Problems with Mavericks & Cannot get support
Hello everyone,Sorry for posting this here, i hope someone from vmware customer support will read this because i just cannot figure out how to contact them. I'm experiencing problems with vmware fusion...
View ArticleFusion 6 Trial... Observations and Performance Tuning Questions
I was an early customer of Fusion for the first few versions ( I believe v1 and v2), but left for Parallels until recently because I use VMs to play online poker (my profession), and generally believe...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.1 - only the Win7Pro guest is unable to ping router, or access...
MBPro 13" running MacOSX 10.8.5 as host + VMware Fusion 6.0.1 - on a WiFi networkGuest is Win 7 Pro, with VMware Fusion guest Network settings of either AutoDetect or when specifying the MBPro's WiFi...
View Articlehgfs driver for VMware tools version 9.6.1-1378637 (Fusion 6.0.2) for linux...
host OS: Mac OS X 10.9guest OS: debian 7 (wheezy) 32/64-bitversion: VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637 this is just an FYI: I upgraded to Fusion 6.0.2 recently, and every time I tried to load any files via the...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.2 & Other Linux 3.x kernel 64-bit - No VmWare Tools available?
Trying to install a Slackware 14.1 (kernel 3.10.17); choosing OS = Other Linux 3.x kernel 64-bit seem to make "Virtual Machine -> Install VmWare Tools" always produce the error message "VmWare Tools...
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VMware Tools Core Service has stopped working
Until I installed Mavericks a couple of days ago, my MacBook Pro had OS X 10.6.8 and was quite happy running Fusion 3.x.x with a Windows 7 Professional guest. After installing Mavericks, I downloaded...
View ArticleSo I'm sitting here...
... staring at a basically frozen Windows 8 guest under Fusion 5 and Mavericks. I seriously doubt VMware will patch it, and it looks like Fusion 6 has the same problems. I guess it's time to look at...
View ArticleShared folders showing strange behavior
I just installed VMWare Fusion 6.0.2, created a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest and configured Shared folders for it. Using VMWare Tools (VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637, downloaded) the shared folders show up...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 PRO hangs on shutdown/restart under VMFusion Professional Version...
My Windows 8.1 PRO is hanging on shutdown/restart under VMFusion 6.0.2. This was not the case under the previous version of Windows (8.0) and the previous version of VMFusion. Found out that VMWare...
View ArticleVMWare Tools not fully installed?
I just built a new XP Home Edition VM on my Mac and want to shrink the VM after getting it set up. Thing is, I have no VMWare Tools in the Control Panel and clicking the tray icon only brings up its...
View ArticleRAM available for Windows 8.1
I have an iMac model late 2012 with 32 GB RAM installed. One of my guest systems is Windows 8.1 using VMWare Fusion, latest version, 32-bit. What I notice now is that Windows assigns only a RAM of 3 GB...
View ArticleHow can I recover the files, e.g., MSWord, Excel, Publisher, etc. as well as...
Long story short... somehow the Virtual Disk "Win 7 Pro.vmdk" file got deleted and is now missing. I cannot power up my VM b/c it says that this file was moved or missing. This problem happened during...
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Fresh install of Windows 8.1 fails on Fusion 6.0.2
I have installed Windows 8 successfully in the past (on a Macbook Pro retina), but I keep getting the following error with 8.1: "A media driver your computer needs is missing". I have attached a...
View ArticleHow do I get windows 8? Yeah, stupid question, I know...
Been using VM Fusion to run Win 7 for a few years now (XP before that), and I want to try Win 8. So, on the Microsoft site, it says: Important: Windows 8.1 Pro full version is for Windows 7 users only....
View Articlehgfs file corruption when using different file handles to the same file in...
Hello all, I'm encountering a problem when using shared folders where files that are written to by a single process are being corrupted if another thread in that same process merely reads from the same...
View ArticleFusion 6, Mavericks, Multi-Screen: automatic activation of VM in secondary...
In Re: VMWare Fusion 6.01 - Auto deskstop space switching bug? a VMWare employee has mentioned "The only non-standard window activation we do is to bring all the sibling windows of a mulitmon...
View ArticleHow to Migrate settings from Mountain Lion to Mavericks VM on same Machine?
Is this possible? Whenever I try it using Migration Assistant, Migration Assistant in Mavericks VM searches the router endlessly and says to open Migration Assistant on the ML source. But when I...
View ArticleIssue Involves Mac OS 10.8.05 VMware 5.03 and MS OS 7
I am trying to create a new library in MS Office Excel10.I am able to create the library but when I try to associate a folder with it I am stumped.The folder is a shared folder which is a Mac...
View ArticleI would like to use Command+OPTION+F instead of Command+CONTROL+F for...
As Command+Option+F is now the convention for toggling fullscreen in a variety of Mac applications, I would like to use this hotkey for VMware Fusion as well. Does anyone know how to configure this? I...
View ArticleWin 7 Ultimate VM, Fusion 5.0.3 hosted in Mtn Lion on 15" Retina MacBook Pro...
In my office, I display both the VM and host OS on a 27" Apple MiniDisplayPort Cinema Display with the laptop's lid closed, using an external Apple USB keyboard and BlueTooth Magic Mouse. I have a...
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