Retina Support Difference Fusion 6 vs Fusion 5
Is there a difference in the support for retina displays between Fusion 5 and Fusion 6? I have Fusion 5 and currently when using my W7x64 VM on the retina display (no ext monitor) I leave the "Use...
View ArticleFusion 5 crashes after "copy" command in Win7
I have been plagued by this behavior for some time and finally decided to seek help. While working in a Win7 VM, if I copy a file from one directory to another, all within the Win7 environment, and...
View ArticleWindows 8 constant lag and slow performance
Hi Have been using fusion 5 for sometime. Have a Windows 8 vm which has been working flawlessly for months.As soon as i updated to fusion 6 and upgraded my VM this is when the issue started to occur. I...
View ArticleDropbox sharing?
As it happens I got a Parallels upgrade announcement at almost the same time as I got the VMWare Fusion 6 announcement. The one feature that caught my eye was in Parallels. Apparently P can now share...
View ArticleThe VM that wouldn't die --or-- How the %^$^%$ do I shut down a suspended VM?
Fusion: v4.1.4VM: Windows XP SP3 OK so I copied over my ancient XP VM, originally created on Workstation 5, to my Mac. It boots just fine and I added Fusion tools no problem. All is functioning well....
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fusion 6 - upgrade vm from win 7 32bit to win 8.1 32bit gives "This PC can't...
hello, i was trying to upgrade a win 7 32bit vm to win 8.1 rtm 32bit in fusion 6.0.0.running the setup from within windows, after asking for updates, i get the following error:"This PC can't run...
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Fusion 6 - display flashing
Host: Mac OS 10.8.4Guest: Windows 7Accelerate 3D Graphics: Off (also happens when set to ON) I like to have my VM running on a different Desktop space and switch back/forth between my VM and mac using...
View ArticleFusion 6 - simply does not work
Hi All, I have a mid-2011 13" MacBook Pro, standard config, relatively little extra SW installed on it, no special hardware. Bought and installed Fusion 6 ProfessionalStarted Fusion up - it...
View ArticleI am upgrading to the VMfusion 6 from VMFusion 3 but when it starts to...
Iam upgrading to the VM fusion 6 from VM fusion 3 but when it start to download it tells me the "operating system not found" what does this mean and how do I correct it?
View ArticleSATA virtual hard disks: still experimental?
Being that if one creates a new VM, it still defaults to SCSI...: is SATA still at an experimental level, or is it really the recommended way (as someone said elsewhere, here, IIRC) of choosing the...
View ArticleVMware Fusion Professional for power users or technology enthusiasts: is one...
The question in the title is quite self-explanatory: if I use VMware Fusion 6 Professional only for non-commercial purposes (as a power user or technology enthusiast), can I use only one license for...
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How to add additional hard disks to linked clones.
Previously I commented that Fusion 6.0 does not support adding additional hard disks to a linked clone. This is a pretty bad limitation, and it does not make sense. This is supported with VMware...
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Fusion 6 Linked Clones - Not such a spectacular feature :(
I was excited about finally having the ability to work with linked clones in Fusion 6. However, now that its here... I find this feature less than useful. Building a linked clone is easy. But.... I...
View ArticleInternal Error When starting a VM on Fusion 6 - Mavericks Host
Hi, I am trying to get Fusion 6 running on my test Mavericks Partition. I am running preview 7 OS X 10.9 (13A569) the install seemed to go fine but I keep getting "Internal Error" messages when trying...
View ArticleCompatibility degree of a VM reduce from Fusion 6 to Fusion 5
I´m not happy with my new Fusion 6 and have reinstalled Fusion 5.0.3.But my VM Windows 8 was actualisized with Fusion 6 and now I must reduce the compatibility degree back to Furion 5.How is this to do?
View ArticleFileVault 2 not working correctly in OS X VMs with VM disks set to Bus Type:...
I built a new 10.8.5 VM in VMware Fusion 6.0 Pro for use with FileVault 2 testing and ran into an odd issue where FileVault 2 wouldn't turn on correctly. The eventual fix was that I needed to switch...
View ArticleProblems w. 'upgrade' on WIN7 VM(5) to VM6
I'm on a newer iMac, i5, 8GB of RAM, OS X 10.8.4. Currently running a trial version of Fusion 6 Pro, using a WIN7 VM that was previously working just fine on the same computer under VM 5.0.3 for...
View ArticleWindows XP Frozen
I attempted to shut Windows XP down. I have been getting VMWare Tools errors. While attempting to shut down Windows, got the following message:"The request to power off this virtual machine failed...
View Article[BUG] Guest system crash when loading Java on Fusion 5.0.2
Hello, I have been experiencing guest OS crashes every time I try to load a web page that uses java. Even when i go to control panel > Programs and try to run the Java console the OS crashes...
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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