Accessing SQL Server on a Mac OSX Fusion slice.
Is it possible to access a MS SQL Server instance running on a Fusion slice from a host Mac session? or from another device in the home network?Thanks!
View ArticleUpgrade from 6.0.4 to 7 make windows 8.1 unusable
Hi all, I am running windows 8.1 on my Mac for a couple of applications. When I first got fusion 6 I thought it ran wonderfully and was pleasantly surprised. After upgrading to 7 though my windows VM...
View ArticleWindows 7 "virtual machine not found"
Hi there,I'm running VMware fusion with Windows 7 as the virtual machine. Today i attempted to run the VM but it says "virtual machine not found". The only thing i did was empty the "trash" inside the...
View ArticleUsing two of three monitors for the VM
Hey y'all, I've got a MBP and I'm running another two monitors along with the built in display. I know how to make it use all three monitors for multiple display, but I'm wondering if there is a way...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion 7 - How do I make the menu pop up every time?
I upgraded to VMWare Fusion 7 thinking it would fix some of the issues I had with VMWare Fusion 6. This has been a horrible mistake so far. Aside from the Fusion 7 performance issues, it seems it is...
View Articlemounting ubuntu linux guest partition on OSX host?
(first, advice: openGL 3D acceleration does not work with ubuntu linux 14.04.1 guests. it corrupts the display.) (this is not a boot camp VM.) I would like to export the linux guest partition (drive)...
View Articleinstall Mac OS X 10.8.5 on Mac OS X 10.8.5 using VMWare Fusion 7 Pro ?
Hi guys i have a late 2013 27'' iMac i5 3.2GHz w/ 24GB of RAM. It runs Mountain Lion 10.8.5 & haven't upgraded to Mavericks because it will automatically "upgrade" my iTunes 10.7 to iTunes 11 which...
View ArticleNetwork cable unplugged, Adapter panel greyed out after moving Fusion to a...
I cant' solve this problem. A couple of months ago I moved to a new iMac (late 2013) and network in Fusion ceased to work. Windows (XP) says: "Network cable unplugged"Fusion's Network adapter control...
View Articleclipboard syncing erratically doesn't work
for as long as i can remember, clipboard syncing of the OSX clipboard to my XP vm's clipboard has been erratic. i made a Screen Recording demonstrating the clipboards being out of sync and attached...
View ArticleDoes Fusion 7 support WinToGo
The company I work for use WinToGo to support the different security levels for laptops. So I have a laptop at one classification and an external WinToGo hard drive for the other classification. I also...
View ArticleiBooks author not rendering correctly when running an OS X 10.9 guest
When I run iBooks Author on an OS X 10.9 guest, the preview pages go black and the pages do not render (plain white).I've tried turning on 3D accelerated graphics, but no change. Anyone know the cause...
View ArticleUninstall Windows 8
I am running Fusion version 6.02 on a Macbook Pro laptop and have installed Windows 8. I want to uninstall Windows 8 completely and leave no windows files on my computer. How can I do this? Thanks!!
View ArticleIndependent Disk Option in Fusion?
Using VMware Fusion to create ThinApps for my company I like to utilize the Snapshot feature so I can rollback before starting a new ThinApp capture. It would be really nice if you could add an...
View ArticleImporting a Parallels 10 vm into Fusion 7
Hello, We are looking into moving our VMs from Parallels to Fusion. As part of this evaluation, we have been trying to import our existing Parallels 10 VMs into Fusion 7 through the File -> Import...
View ArticleThe application cannot be opened
ANyone know what the following error means : "The application Outlook Express ..... cannot be opened." Under the VM settings >> Default Applications, "Open your Mac files and web links using...
View ArticleOffice 365 Says It Cannot Install on Windows 7 64Bit
I have VMWare Fusion 7 with a clean install of Windows 7 X64. I need to install Office 365 and getting error message after a few moments that it could not install. I tried everything the Windows help...
View Articleinstalling windows 7 on macbook pro running mavericks
hello guys i am new to using macbook and vmware !!i am trying to install windows 7 on macbook running on mavericks using virtualization fusion 6 when i load the cd or image with the fusion 6 it...
View ArticleFusion 7 Pro VM to VM network communication issues
I have a strange problem that I can't figure out. My host system is a Macbook Pro with OSx 10.9.4. I have two guest Server 2012R2 machines. Scenario 1: Both VMs are set to use Bridged network, both get...
View ArticleUpgrading VMWare Fusion 2.0.8 for OS X Mavericks
I have a 2007 iMac running Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6.8). I'm interested in upgrading my OS to Mavericks, but I realized that my VMWare Fusion, which is version 2.0.8 running Windows XP, is probably too...
View ArticleProblem after expanding virtual machine disk space
About two weeks ago I installed a 30-day trial of VMware Fusion, and plan to purchase a license once the 30 days is up (assuming I can solve this problem). I purchased a copy of Windows 7 Pro soon...
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