do i need to upgrade fusion 2.8 for quicken 2013
I use VM fusion with windows xp to run Quicken. That's all. Everything else I do from the MAC side. I have to upgrade my quicken 2010 in order to use the download services and have purchased Q 2013. I...
View ArticleFusion 5 & iWork in OS X Lion
I'm currently using the free trial download of Fusion 5 to evaluate the software. I have iWork installed in a virtual machine running OS X 10.7 Lion and am using the most recent versions of Pages and...
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Remove Windows Programs from LaunchPad and Spotlight
Hello.I've been working with VMware Fusion 5.0.3 just fine.I had a problem on Finder with the "Open With" contextual menu and fixed it, so I had to populate again the list of Apps in that menu. Because...
View Articleline 1: Syntax error. Read previous but need help please
I really need help to reconfigure a .vmx file please.The error has arisen because I had a system failure in OSX that required a hradrive erase and reinstall, I used the Mac Migration Assistant but...
View ArticleExporting a Fusion VM to vSphere 5
I manage a vSphere 5 server at work and use a MacBook Pro as my personal computer. On the Mac I have the latest Fusion 5 Pro running. On the Mac I currently have a VM created for Oracle Linux. It runs...
View ArticleScreenshots on Retina display
What tools are you using to create screenshots of a VMware Fusion window? (Of course I want be able to annotate easily, arrows, text, etc, not just a raw file that I could get from the guest OS). I...
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PC-DOS 2000 and sound problems
I have an odd problem where, in VMware Fusion 5, I cannot enable the sound card for a PC-DOS 2000 client. Each time I enable it, it goes back to off. This is with the VM shutdown. I even edited the...
View ArticleCDS internal client error
About 9 out 10 times when I try to use the 'Check for Updates...' menu item in Fusion 4 I get a pop-up telling me "VMware Fusion was unable to check for updates. CDS internal client error (3015)....
View ArticleHow to use guest printer from Mac?
Hello everyone! I am on a Macbook pro. I run Window XP via VMWare fusion. The window xp can use a printer via samba. The mac (for reason to long to explain here) can not. I wuold like to view from mac...
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What to do when Virtual Machine (Windows 7) does not start?
I started a discussion last night in which I mentioned that "VMWare Fusion quit unexpectedly". However, on a second thought, the problem I am facing might occur to anyone and trying to understand if...
View ArticleImporting from Parallels
I want to try VMware Fusion to see if it addresses an issue I have with an app under Parallels but I have a concern. In some reading it looks like the Parallels image is rendered unusable to go back to...
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My Windows 7 fails to boot on VMware Fusion on Mac
Please I am desperately in need of help.I run VMware Fusion 3.1.3 on MAC OSX 10.7, and have Windows 7 installed on the VMware. I feel so terrible caused I believe I actually caused the problem I am...
View ArticleMoving window license to a new macbook??
I just bought a new macbook air. Old one was so slow and no usb3 for external hdd for vmware. i migrate all the file and vmware to new macbook. window and office saying it detect hardware difference....
View Articlevmtoolsd.exe User instance doesn't run
Hi, Running VMWare Fusion 4 (latest release 4.1.2) with a Windows 7 Professional guest. The guest machine is part of a Windows domain. I do not have copy/paste/drag-and-drop/unity functionality. The...
View ArticleVirtualizing Snow Leopard
I’ve read a handful of posts regarding Virtualizing Snow Leopard, apologize if I’m beating the dead horse here, but I was wondering if this is possible… I have a new (refurbished) MBP running...
View ArticleHow do I navigate to a file on my mac?
When I go into Quicken that I run from within VMFusion, it shows me files under my Mac user name fine, but how do I navigate to the Mac "shared" folder (shows up in OS X at the same level as the...
View Articledisable auto pause VM windows
Hello,I installed VMware Fusion 5.0.2 on OS X (10.8.2)I installed a VM containing Windows Server 2008 R2After a period of inactivity, the VM stops automatically (pause mode).How do I disable the...
View ArticleCommand and Conquer 3 Direct X error
I installed C & C 3 on my Windows XP VM running in Fusion 1.1.2 and get a direct X error after the splash screen preventing it from starting. Has anyone solved this? Yes I have enabled the...
View ArticleHow do I expand virtual C drive on Fusion 5 W7 VM
My C drive on my virtualized W7 PC running under Fusion 5.0.3 is full and I need to expand it. Do I just load a disk utility onto the virtual machine and expand it that way?Thanks.Ray
View Articleguest kernel os with panic 3.8.2 vmwaretools-9.2.3
I have installed VMware Fusion 5.0.3 (1040386) on my Macbookpro Mountion Lion 10.8.3,the guest os is Cetnos 6.4, i complie the linux kernel 3.8.2, and then install VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360 or...
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