Is this a reasonable Windows 8.1 VM size?
Hi, I have windows 7 64 but installed in VMware fusion with Office 2013, Norton, and a few other small apps (like chrome). The VMWARE is 24 GB. Okay. I recently installed Windows 8.1 64 bit with...
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Vmware fusion 6 - unity view with retina display
Hello, I just installed VMware fusion 6, and i m trying to use the unity view which seems a nice feature But I can't get the resolution right on my retina display ( the unity window seems to be a...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.2 and OSx Mavericks 10.9.1 - Sleep Wake failure unless I shutdown...
I recently bought a new macbook pro, tht is up to date with Mavericks 10.9.1I bout Fusion 6 and migrated my VM from my old macbook that was running Fusion 4.All seemed to go well. The VM performs...
View ArticleWindows7 password problem
I installed fusion 5.0, and windows7 professional. When i open windows it asks for a pw, which I did set up. For some reason it isn't right. can't believe I could do that, but guess i did. to reset...
View ArticleTrying to rescue an orphaned hard drive & Vista OS
Hi, I'm running Fusion 6 on Mavericks. I've created a Win XP Pro vm Is it possible to import a Vista installation from a physical hard drive that is NTFS boot? The caps on the motherboard that was...
View ArticleUnable to boot from external USB/FW drive
Host OS - Mavericks 10.9.1Guest OS - Lion 10.7.5External USB/FW drive - Macally PHR-S250U3B containing a Samsung 840 Pro SSD with Lion 10.7.5 1. Created a pointer to USB/FW using vmware-rawdiskCreator...
View ArticleNetworking SLOOOOOW from WinXP Session
Using a brand new MAC Tower with 32 Gb of memory. Hard-wired Ethernet connection. Regardless of how much memory is allocated to the VMware, network applications accessing our server are very slow on...
View ArticleiMac Audio in/Out Ports on Back - How to Share?
I'm running Fusion 5.0.1 with a single Windows/XP guest on an iMac that has OS X 10.7.5. On the back of the iMac are two 3.5 mm jacks - one for headphones and the other for what I assume is a...
View ArticleSlow/nonexistent sync for shared folders in VMWare Fusion 6.0.2
I've got a mac host and a Ubuntu linux guest. I recently upgraded from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2.The guest has the latest vmware tools installed (ie: from Fusion 6.0.2).I'm now having issues where changes to...
View ArticleWhy do Windows 8.1 Apps constantly crash?
I'm having issue with the default music app in Windows 8, the one we use to play XBox music. It constantly crashes and I have to keep restarting it. I never experienced this with my desktop which is...
View ArticleWindows Movie Maker Help
Hi All, I am new to the Mac and have installed vmware fusion 4.1.3 and windows 7 64bt on my iMac i7. I am also running mountain lion OSX. All seems to work well, except when I try to run windows movie...
View ArticleMcAfee Free 1-yr subscription doesn't work with Windows 8.1
Wondering: 1. Why is Fusion 6 shipping with an outdated (2012/2013) version of McAfee Total Protection that is not compatible with Win 8.1?2. Will VMWare support or Marketing be able to sort this out...
View ArticleLinux file sharing hangs in multi-thread with Fusion 6.0.2
In a clean new Ubuntu 13.10 virtual machine, trying to use a multi-threaded "make" (i.e. with '-j 4' option for instance) in a shared directory makes the vmware-vmx process take 400% of the CPU and...
View ArticleInstalling DB2 10.1 Windows 7 64bit 'hangs' at DAS
Hi all, This is going to be a strange one, but please be assured this is no Holloween joke! I have two MacBook Pro's. They both have Mavericks 10.9, Fusion 6.0.1, and 16G of RAM. The first MacBook Pro...
View ArticleVersion mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 279.0, got 271.0.
I keep on getting this error message Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 279.0, got 271.0. You have an incorrect version of the `vmmon' kernel module. How do I fix this
View ArticleHard to resize the window in Single Window mode
I'm running Fusion 6 on a new MacBook Pro. I have a window resizing problem only in my Linux clients (Ubuntu and Mint). My Windows 7 client is unaffected. When I attempt to resize the window in Single...
View ArticleFusion on OSX Mavericks Mouse Problems
Our office has 3 Macs running Mavericks and Windows 7 through Fusion 5. We upgraded to Mavericks from Mountain Lion last week. Since the upgrade we have been having trouble with erratic mouse...
View ArticleWindows 8 VM bluescreening since upgrading to Mavericks
Hi all, My Windows 8 VM, which had been rock solid, has started blue screening every couple of days since upgrading to Mavericks last week. I was wondering if there was a know bug or something. Here is...
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I have installed CENTOS in VMware. I want the linux command to run in CENTOS. The command is to select data’s from Event table(our table name) convert into .xls and mail every 2hrs. Can you please...
View ArticleUpgrade from VMWare 4 to 6 messed up my Ubuntu VM
I've been using VMWare 4 with an Ubuntu 12.04 VM with no problems. When I installed the Ubuntu VM, I disabled Unity. This has not been a happy experience: 1) command+ctrl+enter no longer toggles full...
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