can i create a vm ahead of the os so i can predetermine the size of memory...
i was surprised that the vm created for my windows 7 home premium x64 defaulted to a vm configuration of ram=1gb and hdisk=60gb. is this normal and can i change the sizes after windows has already...
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Question for a newbie
Please Help!I'm totally new to Mac, how new you ask.......LOL I just set it up a few days ago! Anyway I want to know if the VMware player is something that I can use to open up my Paint Shop Pro 7...
View ArticleExporting VMWare Fusion Guest for Upload to Amazon EC2
I understand the basic steps in Amazon's [VMWare to EC2] guide, except for one problem : how do I convert my .vmwarevm to a .VMDK file? [Amazon's VMWare to EC2]:Using the Command Line Tools to Import...
View ArticleShortcut for Use All Displays
I'm working on dual screens, and I'd love to have a shortcut key or some easy way to turn one fullscreen display into two without having to hover the mouse over the top to show the menu bar and have to...
View ArticleHorizontal scrolling?
One of the changelogs for the recent release has been horizontal scrolling reverse fixed in Unity. Horizontal scrolling isn't supported and never worked in ANY view. Did I miss something and horizontal...
View ArticleCannot open file on virtual machine.
I'm trying to drag some files from OS X to Windows XP running in Fusion v1.0, but it gives me this error: Cannot open file on virtual machine.Aborting the drag and drop operation. I've copied...
View ArticleAutomatically disabling Fn+Function keys in VM?
I'm a long time PC user but I recently switched to Mac. I have to say that Fusion is pretty remarkable. It's eerie seeing Windows Vista happily running along in my shiny new iMac. One thing that...
View Articlecannot connect to internet anymore with vmware fusion on virtual machine
running WindowsXP on my mac using Vmware fusion 3.1.3. Has worked fine forever...recently started my virtual machine up and no internet connection. Usually bridged connection is what I use. The network...
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Hyper-V to VMware
Case = Physical server with Hyper-V crashes. One important Small Business Server was running there as a guest. Bare metal restore (Windows Backup) is available on external disk... Is there a way to...
View ArticleAES 256 Encryption
Hi I am currently working on project using VMware images on multiple platforms and VMware products, After finding out that VMware workstation 7 now has AES 256 encryption I was quite happy to move...
View Articlemigrating Windows to Nas (or other external drive) for mac
I am migrating my Windows 7 to for my mac, but i don't have enough space for that. The only option i have, is to, use my external storage to save the virtual windows (vmware copy).Would that be...
View ArticleTooltip remains on screen - Fusion 5, Win7x64, Visual Studio 2010/2012
Fusion 5.0.1 and 5.0.2Win7x64 Full screen modeVisual Studio 2010 and 20123D mode off When in Visual Studio and the mouse over raises a tooltip there are times when the screen refresh does not remove...
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Guidelines for *Host* disk space - Fusion 4
Currently running Win 7 as a guest OS on Macbook Pro (Mac OS 10.7.5). I have a 750GB disk which is currently allocated 80GB to Host and 670GB (pre-allocated) to VM. (Recognizing now, this was a rookie...
View ArticleIs it somehow possible to prevent the USB connection checkbox? ("choose where...
I have a couple Mac OS X Server 10.6 VMs, each hosted on a Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.6. These VMs run 24-7, but the Macs they run on are used for other purposes, too, so USB devices are sometimes...
View ArticleJava 7 crashes on OS X Lion (10.7) guest
Hi all, Not so new VMware Fusion user but new to the community. My setup:HostOS X 10.7.5 on MacBook ProVMware Fusion 5.0.1GuestOS X 10.7.5VMware Tools 9.2.1.16070 (build-818201)Java 7 Update 9 I...
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VLAN Bridging - MAC OSX and VMWare Fusion
Good Evening All, I'm looking for some advice - at the moment I can create individual VLANs within MAC OSX and I can map these individual VLANs by bridging the actual VLAN interface itself. What I'm...
View ArticleHow to figure it out the USB path
I add an iphone to the Mac Mini and assign it to the guest OS. I saw: usb.autoConnect.device0 = "path:10/1/1/2/4/3 autoclean:0" in the *.vmx file. I plugin in a second iphone to the device, it will...
View Articlevmtoolsd.exe Will Not Start In USER Process
I've been using Fusion since ver 2 (over 3 years). While it's FAR from perfect, it has been reasonably acceptable up to ver 3. Ver 4 & 5, from my experience, are not as "stable" as ver 3. I just...
View ArticleARM builds in Win Xp VM bring machine to crawl
Greetings I have the latest version of Fusion Professional. Windows Xp VM utilizing 1GB of memory.Macbook Pro Mountain Lion 8 GB of RAM. I use the VM to develop embedded code. My build tools are ARM...
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Could someone fix? "Windows 7.vmx" is not a valid virtual machine...
Hi Everyone, I seem to have what looks to be a pretty common problem. I try to start my windows 7 VM, and I get this error message: "/Users/...../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows...
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