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How to optimize vmware 13 for gaming on apple silicon? [closed]
Is there a way? I set the graphic memory to 8 GB and 6 core processors with 10 GB rams and it still run at less than 30fps on window 11 arm 64 with 3d acceleration on. If not any recommendation for ...
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Libvirt/QEMU using real drive, showing virtual data in VM
I'm using a real drive as my windows 11 VM drive in libvirt using QEMU. This is working fine, however, when I open task manager, the drive shows as "QEMU HARDDISK", and shows up as an HDD (...
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Share AMD GPU from Windows (Host) to Ubuntu (Guest)
Can't seem to find a solution for this anywhere.
I've got a Windows Host with an AMD GPU (Radeon 6800 XT).
There's software I need to run that requires an AMD GPU but it's only available in Linux.
I ...
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My Hyper-V virtual machine can't boot anymore due to errors
I created a VM last week and had it running smoothly and doing exactly what I needed. Unfortunately this week whenever I try and start my VM I get an error code that says "The session was ...
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VMWare returns error "VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible" on VM Windows created on AzureAzure
I created a Windows virtual machine (Windows 10 Enterprise) - Standard E2s v3 (2 virtual processors, 16 GB of memory) - Generation V1 x64 architecture on Azure and launched it on my Windows machine. ...
Atraoui Douae
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Windows VM with seamless windows?
I work in business environment with the following setup:
Our PCs are added to a work account (and being managed)
We are allowed to keep admin access to the machine
I have a client with strong ...
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Black Screen Issue Running Windows 10 VM on MacBook Air M2 using VirtualBox
I recently acquired a MacBook Air M2 and installed VirtualBox to run a Windows 10 virtual machine.
However, upon launching the VM, I encounter a persistent black screen. Despite the VM running, I'm ...
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Does Hyper-V x64 support running Windows 11 arm64?
Looking for the way to build a software under Windows arm64 while using Windows 10 x64 as a host.
Search engine didn't show useful results.
AI mentioned some "ARM64 Emulation Tools (Hypervisor ...
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VirtualBox Installation
Sorry guys if this is a dumb question but I'm trying to learn all of this and am a bit confused.
I have Kali Linux installed as a 'Live" program to a USB stick. I'm looking at using the Oracle ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu webserver 404 error on one host but works fine on other hosts
I have prepared a VM webserver with Ubuntu server to allow a client to view his 2 retired websites on his PC.
The host is Windows, the VM is configured with port forwarding, and this all worked ...
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How can I configure VirtualBox so that my guest has a 1920x1080 resolution while being full screen?
Environment: I use VirtualBox 7.0.12. Both the host OS and the guest OS run Windows 10. VirtualBox Guest Additions are installed.
Problem: my host has a 3840x2160 resolution. I want my guest to have a ...
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Windows Sandbox fails to connect, Error 0x80072746
Windows Sandbox has stopped working recently, despite no changes to the system or software. When launched from the Start Menu, it shows the Windows Sandbox splash screen (blue sandbox icon on a gray ...
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How to delete a partition using a foreach statement in PowerShell
I need to delete a partition from a particular hard drive on a virtual computer. I can do this manually, one computer at a time, with no problem. However, I need to be able to run a PowerShell script ...
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Kafka running simultaneously in a Windows host and a Linux guest
I was following Pluralsight course "Getting Started with Apache Kafka", coming to module 4 about producing messages with Kafka producers. Then, I wanted to reproduce an author's demo which ...
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Pass Through Multiple GPUs to Virtual Machine with Hyper-V
I followed this tutorial to try and pass through GPUs to a Hyper-V virtual machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLLcc29EZ_8
My system has two NVIDIA 1080 Ti GPUs in it; and for some reason only ...
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How to get file sharing (/mnt/c) to work for wsl linux VM running on Window-11
I have successfully got a Linux VM working on my Windows-11. However when I start either Ubuntu or Debian session I get the following error:
WSL2-Linux-Kernel:linux-msft-wsl
and once logger on /mnt/c ...
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Linux guest in VirtualBox restarts session after Win11 host wakes from sleep
I've recently transferred my VM from an old Win10 laptop to a new Win11 one and encountered very annoying issue: If I close my laptop, making it go to sleep, and when wake it up after some time, my ...
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How to convert multiple img files to a vdi?
I have a .vdi file which contains 3 .img files as seen in this picture:
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I have extracted these .img files and modified them, now I'm trying to convert them back to a .vdi file.
If call the ...
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How to assess the actual power (and whether mapped 1:1 to physical host CPU) of virtualized VM CPUs?
We have been provided with 1 virtualized Windows VM machine with 24 2.8 Ghz processors.
I want to check whether all 24 cores on the VM are actually mapped to 24 dedicated physical CPU cores.
I want to ...
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Container or VM for testing Windows software applications
I’m looking for some suggestions on how I can test some software applications without committing to installing them on my main OS.
I thought a virtual machine would be a good idea, but then I found ...
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Is there any way to run No-GUI Ubuntu Server in VM(Windows host), and run GUI Linux apps rendered in Windows?
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Is it possible to render the GUI on the host: Windows, when the backend part is provided by Ubuntu Server running in VM? So that we have both Full fledged Windows and Linux at the same time.
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How to use ExpressVPN inside virtual box using "Bridged Adapter"
ExpressVPN has an option called split tunnel which can connect only certain applications to the VPN network, I have tried it and it worked, but the problem is:
1- I must turn on the VPN on my desktop ...
