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Can somebody explain me on the following. I have an iMac model late 2012 running on OSX Mavericks, RAM installed is 32 GB. As a guest system I am using VMWare Fusion 6 with Windows 7 Ultimate. I also...
View ArticleFuison 6 won't shut down
Hi, here's my problem: I'm running Fusion 6.0.2 / Win 7 Prof SP1 64 bit on a brandnew MBPr 15" (i7).The vm runs smoothly an insofar without any glitches.But if I quit my vm and try to shut sown fusion...
View Articleyubikey not working when a VM is running
My Yubikey works fine when I have only MacOSX running, but if I start up a VM (in my case, Ubuntu desktop) it will rapidly flash green, continuously. According to the manual this means:3.5.3 Device...
View ArticleWiFi Connectivity Issues with Mavericks/Fusion 6/Win7 64-bit
I seem to have an issue with my WiFi connection dropping randomly when I'm running Fusion. I get the exclamation point that no network is present, requiring me to either manually select the network or...
View ArticleWindows 8 guest can't properly detect second monitor in Mavericks & Fusion6
The guest OS can only detect the second monitor as "Display device on: VGA", so the resolution is limited max 1600*1200. How can I change this? Thanks
View ArticleFusion 6.0.2 and Os-X 10.9 freeze after rewake from sleep mode
hi! my fusion freeze after osx wake up from sleep mode? any ideas? thxgarry
View ArticleNetwork connection from VM lost after upgrading from Fusion 4 to Fusion 6
I bit the bullet and bought the $50 upgrade from VMWare Fusion 4.x to Fusion 6.0.2 today. Everything seemed to go fine, except installing VMWare tools hung in mid install (something to do with...
View ArticleCannot Upgrade Window 8 to 8.1 Using Fusion 5
FYI: There is a long series of posts here regarding the 0xC1900101 - 0x20017 error so many people are getting when trying the Windows Store Win 8.1 upgrade. I tried the solution that had worked for...
View ArticleBattery Life observations
I thought my new MBA 6/13 had a battery issue. Took it in and the genius pointed out some things. In the Activity menu, the VMware VMX process was using over 100% of the CPU process, he said this...
View ArticleFusion 6 experience so far and some questions
I've migrated my PC over to a MBA and am so far finding this a great solution. A few observations and issues to share.I had to do 3 installs of the OS, first one was due to Msft having me download 32...
View ArticleVMWare tools in Solaris 11
Hello, I created a VM for Solaris 11 and attempted to install the VMWare tools, but they do not appear to work at all. No error or anything, just that the VMWare daemon is not running. I was wondering...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.2 Full-screen VM bug
I have a iMac with 2 displays running Mavericks and Fusion 6.0.2 - ever since upgrading to Mavericks I've experienced various issues with full screen VMs some of which have already been discussed here....
View ArticleFusion 6, Maverick, Win XP svchost.exe always at 100% for more than 24 hours
Hello All, I've upgraded 3 different Windows XP virtual machines to fusion 6 (6.01 and 6.02) on 3 different machines. The Windows XP virtual machines are basically empty: vanilla XP, nothing...
View ArticleRemoving Workstation Snapshots
I use to run a PC, now on a Power Book. I just opened an old Win98 VM guest from the old days. (Fusion v5.0.3) Upgraded tools, got it working sweet again. My "problem" is that for some reason I had...
View ArticleCan't Upgrade to Windows 8.1 on Fusion 5
I tried (many times now) to upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 using the download from the Windows store. When it asks to restart it comes up with an error saying Couldn't update to Windows 8.1 Sorry, we...
View ArticleMouse pointer don't move when upgrade to Windows 8.1
Hi there! I've upgrade from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro using the Windows Store on a MacBook Pro (non retina). Everything fine except can't move the mouse. The pointer it's fixed on the middle of...
View ArticleDowngrading to VMWare 5
I made the not-so-tough decision to downgrade to Version 5.0.3 today. It wasn't difficult, because I had left myself properly set up. You will need to have an installer for the latest version of Fusion...
View ArticleApp Nap core function in OS X Mavericks
One of the new core technologies in Mavericks is called "App Nap" and as its name implies, an application that is not visible or apparently active will "nap" or go into app-specific "sleep", wakened...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.2 Maverick has Win 7 VM freezing
Hi, since I changed mac a week ago I'm experiencing issues with VMWare 6.0.2 and the same Win 7 ultimate virtual machine.It's the VM that freezes, not Fusion. I tried enabling the "prevent from nap"...
View ArticleDisable VNC from accepting multiple connection?
Would it be possible to configure VNC to accept only single connection as if only one person can connection to the VM at a time. I have VM with a password that is being used by a group. Only thing is...
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