Cannot Change RAM and Other Settings on Shutdown Guests
For some reason, I cannot change the RAM memory allocation for those guest OSs. The settings are enabled (not grayed out) and I can make edits in the settings panels, but the changes are lost as soon...
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Open Link from Windows 8 VM in Mountain Lion Safari
Hi, I have a problem with opening web-links from my vm in my native os. I have setup a Windows 8 VM via Fusion 5 on a MountainLion device.Links in windows 8 always open in its internet explorer. In the...
View ArticleNot a Valid Virtual Machine Configuration...
Okay, I thas been probably about 3 days since I started VMWare Fusion up and ran Windows. I go to run it this morning, after shutting it down properly the last time I used it, and when I pick my Vista...
View ArticleFusion 4 for mac, (running windows 7, is stuck in suspend mode.
My Fusion 4 for mac running windows 7,is stuck in suspend mode.Dire emergency, I have a MacBook Pro (2Ghz core i7;8GB ram) running Lion 10.7.5.For about a year now I have been running VmWare's Fusion v...
View ArticleDouble-click not working in Windows 7
I am using VMWare version 3.02 and I am having a great deal of difficulty getting Windows 7 to recognize a double-click via the trackpad or with an external Magic Mouse. Whether I'm double-clicking an...
View ArticleSlow network performance with CentOS guest
I have a late 2012 retina MacBook Pro running VMWare Fusion 5.0.3. I have been running Windows 7 and Windows 8 for a while with no issue. I installed the latest CentOS (release 5.9) and the network is...
View ArticleFusion 5: Can't get bridged networking to work
Hi, I know this has been a touchy discussion for years, and I have been sifting through numerous papers, forum discussions and such, but still don't have an answer.My issue is the dreaded bridged...
View ArticleUbuntu 13.04 - Shared directories problem
I was notified that there was a new upgrade for ubuntu on my host server vm. After upgrading I no longer have hgfs mounts. I re-installed tools and still no luck. Anyone else experiencing the same?...
View ArticleNeed help getting quicken deluxe 2013 to work with fusion 5.0.3
Hello, First let me say I am brand new to mac and to fusion. I have a mac mini with OS X 10.8.3 2.5 GHz with 4 GB RAM. I have fusion 5.0.3 and am trying to install quicken deluxe 2013. I have installed...
View ArticleWindos Installation Fails: No Signed Device Driver Found
Hello, When I try installing Windows on my MacBook Pro, the installations fails and generates a message that "No signed device drivers" were found. I understand that a scsi device driver is needed and...
View ArticleVM GUI Hangs but VM still running
I'm having a problem with Fusion 5 and OSX Server 10.6.8. After the monitor is turned off (physically) leaving the machine running, when I turn the monitor back on the GUI for the VM is hung, though...
View ArticleMissing Drag & Drop and Sound in Fusion 5/Win7
I've only had this problem on 1 of 5 similar Fusion on Mac installations I've done in the past two years. It started with Fusion 4 and continues now even though I've upgraded to Fusion 5.0.2. After...
View Articlevmware dhcp crossing over interfaces
I'm trying to set up a virtual lab to test network services. The topology looks like vm-dhcp-server vm-client |...
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 ArticleProblem installing VMware Tools on Fusion 5.0.3 - openSuse 12.3
VMWare Tools install on openSUSE 12.3 can't find the headers. I need detailed instructions how to point Tools to the header. ThanksF
View ArticleVMware Fusion / Windows 8 / Shared Folders / System Hang
Running Fusion 5.0.3 with a Windows 8 Pro -64 bit guest VM. When shared folders are enabled, and ONLY when shared folders are enabled, the system periodically hangs/freezes/beachballs whatever you...
View ArticleWin 8: Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC - What to do?
I have VMWare Fusion running on a Mac Book Air. Installed Win8 fine. An install of Visual Studio hanged and I had to reboot Win 8, After the reboot, I can't get Win 8 to start, it says that the...
View ArticleWhy is it so hard just to shrink a disk
I made a 30GB disk, but turns out I only need about 20GB. I need multiple VMs and that 10GB of space times the five machines is a LOT of wasted disk space. VMWare Tools has no options at all. Are you...
View ArticleAttaching to tap interface
Hi all, I'm trying out VMWare Fusion for possible server application but cannot figure out how to get this to work. I'm running Mountain Lion Server guest on Mountain Lion Server host - along with...
View ArticleMountain lion - Problem with VMWare Fusion 5 vs Bootcamp --> shared folders
Hello, I'm Carlos. First of all, sorry for my English. I hope all of you will be able to understand my question. I'm new at mac world and after installing W7 x64 with bootcamp, I'm trying VMWare Fusion...
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