uninstall fusion problem
I am trying to install Fusion but I continue to get the error message 'VMware Fusion can't be installed on this disk. A newer version of the software is already installed on this disk.' I have...
View ArticleSound not working on Fusion
Lately every time I start my Vista virtual machine I don't get any sound. Upon boot up I got a message from fusion that says "Error starting sound stream. Playback may not work." It doesn't matter if I...
View ArticleUnable to connect the USB device "" to the virtual machine (error code 13)
Hi there I have got the following message when trying to connect a USB card. Unable to connect the USB device "" to the virtual machine (error code 13)Contact VMWare, Inc. technical support for...
View ArticleStatic route
Hello guys,I have Fusion 2.0.1 with Leopard OS X Server as a virtual machine. Our company internal network is in 192.168.168.0/24 range and I would like to assign a new private IP range for my OS X...
View ArticleUnable to write on shared external (USB) disks
I run vmware fusion 5.0.3 on an iMac with Mountain Lion. The virtual OS is windows 7 professionalI have an external Hard Disk (Toshiba 2,5" - 1TB, USB 3.0), formatted with the extended FAT (in order to...
View Articledrag/drop support with mountain lion VM
Hi All, I recently got a new macbook pro (with retina display and 16GB and of course SSD - very sweet). I created a windows 7 vm for my windows apps and I also wanted a seperate VM for developing on...
View ArticleAttempting to run VMs located on an external USB 3.0 HD crashes OS X.
I'm running Fusion 5.0.3 on Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on my RMBP. Running VMs from the local SSD (256GB) works, but when I attempt to run VMs (either newly created or ones I copy after OS install) from an...
View ArticleI can't get Team Fortress 2 to work in Fusion
I'm trying to run Team Fortress 2 through Steam in my virtual machine, but every time I start it up, it plays the Valve logo, and then immediately shuts down. Furthermore, the logo isn't even full...
View ArticleTrouble running Team Fortress 2 (TF2) on win 7 boot camp 2.02
The title pretty much says it all. I can't seem to get Team Fortress 2 (or any of the Source Engine games) running on my Windows 7 x64 Boot Camp partition under VMware Fusion. It works just fine when...
View ArticleVMware image too large, need to shrink!
Hi, My VM environment has grown to 46GB and I need to shrink it as my acutal windows xp environment hard disk is only utilizing 19GB. I know that there is no automagic way to do this within...
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I extended VM virtual machine disk but its only half showing...
Hi I extended my VM fusion for mac virtual machine disk but its only half showing... I have the latest version of VMware fusion and i am running a windows 7 virtual machine. My Win 7 virtual machine c...
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Running a VM Headless (no GUI) and Controlling Shutdown/Suspend with Mac OS X...
Running a VM Headless (no GUI) and Controlling Shutdown/Suspend with Mac OS X Reboot/ShutdownThe Subject says it all and here's the HOWTO: The following has been tested and used under Mac OS X 10.5 and...
View ArticleFusion 5.0.3 and Ubuntu 13.04
I have the VM running but I cannot seem to get the VMWare Tools installed. I installed the build tools and the kernel source files. I have tried to point it to...
View Articlexrandr showing one virtual display, mirroring it to each monitor in...
I'm trying to get each display on a computer available to a Linux guest (Ubuntu 13.04) provided as a separate virtual device. But instead of doing this, I get one virtual device in xrandr and the...
View ArticlePanic with VMWare Fusion 5.0.3 and Mac OS X 10.8.4
I had a perfectly fine working VMWare fusion setup with OS X hosts, for development and testing. Since I upgraded from Mac OS X 10.8.3 to Mac Os X 10.8.4, my computer panics as soon as I start a...
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 ArticleVM fusion 3 won't recognize vmx file type
I tried upgrading to VM fusion 3, but on attempting to load a Windows XP virtual machine, Fusion produces the following error: 'The document "Windows XP.vmx" could not be opened. VMware Fusion cannot...
View ArticleFusion 5.0.3 - Missing vmdk file
Today morning my fusion client was working perfectly, but after lunch i get back to my office and i find it turned off. So i restarted it but it get me this message: "Document not found: Disco...
View ArticleDisable clipboard sharing (only)
VMWare Fusion 5.0.3 running on ML with Windows 7. VMWare tools installed. How do I (only) disable clipboard sharing between Mac and Windows environments, without affecting other components like file...
View ArticleVMware Fusion cannot connect to any of my virtual machines after the Mac OS X...
After the update to Mac OS X 10.8.4 I receive the following message every time I am trying to open any of my Virtual Machines: VMware Fusion cannot connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have...
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