Updating Win 7 Enterprise VM to work with Fusion 7
My 15" Retina MacBook Pro has spent more than half its waking hours running a Win 7 Enterprise Fusion 6 VM (encrypted by Credant whole disk encryption), with the host Mac OS being 10.9.x "Mavericks."...
View ArticleUsing KVM Image
I have a windows 7 guest created using KVM on Red hat linux and I'd like to use it on Fusion or workstation (preferably fusion). Is that possible? If not can you point me to another program that will...
View ArticleVMDK Corrupt After Host Hang
Hi, running Fusion 3.1 on 10.6.4 and I have a Windows 7 vm that will not start. Fails with the message: Can not open disk or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.Reason: the specified virtual disk...
View ArticleProper number of cores?
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) - with a 2.7 GHz Core i7 processor. I believe this processor has 4 actual cores, with hyperthreading, to make it "8" cores. I would like to run a...
View Article.VMDK file won't restore, no permission
Some time ago, when I upgraded to Mavericks, I decided to do a clean slate re-install and then restore select files from a Time Machine backup. When it came time to restoring my VM with Windows 7 on...
View ArticleProblem with USB devices
Hey all, I am running VMWare Fusion 7.0.1, Mac OS X 10.10 latest updates and have a big problem with getting my virtual machines to work with SOME USB devices.As for virtual machines, I have tried both...
View Articlevmware tools install thinks my VM is not a VM and won't install
I am trying to install vmware tools in a windows 7 vm under fusion 7 pro.The installer very quickly tells me "The VMware Tools should only be installed inside a virtual machine"So for some reason, the...
View ArticleSwipe between VMs no longer takes focus
Hi, I use full screen VMs on my Macbook Pro all the time.Now with Fusion 7.0.1. the navigation between full screen VMs is no longer as smooth as it used to be.In the past I could 3 finger swipe between...
View ArticleShare virtual machine between multiple computers
Hi, I would like creating a development Windows 8.1 virtual machine stored on an external SSD drive. This VM I would like using between my 2 Macs (@work and @home) by switching the external SSD drive...
View ArticleOpenCL.dll missing from your computer
I'm trying to test a Bitcoin GPU mining program, but it only runs on Windows and I have two Macs (2009 Mini and 2011 MBP) I also do some gaming (Medal of Honor) but it also has runtime issues if GL/CL...
View ArticleSharing files/Folders
Must File/folders sharing between Mac/VM must be done from Fusion simple sharing setting ? I have this disabled, because for the purpose I want to set up file sharing in windows in VM, but i cannot...
View ArticleVirtual disk not expanding
I increased my virtual disk from 60GB to 100GB and I read that when doing this the disk in my virtual Windows 7 would increase automatically. However, this has not been the case. If I go to Computer...
View ArticleActivating one "Mirrored Files" changes the value of the user.home property...
Context :Windows 7 SP1Eclipse Luna 4.4.0VMWare Fusion Version 7.0.1 (2235595) Some eclipse plug-ins (it could another piece of software) try to write a hidden configuration file in C:\Users\xxx.After...
View ArticleKeyboard mapping issues on Windows 8.1
I have 3 VMs (Ubuntu, Windows 7, and Windows 8). Windows 8 is the only VM I am having keyboard mapping issues. Is this a known issue? Please advise.
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 ArticleVMWare Fusion 7 / 3 displays not supported?
Hi! I just recently added a third monitor to my setup, but it seems 3 screens might not be supported when using unity. Here's my setup: - Macbook Pro Retina 13"- 2 external displays- Windows 8.1 Pro...
View ArticleFusion USB Connectivity Question
Dear VM Fusion users, I want to use Fusion and Windows 7 on my new iMac running Mavericks to connect a wireless vehicle detection system from a Chinese company called Rosin. Their wireless receiver is...
View ArticleNeed help figuring out resolution options for retina iMac with Fusion 7
I recently upgraded to both a retina iMac as well as Fusion 7, hoping that they would play nice together, but so far I'm pretty disappointed. I have tried every option I can see, but none of them...
View ArticleAnyone use Fusion 7 on Maverics?
Anyone?Any benefit? Any issues with graphics, performance?
View Article10.10.1 Slow Peformance
I had been running Fusion 7.0.1 under 10.10.0 with no issues but when I upgraded to 10.10.1 performance of VM's was unusable. Windows 8.1 VM was the worst. Is this a known issue with 10.10.1? --g
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