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Re: Cannot disable "windows key" behavior from Fusion 5
I opened a support ticket on this and really pressed them for an answer. Their response was that it is not a bug; it's just how Fusion 5 works and that it's a great feature. Fusion 4 used to let you...
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I teach and really would like to have a free player for Mac. Is there such a thing? Thanks, Nima Zahadat
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Yes but by another company, Oracle's VirtualBox, as VMware's product for Mac's (VMware Fusion) is not free.
View ArticleRe: Mouse problems w/fusion 5?
Setting the Mouse Properties, Pointers "Scheme" value to (None) and Disabling the pointer shadow seems to have fixed this problem for me. I'm running Windows 7 in Fusion 5.0.3 .
View ArticleRe: windows7 update will not finish
I was able to turn off vmware, but everytime I reboot it, windows starts with the same update and don't work. Any suggestion?
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Did you shut down the guest OS, or just suspend it?
View ArticleRe: Missing Drag & Drop and Sound in Fusion 5/Win7
ernievh3, My daughter finally remembered to try your suggestion but it did not solve the drag n drop problem for her. She did spot another compatibility setting while she was doing the operation. It...
View ArticleRe: hgfs file corruption when using different file handles to the same file...
Hi Dominic, I am the developer for the Shared Folders feature, and I have been under the gun recently with lots of new stuff going on.I have to report that the bug you have reported has been filed and...
View ArticleRe: Windows password
Well, need to reset your forgotten Windows 7 password on your mac laptop? I think it is better to try with a Windows password recovery tool - Windows Password Unlocker.You can reset the password by...
View ArticleHelp Requested - A tale of three network configuration use cases
Hi all, I'm trying to get my VMWare Fusion 4 networking to behave consistently in three different environments without needing to reconfigure guest machines every time I switch between environments....
View ArticleJust updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't start.
Hi there. I just updated to Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and now Fusion 5.03 will not load Windows 7. I get a simple input/Output error and nothing else. I checked the file and it's still there. I tried to...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
To help figure out what is what, the best way to provide comprehensive diagnostic information is to use the "Collect Support Information" command from the VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help >...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
Hi jhevesy, and welcome to the VMware Communities! An Input/Output error typically indicates that the hard disk in your Mac is corrupted or failing. As you're also encountering problems trying to copy...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
To add to what Darius said, note that First Aid in Disk Utility does not preform a block level sector by sector test of the HDD and even if First Aid reports no issues you need to use a utility that...
View ArticleHow to enable Hyper-V in 2012 Server on Fusion 5?
Dear Forum members, I have a Mac Pro Early 2008 Intel Xeon, 16GB running Snow Leopard and VMWare Fusion 5 installed, plus a couple of virtual machines running flawlessly. I decided to create another...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
I attached the "support Information file"
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Re: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
You have excessive amounts of messages in the vmware.log file as shown in the example below and this is indicative of a failing HDD. I'd do as Darius has already recommend! vmx| I120: scsi0:0:...
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Re: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
I tried to do the Apple Hardware test but it said that the test was not available on this machine... Looks like a bad HD
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Re: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
Yep, it's a bad HD. Quoth vm-05-30-13.8566.tgz/var/log/system.log: May 30 12:31:39 kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.May 30 12:59:34 kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.May 30 13:01:03 kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
Without performing a block level sector by sector test of the HDD you can not say with authority that the HDD is bad however in all likelihood it probably is and why you should immediately backup any...
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