Re: External USB DVD Question
Can you check if the drive is added to shared folder? Virtual Machine>Settings>Sharing. Also, Fusion has it's own generic NEC driver see the CD/DVD drive but you just need to ensure that CD/DVD...
View ArticleRe: (3rd attempt) A hang installing 10.6.3 server
Depends on what you're doing in your guest operating systems. Note that by giving your VM 2 cores, that doesn't completely take those cores away from the Host. Just that it will be allowed to use up...
View ArticleRe: Update from mac OS.X 10.5.8 to mac OS.X 10.6 with VMware fusion 2.0.2
Very helpful, thanks very much! A last question to be sure: after a proper backup, should I update first mac OS.X to 10.6.8 and then open vmware fusion (version 2.0.2) and do the upgrade to fusion 5?...
View ArticleRe: Update from mac OS.X 10.5.8 to mac OS.X 10.6 with VMware fusion 2.0.2
I would download the latest version of VMware Fusion 5 directly from VMware's web site, getting and using the free 30 day trial. Uninstall VMware Fusion 2.x. Upgrade to OS X 10.6.8. Install VMware...
View ArticleRe: (3rd attempt) A hang installing 10.6.3 server
Win7 and Win8 work fine with one virtual core. OSX generally will only use one core, but there's bugs in the OS that freak out in certain circumstances. The bigger issue is RAM. XP is fine in 1GB,...
View ArticleRe: Seagate Backup Plus not connecting
:-) Good to know! Those virtual CD things were a major PITA.
View ArticleRe: VMware Fusion + Virtual CloneDrive (Windows 7)
It definitely sounds like some form of copy protection is causing problems. I'm not sure if the game is out there, but check www.gog.com - they have a bunch of old games, without DRM, for only a few...
View ArticleRe: Install of Snow Leopard Guest system
I just got mine, so it looks like it is. Another FWIW, it looks like the EULA only allows retail copies to be virtualized - the ones that come with the machine can't be.
View ArticleWacom Intuos 4 no tap to click or drag
I just installed vmware fusion 5 on my imac running and now running Win 8. My wacom pen works in either the mac os or win 8 but not both. I read about changing the vmx file but am unsure how to do it....
View ArticleUsing SCSI drives in Windows 7
Hello, I attempted to copy two SCSI hard drives from a Windows XP 32-bit VM to a Windows 7 64-bit VM and they do not show up in Windows 7. They are clearly on the Windows 7 VM as devices. But I don't...
View ArticleRe: Using SCSI drives in Windows 7
Have a look at: Changing the type of SCSI controller used in a Fusion virtual machine (1020879)
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Windows 7 Guest, No USB3 Support?
Hello, This is a new one for me. I built a WIndows 7 Professional VM (latest verson of Fusion 5.0.3). When I tried to connect a Silicon Power external drive, I received a little surprise and was unable...
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 Guest, No USB3 Support?
If all is properly configured and does not work, which it usually doesn't except for OSes that natively support USB 3 (and Windows 7 doesn't), then the known workaround is to plug the USB 3.0 Device...
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 Guest, No USB3 Support?
Interesting. The exact same build on Parallels V8 with Win7 Pro has no issue at all. If not native, is some kid of compatibility mode introduced by the hypervisor? I am reverting back to my original...
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 Guest, No USB3 Support?
A better way to describe my experience is that using Fusion, the Win7 Guest was unabe to find and install the drivers for my USB3 external drive, while the same Win7 build using Parallels had no...
View ArticleRe: Wacom Intuos 4 no tap to click or drag
Hi GrantForz, and welcome to the VMware Communities! We have an article in our Knowledge Base describing how to edit a Fusion VM's configuration file. Shut down (not suspend) your virtual machine, and...
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Re: Windows 7 Guest, No USB3 Support?
Interesting. The exact same build on Parallels V8 with Win7 Pro has no issue at all. If not native, is some kid of compatibility mode introduced by the hypervisor? Since Windows 7 does not natively...
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Re: Windows 7 Guest, No USB3 Support?
Nicely written WoodyZ. And my point exactly. It seems that none of the hypervisors works for everyhing we need. I too use which ever one works best, but limit my choices to Fusion and Parallels (when...
View ArticleRe: Wacom Intuos 4 no tap to click or drag
Thank you so much. Easy when you have good instruction.
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