Issues Migrating Win7 PC to Fusion 7 VM
I recently purchased a new iMac computer and I'm trying to migrate my old Windows 7 PC into a Fusion 7 VM. Yes I know I could just build a new Win7 VM up from scratch, but I trying to avoid having to...
View ArticleStupid Question: Performance Slowdown when You Run Too Many Virtual Machines...
Please forgive the stupid question. If I run too many guest operating systems at the same time under VMware Fusion, it bogs down everything, including the host Mac. It can get to the point where it...
View ArticleHigher price for Fusion in shop as indicated on webside
Hi, i am student now and wanted to buy fusion 7 pro now. I had 2 questions: (1)According to the store at http://store.vmware.com/store/vmwde/de_DE/html/pbPage.AcademicStore_DE the price for academic...
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What is the best setting for my virtual machine for the best performance,...
Hey guys! First of all my English isn't very good so I can make a lot of mistakes but I hope you can understand me! I'm looking for the best setting for my virtual machine but I don't know what the...
View ArticleHDD Size on Bootcamp Conversion to VM
Hello, I have VMWare Fusion 5. My bootcamp partition was running out of HDD space, so I converted it to a VM, rather than accessing Bootcamp via Fusion. Now when I check the HDD size in Fusion it...
View ArticleNetwork Settings greyed out - everything else ok
I have done a upgrade to 10.10 and Fusion 7 Everything has been fine, and I created a new custom vmnet, and some VMS - almost had everything working. During the third VM that I made, I realised I...
View ArticleMac crashes when launching Windows 7 VM
I upgraded from a working installation of VMWare 6.0.5 to VMWare 7 (basic). The installation seemed to go well at first, although my MacBook Pro 17 (8GB 2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo: OS X 10.9.5) initially...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.2 + OS X 10.8.5 + Ubuntu 13.04 -- USB disk troubleshooting
Hi all, I'm troubleshooting the lack of USB connectivity in my Ubuntu 13.04 guest under Fusion 6.0.2, running on OS X 10.8.5. I'd like some suggestions on what else to try, or a confirmation that USB 3...
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My VMware Fusion Pro v7.0.x's Mac OS X guests freeze once in a while.
Hello. Is anyone else having random freezes with updated Mac OS X guests (old and new ones) in VMware Fusion v7.0.x? I never had this problem before v7.0.0 and Mac OS X 10.9.5 (all updates; and forced...
View ArticleWindows 8 resolution resets to max on OS/X Yosemite Retina display
Hi all, I am having an issue where my Windows 8 resolution is getting reset to maximum possible (2880x1800) whenever I switch between desktops on my Mac OS/X Yosemitesystem. If I slide to another...
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 Article'Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory' error after updating...
Help! I recently updated my iOS to Yosemite the other day and now I can not open my Windows 7 VM. Everything was working perfectly before then so I'd have to assume that this error coincides with the...
View ArticleExisting VMs not recognized by fresh Fusion install
I recently had some disk corruption issues and had to rebuild my system. The OS I was using successfully before was Mac OS X Yosemite, and the newly installed OS is also Yosemite.I had been using...
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Disk space used by Mac 10.9 VM
I have two screenshots below.The first is Disk Utility on a Mavericks VM -- notice that it has used 14.02 GBThe second is Finder from the host machine - notice the disk is 35GB What is using the @~20GB...
View ArticleUse wired Ethernet Thunderbolt from Windows OS guest
Dear community, In the following context :Host : * MBP 15" Late 2013 * Fusion 6.0.2 * Apple Ethernet Thunderbolt adapter * Networking OKGuest : * Any Windows OS, tested from XP SP3 to Windows 7...
View ArticleUSB Scanner problems after upgrading to VMware Fusion 7
My USB Scanner Canon DR-C130 has worked fine under Windows 7 Professional with VMware Fusion 6, but in VMware Fusion 7 ist will stop until the document was scanned. I had to switch off the scanner to...
View ArticleFusion 7.0.1 does *not* fix the switched keys problem version 7 introduced
As the subject says: I updated yesterday to the latest version. Updated the VMWare Tools on my guests, restarted, but the keys are still switched. Is there something special that needs to be done for...
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How to setup an external display?
Hey guys, First of all my English isn't very good so I can make a lot of mistakes! I have to following problem: I want to connect windows 7 to an external display in VMware Fusion on my macbook pro,...
View ArticleHelp with this error message " It is not safe to connect "xxxx" to this...
I am trying to connect my hard drive onto the virtual machine so i can make it into a bootable hard drive how ever i can't do it and keep receiving this message.... The rest of the message says the...
View ArticleFusion 7 Pro: Configuring PXE/tftp boot settings in dhcp.conf with static...
I ran into this issue, so I thought i'd do a quick writeup to maybe save someone 20 mins. I'm playing with PXE booting some containers. I want VMware Fusion to handle DHCP, and I want the VM's to be...
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