversation at the Marketing meeting, "Let's fake out management and boost our sales of flagging Macintosh software by mandating that VMware Player users (all of...
View ArticleRe: VM Player & Windows 8
Really strange. There IS one update I NEVER install on XP (virtual or otherwise) ... it's the .NET v4 package (I forget the exact title). Do you by chance have this installed? It's really weird...
View ArticleRe: Player hangs CentOS 6.2 when starting a machine
I no longer need an answer to this question. I wiped out CentOS 6.2 and installed CentOS 6.4 I encounted a similar problem in that the system gracefully crashed after running VMware. The solution to...
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Re: Unable to install VMWare Player - Windows XP
Thanks very much Woody. I'm at work right now and not in this evening so realistically it will be Saturday before I get back to it - I'd rather start with a few hours to spare than rush or be up all...
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I have just upgraded player to the latest version and my security software blocked the install of funwebproducts. Is this a false positive or is VmWare now bundling rubbish with its products?
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Got a vmware tools update today, no improvement.
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