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Sources for VMware Player documentation (1888)

VMware Player issues are covered in the Knowledge Base as well as the official product documentation. Issues unique to VMware Player are covered in the Knowledge Base. To find the Knowledge base
Rating: | Published: 8/16/10 | Created Date: 9/1/06 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/11 | KB Article

Preventing VMware Player from prompting to install software updates (1026361)

VMware Player, by default, automatically checks for software updates and prompts you to install them. This article provides the steps to disable VMware Player from
Rating: | Published: 1/30/13 | Created Date: 8/16/10 | Last Modified Date: 1/30/13 | KB Article

Installing a new virtual machine in VMware Player (2013483)

This article provides steps to create a new virtual machine in VMware Player. To install a new virtual machine in VMware Player: 1) Open VMware Player. 2) Click File > Create a New Virtual
Rating: | Published: 2/15/12 | Created Date: 2/9/12 | Last Modified Date: 2/15/12 | KB Article

Unable to create the symbolic link when installing VMware Tools in Linux (2010580)

When installing or updating VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine, you experience these symptoms: · The symbolic links do not get created · You see one of these
Rating: | Published: 3/21/13 | Created Date: 12/8/11 | Last Modified Date: 3/21/13 | KB Article

VMware Player Redistribution and Support (1033263)

This article provides information on redistributing VMware Player. Redistribution VMware Player is now available for commercial use with support offerings as a component of VMware Fusion
Rating: | Published: 3/5/13 | Created Date: 1/19/11 | Last Modified Date: 3/5/13 | KB Article

Shared Folders Disabled in VMware Standalone Player (1008175)

VMware standalone Player does not allow you to set up shared folders. You must create a virtual machine with Workstation and use the virtual machine settings menu to set up shared
Rating: | Published: 1/15/09 | Created Date: 1/14/09 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/11 | KB Article

Guest installations might take a long time to install with Easy Install when a host connects to the Internet over a proxy (1013867)

Guests using Easy Install might take a long time to install when the host connects to the Internet over a proxy. This
Rating: | Published: 1/17/13 | Created Date: 9/4/09 | Last Modified Date: 1/17/13 | KB Article

VMware Player fails to switch to full screen mode (2006807)

· VMware Player does not switch to full screen mode on Windows Vista hosts · If you delete the preferences.ini file, VMware Player switches to the full screen mode once, but not later · You
Rating: | Published: 3/21/13 | Created Date: 9/14/11 | Last Modified Date: 3/21/13 | KB Article

In VMware Player 1.x for Windows, changing a virtual machine's network type does not work (7733853)

In VMware Player 1.x, running on a Windows host, when you change the Ethernet setting (the type of network to which the virtual machine is connected),
Rating: | Published: 4/6/11 | Created Date: 11/4/06 | Last Modified Date: 4/6/11 | KB Article

VMware Workstation displays the status of VMware Tools as out of date after you uninstall Open VM Tools (1014039)

After uninstalling the open-vm-tools package, Workstation should indicate that VMware Tools is not installed, but, instead, displays
Rating: | Published: 1/25/13 | Created Date: 9/11/09 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/13 | KB Article

Lost Interrupts During Installation of 64-Bit Linux Guest Operating System Running a Uniprocessor Kernel (1897)

Lost Interrupts During Installation of 64-Bit Linux Guest Operating System Running a Uniprocessor Kernel This problem occurs because of a bug in the Linux kernel compiled for uniprocessor x86-64 (AMD64) machines. It has been observed with
Published: 6/23/06 | Created Date: 6/23/06 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/11 | KB Article

Disabling the Gnome-Panel in the Kiosk Full Screen Mode (1007419)

When you enter Kiosk mode or use full screen switching while in Kiosk mode, the gnome-panel appears in front of the Kiosk mode virtual machine. You must disable the gnome-panel to
Published: 11/6/08 | Created Date: 10/24/08 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Types of Symantec LiveState Recovery and Norton Ghost System Images Supported for Import (1926)

