Re: How to get guest Firefox to open Office files with host Office applications
I havent tested this in similar environment but I believe there is no difference in working of vmwarehostopen file on 32 bit and 64 bit guest OSes.Have you tried this ? This works fine on 32 guest...
View ArticleUpgrading Fusion 2 to Fusion 5 on Mac 10.6.8
When I install Fusion 5 in place of Fusion 2 on my Mac Pro (10.6.8), will it preserve my virtual machines (one XP, one Vista). Anything particular that I should watch out for? Many thanks for any help....
View ArticleRe: Upgrading Fusion 2 to Fusion 5 on Mac 10.6.8
I'm not MAC user. However, if you confirmed that Fusion 5 is supported on your MAC, then make sure the VMs are cleanly shut down (not suspended) before you start the upgrade. André
View ArticleRe: Mouse calibration problems with new iMac
Thanks for the help! I found out that the VM got set up using the Mac OS X 10.8 OS profile. I didn't even notice this until I went to install the VMware Tools application. All I had to do was change...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading Fusion 2 to Fusion 5 on Mac 10.6.8
Thanks! I found a useful link that confirms your advice: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014529 Vince
View ArticleRe: How to get guest Firefox to open Office files with host Office applications
I believe the tip you provided is for opening files from Windows Explorer, where the extension based file associations kick in. These are managed through the Default Applications panel. When I follow...
View ArticleRe: Cannot start a suspended VM - cannot find .VDMK
I tried both the removal of the missing piece and replacement with your empty VDMK segment. The removal worked best - as Windows was able to rebuild the NTFS volume and I found some of the files I...
View ArticleSend mail from vmware fusion 5
Is there a way to send to email from window pc vmware fusion 5 to Apple Mail program? I see the settings of for apple mail but it won't recongize it for some reason. Is there something else that I have...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5, Wacom and Win8
Huh. I just had a go at setting this up myself, and I was quite happy to discover that this is much, much easier in newer versions of Fusion than it was last time I tried: It's basically "plug and...
View ArticleFusion keeps duplicating my Boot camp
I am running VM Ware Fusion 4 on my imac and every month or so it keeps duplicating my boot camp partion. I am now up to boot camp 5. I know this has been addressed on this forum before but the last...
View ArticleRe: Send mail from vmware fusion 5
You must choose default app to run mailto protocol as vmwarehostopen. Whats your guest os?
View ArticleRe: Fusion keeps duplicating my Boot camp
For keyboard...Go to vm settings. Usb & bluetooth. Disable ' share bluetooth devices with windows and linux'. And for bootcamp, i'd suggest you to delete all the entries of bootcamp from virtual...
View ArticleReverting to VM Ware Fusion version 4.0
I have upograded to version 5.0 and find that VM Ware Fusion runs much more slowly, so I would like to revert to version 4.0. From the Knowledgebase it appears that the only way to do this is to...
View ArticleRe: Reverting to VM Ware Fusion version 4.0
No, you will not need to reinstall Windows as uninstalling/reinstalling VMware Fusion does not delete the Virtual Machines. First you need to change the Hardware Compatibility so as to run under VMware...
View ArticleRe: Reverting to VM Ware Fusion version 4.0
During Upgrading or downgrading process of fusion, your virtual machines reamain untouched. Hence its safe to downgrade. Before downgrading fusion, you must ensure to set compatibility to 4 . To do...
View ArticleRe: VMware 5.0.3 hanging on OSX 10.8.3 - MacBook Retina mid 2012 8GB Ram (SSD)
So, I finally gave up on this issue ... I've devoted over 140 hours of my time on this already. I tried Parallels with the same VM images (it converted them) and did not get the 'freeze' issue -...
View ArticleRe: VMware 5.0.3 hanging on OSX 10.8.3 - MacBook Retina mid 2012 8GB Ram (SSD)
One more thing - I also have an old 2008 Macbook Pro ... I used Migration assistant to copy everything onto the 2008 Macbook Pro, and hooked it up to the Apple Display - it works fine too. The issue...
View ArticleRe: Send mail from vmware fusion 5
Right now I have default os selected. Do I need to be at Mac OS ?
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