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Accessing a BootCamp partition of a second drive with Fusion 5
Hi all, I have a MacBook Pro 2008 (4,1) and recently I installed a Samsung 840 SSD in the SATA bay, moving the old 500GB hard drive to the PATA bay (thanks to an Opticaddy adapter), where the...
View ArticleIntermittent Freezing in both Mac OS and Windows With Fusion 5.0.x
Hi, I'm running a MacBook Pro with Retina display. I'm running Windows 7 x64 via Fusion. Mutiple times a day the host OS or Windows will freeze for about 5 seconds. I find that if I turn off Aero or...
View ArticleWorks well
I have been using VMFusion on my Mac for running QuickBooks for years. My OS is 10.8.3. I started using VMFusion & QuickBooks on my iMac years ago, now running on a MacBook Air. If Intuit would...
View ArticleWindows 7 VM won't upgrade in 5.0.3
Hi, folks! I have an issue I could use some help with. We have a Win 7 vm that was originally created in VMWare Fusion 5.0.2. We upgraded a user's Macbook Pro (Mountain Lion 10.8.3) to Fusion 5.0.3....
View ArticleThe file system upon which '/Users/SterlingButters/Library/Application...
I recieve the following error message when I try to boot my VM and I am not sure why, I have repaired permissions and I have around 50 GB to spare on the partition. It was working great for a long time...
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Where I can find old ovftool 2.0.1
Hi, Where can I find archived OVF tool 2.0.1 release? I'm digging vmware site for an hours now and still cannot find it... We need ovftool 2.0.1 because our product has been certified with this...
View ArticleHow to boot into a Windows 7 install disc running in Fusion 5?
The BIOS screen suggests F2 but this doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, whether hekld down single, several times or continually as the SETUP screen appears.
View ArticleVMware 5.0.3 hanging on OSX 10.8.3 - MacBook Retina mid 2012 8GB Ram (SSD)
Is anyone experiencing hangs on VMware 5.0.3 ? I was originally on OSX 10.8.2, VMware 5.0.1 (I could not use 5.0.2 because VMware crashed due to the Apple video update.) I started my Mac this morning,...
View ArticleFusion 5+OS X 10.8.1 host doesn, but upgrade OS X 10.7.4 guest to 10.8.1 fails
I recently upgraded my host from 10.7.4 to 10.8.1, and Fusion from 4.1.3 to 5.0.1. I have two Mac OS X 10.7.4 guests I'd like to upgrade too, but the upgrade fails at the first reboot. I attach the...
View ArticleWindows XP will not boot after attempt to boot with USB stick mounted
Hi everyone, I am running Windows XP with VMware Fusion 4.1.4., OS X Mountain Lion. This VM has been working very reliably. Today, I tried to boot the VM and got an error message that...
View ArticleWindows Endless Reboot Loop
Got a Macbook Pro. Loaded VM, Windows 7 Hm Ed upgrade and MS Office 2010 no prob. Windows wants to install an upgrade. I approve. Takes so long in "logging off" screen that I fall asleep. Laptop...
View ArticleFusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
For the life of me I cannot figure out what I have done to make the "mini bar" minimize button work. Sometimes it is functional and sometimes it is grayed out. When it is working, it works great. It...
View ArticleStart up Error
I have VM Fusion 3.1.4 . I cannot start virtual machine and get the following error: File "/Users/Morgan/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Windows 7 x64.vmx" line 1: Syntax...
View ArticleVMware Fusion 4, 5 vmware-vmx CPU hog > 100% - OsX 10.7.4 2GHz i7 16GB
From what I can tell on these forums, this is happening to other users on these forums, too. -upgraded to Fusion 5-suddenly, (Ubuntu, but probably other) vms hang - one vmware-vmx process takes more...
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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 ArticleTransferring Win8-Installation to BootCamp
Hello,I want to do the opposite, what many others are doing :-) Is it possible, to transfer an activated Windows 8 - Installation to a new BootCamp-Partition? Kind regards, Edgar I am using Mac OS...
View ArticleFusion 5.02 on MBP 16GB / Windows 8 - micro freezing
Hi all,I'm new to the fusion world and spend most of my time in windows, I'm using fusion in .vmdk mode (not bootcamp). I've allocated 4 GB to my windows 8 VM. While I'm working in windows 8, My...
View ArticleAge of Empires II The Conquerors Black Screen and Colors go to 8-Bit
Hello, yesterday I purchased the newest version of VMware Fusion to get it to run with Mountain Lion. As it turns out it the upgraid damaged my game-flow. Let me explain: Age of Empire II the...
View ArticleVmware Fusion Coupon Code
Hi I am a new customer and was wondering if there are coupons available for fusion?
View ArticleTransfer a Linux installation from a physical disk to VMWare Fusion
After my old triple boot system died recently I now desparately need to get my old Linux installation running in a virtual machine on my new system.I therefore upgraded to VMWare Fusion 5, my machine...
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