You can import the following versions of Symantec LiveState Recovery and Norton Ghost system image files as VMware virtual machines: · Symantec
Rating: | Published: 6/23/06 | Created Date: 6/23/06 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/11 | KB Article

Launching VMware Workstation or Player on a Linux host displays the warning: The host's Linux kernel yield() functionality is disabled (1027987)

· When you launch VMware Workstation or Player for the first time on a Linux host, you see the warning:
Rating: | Published: 8/5/11 | Created Date: 9/19/10 | Last Modified Date: 8/5/11 | KB Article

When to Set the Option paevm=FALSE in the Virtual Machine Configuration (.vmx) File (1889)

The paevm=TRUE/FALSE flag in the virtual machine configuration (.vmx) file determines whether or not the virtual machine monitor runs in PAE mode. Beginning
Rating: | Published: 6/23/06 | Created Date: 6/23/06 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/11 | KB Article

Automate an Install by Skipping the EULA Agreement (1007427)

During an installation, you must read the EULA agreement before you can complete the installation process. To fully automate the installation process and skip the EULA agreement, you must
Rating: | Published: 11/3/11 | Created Date: 10/24/08 | Last Modified Date: 3/19/13 | KB Article

Cannot close the EULA window of imported OVF/OVA virtual machines (2016191)

After importing an OVF/OVA virtual machine into VMware Workstation or Player that includes a EULA: · The EULA window takes up the entire screen · You are unable to accept the
Rating: | Published: 3/5/13 | Created Date: 3/22/12 | Last Modified Date: 3/5/13 | KB Article

Microcode patch warning (1028290)

· VMware Fusion shows a message entitled entitled CPU microcode update available that says: The guest OS tried to to update the microcode from patch level <X> to patch level <Y>, but VMware Fusion does not allow
Rating: | Published: 9/25/12 | Created Date: 9/23/10 | Last Modified Date: 9/25/12 | KB Article

Automatically connecting USB devices at virtual machine power on (1648)

How do I configure a particular USB device to automatically connect to a virtual machine at power on? This article describes a workaround that lets you automatically connect a
Rating: | Published: 8/22/12 | Created Date: 6/23/06 | Last Modified Date: 8/22/12 | KB Article

Installing Older Workstation Packages on Workstation 6.5.0 (1007423)

If you install Workstation 6.5.0 or VMware Player 2.5.0 and then install a package that was created using Workstation 6.0, an error appears in the your virtual machine. To avoid
Rating: | Published: 7/20/10 | Created Date: 10/24/08 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/11 | KB Article

Bridging to cellular/mobile broadband (EV-DO) cards fail (1037332)

· You cannot bridge to your EV-DO broadband card in a Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machine · Bridging the EV-DO broadband card in a Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machine
Rating: | Published: 1/25/13 | Created Date: 4/6/11 | Last Modified Date: 1/25/13 | KB Article

Setting the guest and host to access the same Microsoft network server for NAT causes networking problems (1013871)

If a Windows host and one of its guests using NAT networking attempt to contact the same server at the same time using Microsoft
Rating: | Published: 1/14/13 | Created Date: 9/4/09 | Last Modified Date: 1/14/13 | KB Article

VMware Workstation and Player for Linux do not match Linux theme (2012664)

VMware Workstation and Player for Linux look for the libgtkmm library when drawing the user interface. If the library is not present, a default (basic) theme is used. In order
Rating: | Published: 1/17/13 | Created Date: 1/26/12 | Last Modified Date: 1/17/13 | KB Article

Disabling VM Tools logging on a guest operating system (1005136)

· Log file for virtual machine grows continuously with debug information · Debugging is not enabled in the settings for the virtual machine · The intensive logging is creating space and
Rating: | Published: 3/21/13 | Created Date: 5/5/08 | Last Modified Date: 3/21/13 | KB Article

Como conectar máquinas virtuais usando o utilitário Windows Remote Desktop (2032925)

· Falha ao se conectar a máquinas virtuais da VMware que executam sistemas operacionais do Windows usando o utilitário Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). ·
Rating: | Published: 4/5/13 | Created Date: 8/7/12 | Last Modified Date: 4/5/13 | KB Article

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