Before you read any further, as Dane pointed out, you can install Hyper-V on Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview, but after rebooting you will be presented by a “blue screen”, because a HAL_Memory_Allocation was thrown. This is broken since the beta build. Let’s hope they fix this in the …
After using VirtualBox and VMWare workstation for running my Windows 8 virtual machines, I seems like VMWare workstation is the winner at this point in time for me. So here’s the installation guide for creating a Windows 8 VMWare workstation virtual machine. File > New Virtual Machine… > …
I was able to successfully install Microsoft Windows 8 as a guest operating system in VMWare Workstation 8 by following the instructions at: http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-install-windows-8-on-vmware-workstation-with-vmware-tools On previous installations of Windows, I would always format the disk during the installation process. In this case I skipped the formatting and all worked well …
Only normal en quick switch modus worked for me in VMWare 7, when using Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 as a guest OS. Enabling 3D acceleration on de virtual machine monitor solved this problem. Open you’re virtual machine and in the top menu go to: – VM > Settings > Display …
When I use a Windows 7 x64 computer and start a Remote Desktop session to a machine running Windows 7 x64 with VMWare 7. De mouse pointer disappears in the VMWare guest running Windows XP, when over textboxes or texteditors. I found the solution at: http://wiert.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/rdp-to-vmware-host-running-an-xp-guest-invisible-mouse-cursor-on-text-editors/ Solution Change the …
History Back in 2002 I was working with a company which produced a CAD application written in VB6. The product was released in several languages. For each language we had a Microsoft Windows NT 4 workstation with the corresponding language package. I quickly realized that managing these workstations was …
If you want to print from a VMware Workstation 7 image, which uses a NAT network connection. You can use the default Windows printer sharing. On the host machine: start > devices and printers > add a printer > add a local printer > create a new port > Standard …
When you open an *.vmx file larger then 2GB from an UNC path, you will get an error … Some remote file systems do not support files larger than 2GB … Adding diskLib.sparseMaxFileSizeCheck= "FALSE" in the *.vmx file solved the problem.
When you have a host system with variable CPU frequency (some powermanagement tools in bios will slow down you’re processor speed to save energy) you must set the right CPU frequency for VMWare quest systems. See: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1227 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1754
See: http://www.itexperience.net/2008/03/18/disable-system-beeps-in-vmware-workstation/ sc config beep start= disabled
