Mountain Lion guest hanging
I am using a trial version of Fusion 5 on an iMac running Mountain Lion. My aim is to test runing Mountain Lion as a guest (after problems with VirtualBox) in order to be able to dry-run various...
View ArticleRe: VmWare Player 5.0.1 Buld894247 USB>Serial
Belkin f5u103v seems to be a PL-2303 adapter - I've got one of those (Vivanco branded, rather than Belkin) and it's working fine in my XP VM, using driver version 2.0.2.1 I have no drivers for it...
View ArticleRe: iLife on OS X Server Guest (Fusion 5). Anyone?
Yeah typo. Apple no longer supports Snow Leopard, so it's not the same as XP. Time for folks to upgrade (and yes, that means retiriing those old PPC apps - it's been about 7 years since Apple made a...
View ArticleRe: iLife on OS X Server Guest (Fusion 5). Anyone?
Yes, of course; but nevertheless it can be amusing/interesting to be able to run old PPC apps from time to time...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5 + Macbook Pro w/ Retina = Resolution & DPI Issues in Unity
@rmb204 Could you tell me what is the configuration for unity mode looks nice? I try to configure it but the windows appear on the unity mode still not sharp at all. Thank youNestlé
View ArticleRe: How Can I Access My C Drive?
You would have to set up one or more shared folders - even the entire C drive - on your Windows 7 VM (the guest), and then access it/them from the Finder in the OS X host (via SMB); here are some...
View ArticleRe: Java 7 crashes on OS X Lion (10.7) guest
Just wondering if there have been any further updates or discussions to this thread. For most, downgrading Java is not an option and so this is quite crippling.
View ArticleRe: How Can I Access My C Drive?
Hi Sven, Thanks so much for the articles. I managed to share my folder, however I did by IP address and as I have a dynamic IP, it didn't remain available for long.... I tried the other option of...
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Re: Java 7 crashes on OS X Lion (10.7) guest
I'd have to say that the root cause is Oracle expecting/requiring 3d acceleration functions when none are required (that's a long-standing annoyance because it also forces the discrete graphics chip to...
View ArticleRe: Unity mode opening multiple "windows"
I knew this issue.Actually, it is a unity bug for now, and not fixed it yet.
View ArticleRe: Unity mode opening multiple "windows"
Sorry, maybe I was misunderstanding your problem. You can try the menu of "Fusion menu->View->Show taskbar in Unity", while the Windows taskbar shows up, you can right click on any app icon and...
View ArticleCursor navigate outside of Single Window..
OK, I just got a new MBP and am running Win8 x64 and Fusion 5.0.2. On my older MBP when in Single Window I could traverse outside of the Single Window with my mouse cursor. On the new machine I am not...
View ArticleRe: How Can I Access My C Drive?
Well, probably you should have the virtual machine set to bridged networking (in the VM settings); and, if necessary, you can also assign a static IP address to Windows 7:...
View ArticleRe: OS X Server virtualization in VMware Fusion: opinions?
I tried the latest VoodooHDA again, and, besides being more difficult to install, the sound quality was worse than that with the VMsvga2 driver, which thus still seems to be the recommended one for...
View ArticleRe: Vmware tools for Fedora 18/64 guest
BTW, there is also a net installer, which has the advantage - besides being able to choose the software - of getting the latest version of all packages at install time; compared to the full DVD, it is...
View ArticleRe: Is there a HOWTO to get Windows 7 (and possibly 8) to run XP software?
... And here is also a tutorial explicitly targeted at Windows 8: http://www.intowindows.com/xp-mode-in-windows-8
View ArticleRe: Cursor navigate outside of Single Window..
For seamless movement of mouse in and out of windows screen installation of vmware tools is necessary.To do that click on virtual machine menu > install/update vmware tools.
View ArticleFusion 5.0.2 + OSX Server 10.8.2 Network Issues
We have two early 2009 xserves that we updated to 10.8.2 (Server or client, both behave the same). We then put Fusion 5.0.2 on them. Now when there is a Windows 2008 R2 guest on the machine, we have...
View ArticleRe: Mouse sluggish in Unity windows (Fusion 5 Pro)
I'm having the same issue. 10.8.2, Fusion 5.02, Windows 8 in Unity mode. The lag gets so painful that I have to restart the VM, then all is well again for a while.
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