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Re: Fusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
One addiitonal data point: When the little minimize button in the mini bar is grayed out the position of the fullscreen VM moves around. For example: -- assume four virtual screens-- fourth virtual...
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I have VM Fusion 3.1.4 . I cannot start virtual machine and get the following error: File "/Users/Morgan/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Windows 7 x64.vmx" line 1: Syntax...
View ArticleWindows Endless Reboot Loop
Got a Macbook Pro. Loaded VM, Windows 7 Hm Ed upgrade and MS Office 2010 no prob. Windows wants to install an upgrade. I approve. Takes so long in "logging off" screen that I fall asleep. Laptop...
View ArticleRe: Fusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
I think this is related to my "unity" option also being grayed out. What option(s) control whether or not I can run Unity?
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Re: Start up Error
If you'd archive (compress) and attach the vmware.log file from the target Virtual Machine's Package then one of us will create a new .vmx configuration file for you. Have a look at: Work with Virtual...
View ArticleRe: VMware Fusion 4, 5 vmware-vmx CPU hog > 100% - OsX 10.7.4 2GHz i7 16GB
Just got this 100% CPU usage after I change my drive to SSD. I assigned 2 CPUs to guest OS and it got even worse. Rebooted my Mac on another disk (not SSD) and ran Fusion 2.0, opened the guest OS...
View ArticleRe: VMware Fusion 4, 5 vmware-vmx CPU hog > 100% - OsX 10.7.4 2GHz i7 16GB
Rebooted Mac again on SSD and booted guest OS with 2 CPU assigned. This time Windows 2003 pop up a message that drivers where installed for new hardware (I guess for the 2nd CPU), press OK to restart....
View ArticleRe: Fusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
Xmnboy, Regarding Unity grayed out, from another thread, http://communities.vmware.com/message/2104091, brookssw supplied one workaround through restart VMware Tools. this issue is still in...
View ArticleRe: Where I can find old ovftool 2.0.1
Sarxos, ovftools is normally shipped with Fusion, you might find it on Fusion folder on Mac OS X host:/Applications/VMware Fusion/Contents/Library/VMware OVF Tool/ovftool the option ''-v" will show the...
View ArticleRe: 5.0.3 VM strartup problem
Am I the only one seeing there startup freezes ? It's pretty random but happens about one every two time I try to start this VM... I might not startup at all for 10 times then work ok again. Any...
View ArticleTransfer a Linux installation from a physical disk to VMWare Fusion
After my old triple boot system died recently I now desparately need to get my old Linux installation running in a virtual machine on my new system.I therefore upgraded to VMWare Fusion 5, my machine...
View ArticleRe: Transfer a Linux installation from a physical disk to VMWare Fusion
After creating the meta-data raw disk .vmdk file using vmware-rawdiskCreator you then use vmware-vdiskmanager to create a normal file based .vmdk file from the .vmdk file created with...
View ArticleTransferring Win8-Installation to BootCamp
Hello,I want to do the opposite, what many others are doing :-) Is it possible, to transfer an activated Windows 8 - Installation to a new BootCamp-Partition? Kind regards, Edgar I am using Mac OS...
View ArticleRe: Transferring Win8-Installation to BootCamp
Technically this not a VMware Fusion issue/question and even if you could do a P2P to the Boot Camp partition Windows will be running on different Hardware and need to be reactivated and in any case...
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Re: Age of Empires II The Conquerors Black Screen and Colors go to 8-Bit
I had this problem. For AGES. Fixed by:Locking resolution to 1280x1024Edit -> Preferences -> Display. For full screen mode, select "center guest (no resolution change)"Uncheck all "autofit...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.02 on MBP 16GB / Windows 8 - micro freezing
I have exactly same issue.MacBookPro 16GB (1 month old). Clean install of Win7 x64 with 8GB RAM (VMWare Fusion Pro 5.0.3) Seems to happen most during network access or when I go to taskbar Where are...
View ArticleRe: Age of Empires II The Conquerors Black Screen and Colors go to 8-Bit
Hi Kelv, thanks for the answer! Your solution makes sense. Since I'm on a mac I researched how to do these changes since the preferences are no the same. Apparently it's not possible on a mac – someone...
View ArticleRe: Fusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
Thanks for the link Changhai. I found some other posts that suggested the VMWare tools be reinstalled, so I did that, and the Unity mode came back. But I suspect that sleep is the more likely culprit....
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Re: Fusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
Bizarre! As I was writing the last post the Fusion virtual screen moved from position #2 over to position #3! Very strange behavior.
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