Fusion 6.0.3 and Windows 8.1 performance
I have a MacBook Pro using Fusion 6.0.3 and two almost identical virtual machines, one with Windows 8.0 and the other one upgraded to 8.1, both machines share a second virtual hard drive where most of...
View ArticleMultiple displays on vmware fusion 6.
Hi, I recently upgraded to Fusion 6. If I remember correctly, a few years back, I think if was still Fusion 2 or 3, there was a time, I could run a Windows VM with multiple display support. But since...
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Need help converting an IDE VM to SCSI
I have an ex-bootcamp partition which I'd now like to enlarge but it's in IDE format. I've been unable to find any current docs on how to do this, and VMWare support and twitter have not been any help...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion 6 crashes after power supply disconnection
Hi everyone, I've Fusion 6 running with Linux and Win8.1. As.soon as I disconnect my MacBook Pro 17" 2010 from the power supply, VMware crashes immediately. I can reproduce this error by switching my...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.3 Mouse Freezes, No Copy/Paste, No Drag'n'Drop
Hi, I'm using Fusion 6.0.3 on OS X 10.9.2. Until this past Wednesday (5/14), Fusion 6.0.3 has been working okay since I upgraded 3 weeks ago. But now the mouse freezes when it moves outside the VM...
View ArticleBoot Camp...
Hi all, I'm currently running Mavericks on my 2013 13" MBA (512GB SSD) with VMWare Fusion 5.0.4. Before VMWare Fusion I ran Windows 7 through a Boot Camp partition which I'd installed to have 175GB of...
View ArticleWindows 7 VM with Outlook 2010 doesn't restore after networking change
Hi All, I have VMWare Fusion 5.0.3 installed on my mac running OSX 10.8.4. I use a Windows 7 VM a lot for running Microsoft office, outlook and various other windows apps that I need to run. I have...
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Can I delete vmdk files to reduce space usage?
Hi. I'm running VMware Fusion 4.1.4. in OSX Mavericks with Win XP Home Edition and a couple of smallish programs in the virtual machine but the virtual machine takes up 14.5 GB of the precious 120 GB...
View ArticleWorking from library
Hi, I just switched to OS X and the first thing I noticed when opening VMware is that I could not work from out of the library. When using "Workstation" you are able to work from the library so you can...
View ArticleFusion 6 Licensing
I have a question regarding Fusion 6 Licensing. On the purchase page for Fusion 6 Pro in the Key features it said... License key also activates VMware Player 6 Plus to deploy virtual machines on Macs,...
View ArticleHeadless VMware Fusion Readlink /var/run/vmware Permission Issues
I've been having problems getting headless VM's working without root permissions using the `vmrun start $PATHTOVMDOTVMXFILE nogui` command. Specifically, the root-level helper is making the link in...
View ArticleAny pitfalls using Apple Thunderbolt display with Fusion and Windows 8.1?
I have a Macbook Pro 13 retina display, late 2013, running Fusion 6.0.3 and Windows 8.1 64 bit. I want to get an Apple Thunderbolt display. Does anyone know of any problems using the display with the...
View ArticleDoes VMWare Fusion 6.0 Support vDGA or vSGA?
Does VMWare Fusion 6.0 Support vDGA or vSGA?
View ArticleHow can I recover or reset my VMware Fusion 4 password.
How can I recover or reset my VMware Fusion 4 password when I have forgotten original password?
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 ArticleOne VM won't start because of "Internal error"
I was installing Microsoft Security Essentials on a guest Windows 7. I minimized the VM and did some web browsing with FireFox on the host machine. When I returned to the VM it was a black screen and...
View ArticleNo Boot Camp Volumes Found
I'm running into a situation that I can't seem to resolve. First, the error: "No Boot Camp Volumes Found. VMware Fusion could not find any Boot Camp volumes on this Mac." Now my variables:VMware Fusion...
View ArticleWhat Fusion version and Window OS to use--7 or 8--with Access as only windows...
Which Fusion version and windows OS would you recommend to use with Maverick OS on Macs for networking VMs and Access database: Windows 7 or 8? RAM is limited (2 GB). Should we upgrade from Fusion 4...
View ArticleConvert "CentOS VM" built using VMware Fusion to KVM ??
Hello, I am hoping someone can help. I built up a CentOS VM using VMware Fusion on my Mac.I need to scp this VM to CentOS server elsewhere to be started and run.They only run KVMs on this CentOS...
View ArticleFusion 6.02: linux guest --- how to see possible shares?
[ok, I admit that I am trying out the kubuntu beta for 14.04, trusty tahr. it has trouble with screen resolution under vmware, but I have fixed most of these.] I installed the latest vmware tools on...
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