Re: How to install Mac Drivers into vmware?
You cannot install the drivers for the Host's GPU in the Guest OS since the Guest OS does not directly see it. So if the OS can't see the device then installing drivers for a device the OS can't see...
View ArticleRe: multiple (dual) monitors in windows 7 in VMware 4 Fusion
Hi Mike, Did you ever get this resolved?? I'm having the same problem. I have a late 2009 Mac Book Pro running 10.6.8 OSX and VM Fusion 3.0.2I had Windows XP set up on this machine and never had a...
View ArticleRe: Alfa awus036nh not detected by VMware fusion
Hi, I'm wondering if you have found a solution to this issue? My experience is the same where Backtrack recognises the Alfa card, but it fails to find networks, or on some occasions does find networks...
View ArticleRe: multiple (dual) monitors in windows 7 in VMware 4 Fusion
No, sadly I never did get this resolved - I've been tempted to try a new monitor but never got around to buying/trying one out. If you do get this working please reply with how you got it to work.
View ArticleFusion and QNX 6.5.0
Hi, I'm trying to install QNX using Fusion 5. QNX provides an ISO for such purposes http://www.qnx.com/download/feature.html?programid=21182 and claim it runs fine in VMWare. However, during the...
View ArticleRe: Fusion and QNX 6.5.0
Answering my own question: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1001675
View ArticleRe: Wierdness with 4.14 VMWare Fusion
2) Do you have a seagate momentus XT hard drive?3) Tempoarily disable it inside the VM and see if the behavior stops4) Disk utility is unreliable - use smart utility from voltain's software and I...
View ArticleRe: VM Freezes host & guest for 90-120 seconds
I've had terrible luck with third party NTFS drivers, but others here have had different experiences. I doubt that's the issue, but it could be - I'd give the HD sway a try first. Carbon Copy Cloner...
View ArticleRe: VM Freezes host & guest for 90-120 seconds
It's becoming more frequent and longer lockups. Definitely going to do this tonight. I do use CCC for OS X, and it's great, but I had a hell of a time getting both OS X and Windows to copy over last...
View ArticleBought license at 3rd party reseller and already registered.
I bought a serial key for VMWARE Fusion 5 at "Fox Cheap Software". The key activated properly but I couldn't register it as the VMWARE site said that it was already registered. I sent an email to the...
View ArticleRe: Bought license at 3rd party reseller and already registered.
If they are representing this as brand new product, you deserve to be able to register the key to yourself. You are entitled to 18 months of complimentary email support when you purchase a new Fusion...
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Re: Bought license at 3rd party reseller and already registered.
I called VMWare and they said its a fraud. They said that serial key is registered to someone else. I also contacted Fox Cheap Software and asked for a refund andgo figure they said no to refunds....
View ArticleOS X - edit .vmx to auto accept / connect USB HID device?
Hi everyone, I'm on VMware Fusion 4.1.3.Using Apple's USB Prober one can get usb device info & ID numbers.Like this: Feb 9 14:31:59.007 [1] [0xffffff8029d95800] USB HID Interface #0 of device...
View ArticleRe: Slow Performance with Shared Folders with 1.1
This looks very promising! Well done, and thanks! This has bugged me for ages.
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Re: Cannot activate Windows 8 on Fusion 5 - installed from scratch
What is very strange for me is I was able to performa a clean install form Microsoft disks. Windows 8 worked fine until it requested me activation code. I did worked ( of course ) Trying to update form...
View ArticleHow to share a virtual machine across multiple users in Fusion 5
I have an iMac where I want to share a Windows 7 VM with another user..in fact she'll use it way more than I will. Problem is I get messages telling me that she has insufficient priviledges. I found a...
View ArticleiMac hard drive died, restore from a drag & drop recovery file
I just had the hard drive on my iMac replaced since it had died. Before they removed the bad one they were able to recover files and used a drag & drop method to copy them to an external hard...
View ArticleRe: iMac hard drive died, restore from a drag & drop recovery file
You can download the latest version of VMware Fusion, currently 5.0.2, directly from VMware and start by installing that. You do not need to install previous versions first and can always start with...
View ArticleRe: Warning to java developers: don't upgrade to VMWare Fusion 5!
Thanks for the tip. I did go with my last sentence however. Parallels offered an "upgrade" from VMWare to Parallels at half the price. After having installed Parallels and run it for a while I realized...
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