Sharing connection from Win 7 or Linux guest using Alfa USB Wifi adapter
I bought an Alfa AWUS036H to use on my Macbook with Mac OS 10.7. Unfortunately, I found out that the drivers do not support 10.7. So the only hope I have to use this adapter is to go through a VM and...
View ArticleESXI under fusion, get rid of password prompts?
Hello, is it possible when virutualizing ESXi under Fusion, to eliminate all the password prompts when the nic adapters are coming online? I have to enter my password about 20 times with all the...
View ArticleSuspended virtual machines destroyed after upgrading to 5.0.3
I will warn all peaple to upgrade VMWare fusion 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 on suspenden machines. All my machines was destroyed after the upgrade and i need to create new machines based on existing hard disks. I'm...
View ArticleUsing Outlook for Mac
Hi, We are using Outlook for Mac as our default email client on our Mac. For one of our buisness application, we are forced to use VMWare Fusion or Parallels to be able to run the application (since it...
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Black background of block font in MS PPT
Hello,I am using VMWare Fusion 3.1.4 for MS office applicationbut have a problem that 3D block is not displayed normally as attached.That is, the background is filled in black.Is it related VMWare? If...
View ArticleUtilising GPU in Virtual Machine
Hi. To my understanding (correct me if i'm wrong) the Virtual Machine is using my CPU for graphics. Is it possible to have my Windows 7 Virtual Machine use my GPU for graphics ? As I am wanting to run...
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Problems using Word Perfect under virtual windows 7
I generally use Word Perfect (5.1) and Quattro instead of the Microsoft equivalents since they work better and I have become familiar with them over the past decades. Also, one reason is that WP will...
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USB Serial Port kinda working
Like a few people on the forum, I would pre-buy Fusion if serial would work. I'm using vmware fusion beta 4 now. I have the IOGEAR GUC232A usb to serial adapter. It shows up as...
View ArticleOS X 10.8.2 Guest freezing up with 100% CPU usage
I'm running a couple Windows guests and an OS X 10.8.2 guest on my Fusion 5.0.3 setup. The Windows guests run fine for as long as I leave them up, but the OS X guest will unpredictably enter a frozen...
View ArticleSceen Capture does not work
Hi all folks,I try to use Screen Capture or Grab to get a screenshot from a Mac OS X 10.6 Server guest running on Fusion 5.0.2, but I can't. Any idea what's going wrong. VMware Knowledge Base"Sending...
View ArticleMigrate your PC wants to migrate my entire computer!!
What is this? I just wanted to migrate my operating sytem disk partition which is around 50GB, my entire desktop computer which consists of multiple disks is 1.5TB of total space!!! So migration...
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5.0.3 VM strartup problem
Hi Just updated to v 5.0.3 and I have an issue with my VMs not starting up at all in a somewhat random way (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't). I just get a frozen screen like screenshot below....
View ArticleLock network source to a VM?
Hello, I am using 5.0.3 on my MBP with Win8 x64 and would like to do the following:1. lock the ethernet connection to my Win8 VM so that only it can use it2. use wifi for my OS X host and have that...
View ArticleInstalling Fusion 5 on Mountain Lion
Greetings all, I am overhauling my MacPro, and will be upgrading my HD to an SSD. I will do a fresh install of all software. I will use two drives; an SSD for the O/S and a second SATA 2TB drive for...
View ArticleInconsistent State? - Keep getting "The virtual machine is not powered on"...
I keep getting the error message "The virtual machine is not powered on" for a virtual machine that i believe IS POWERED ON. At least it was when I last walked away from my desk. Some elaboration......
View ArticleCan Full Screen multiple monitors not be locked to a space?
Hello, I am running 5.0.3 on my MBP and have 2 external monitors attached. My Win8 x64 VM see all the monitors however the only way it does is if I go "Full Screen" and "Use All Displays in Full...
View ArticleFusion Update Causes Outlook 2010 to crash
I am beyond frustrated. I just updated Fusion yesterday to 5.0.3 and now I cannot use Outlook so I am effectively out of business since I manage all my client communication in Outlook. I need to...
View ArticleInstalling/Running Windows in EFI Mode
Hi guys, I am trying to run Windows x64 (either 7 or 8) in EFI mode. I'm using VMWare Fusion 5.0.3. I have added the line "firmware=efi" to the vmx file to enable EFI mode. I have mounted the...
View ArticleHow to specify the folder where a new VM will be created
Hi, I'm trying to create a new vm but it fails because the folder/disk where vmware defaults to does not have enough space. Is it possible to specify the desination folder of a new vm when I create...
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