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Divergence in Performance: VNC Streaming a Windows VM - Autologon vs. RDP Session
In my Azure windows VM, I have configured a VNC server to facilitate streaming along with an Autologon user configured via the registry. This Autologon user enables seamless streaming through the VNC ...
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Virtual cam on a virtual machine (or elsewhere) seen as a cam in the physical machine
I'm using a software that blocks every software like OBS, Cyberlink YouCam, Chrome Remote Desktop, Team Viewer, etcetera, and it cannot be execute on a virtual machines because it detects them.
I'd ...
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GPU passthrough vSphere 3D acceleration
I have a Nvidia Tesla T4 I passed through to a VM (Windows Server 2019) on vSphere ESXi 8.0. Windows is detecting the card and it's showing in device management, but any software that wants to use 3D ...
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QEMU Win10 resolution change doesn't work when window resized
I have VM with Windows 10 as guest and would like to set up automatic resolution change when window (qemu integrated display or virt-viewer) is resized, but it doesn't work for me.
My virtual machine:
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Taskhost Process has high CPU when using VirtualBox
I am running a Ubuntu VirtualBox-VM on my Windows 10 host machine.
After the VM is running for some time (not at the beginning), the process taskhostw.exe uses much of the CPU. I normaly use ssh to ...
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Multi Machine Vagrant Setup Only Creates One VM of Two
The below VagrantFile should create 2 VM's, however when running vagrant up only 1 VM goes up (this appears to be semi randomly selected between the 2). After whichever VM goes up first, I get a ...
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Make Windows Detect a Hard Drive in a Similar Way as Linux Does
Is there anyway to make Windows detect a hard drive in the same or similar fashion as Linux does: Do not mount file systems automatically.
Windows can take forever to recognize a failing drive due it ...
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Can I access Windows host details from inside a Virtual Box Ubuntu host?
I have an application running inside an Ubuntu VM and I need to validate that it's running on only a specific computer (Windows host). Can I somehow get info from it (such as a Mac Address or a unique ...
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Virtualbox temporary macOS virtual machine
I know macOS virtualisation is not allowed on non-Apple made hardware but I really need to access encrypted data from my old MacBook backup that I can't open from Windows. Is there any way to install ...
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Why is my VHD actual/physical size bigger than the virtual size?
I have a Windows VM, It uses the VHD format as the hard drive and I set the VHD to dynamically allocated. Initially, I set the virtual size to 80GB, and then recently I changed my mind and resized it ...
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VM, dual book + VM, or multiple machines?
I'm trying to configure my long term setup and have a menu of many devices, although most of them are older and have an issue or two.
Lenovo ThinkCentre M82 SFF
w/ Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3....
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Multiple disks on different locations in Vagrant
I have a Windows Server on which I want to create 3 virtual machines with Vagrant. Each one should have two disks attached: the primary one - SSD with 50GB of storage space and another one - HDD with ...
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How to use fingerprint authentication with VM in virtual box on Windows host
I have a laptop with fingerprint. It's running Windows 10.
I want to install another Windows in a VM in virtualbox and want to protect the data in that VM of virtualbox.
Virtualbox provides password ...
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How to see all the files inside a zip file using SFTP command?
I am trying to list all of the files inside remote server using SFTP. However the commands I tried so far such as unzip -l, less, zipinfo does not working with an error of "invalid command". ...
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Applying Custom Resolution to VirtualBox VM causes VM to Abort on Startup
I am running Windows 11 Pro 22H2, hosting a virtual machine running Windows 10 Home. VirtualBox's UI shows 1920x1200 as the largest guest resolution. I've attempted to change the resolution to match ...
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How to enable copy/paste on a VM-Ware virtual Windows machine?
I've just created a virtual Windows-10 machine, but the virtual machine settings don't mention any isolation-related entries, so what can I do in order to enable copy/paste on that virtual machine?
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Access win10 host desktop from linux guest vm?
I have the specific use case, that I want to run stuff mainly from inside the guest VM (pop os 22.04 currently, but I'm open to switching distro if the use case is easier elsewhere), without tabbing ...
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"Error Loading operating system" on QEMU
The Windows 2000 Professional virtual machine is essentially installed on VMWare Workstation Pro, when I convert the VMDK file to QCOW2 or run the VMDK file directly using Virt-Manager, it shows "...
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WSL2 ext4 size difference
I am using WSL2 on my Windows 10 Home. I noticed Windows is reporting that vhdx ext4 partition is 105GB on my disk. But I also have wsl2 added as network drive - and there it is reported just as 89 GB....
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Cisco Anyconnect on VM not installing
my University requires us to use the in-house VPN to connect to some of the University Infrastructure. The client is Cisco Anyconnect 4.10
Problem is, that the VPN is persistent on my Mac even when ...
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Automated windows install from an ISO
I have used salt-cloud to create a VM in my vSphere instance and am wanting to carry out a completely unattended Windows server 2022 install.
From research I have found out about windows answer files ...
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VM and local network access with Port forwarding in UTM on M1
I'd like to connect a Win11 arm VM inside UTM on macOS M1 to a Win10 intel macbook pro in Bootcamp mode on my local network (wifi). I was advised to "use Emulated VLAN with port forwarding on and ...
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run 2 windows VMs on bare metal or one as guest on top of the other?
I am cureently running a windows 11 vm in hyper v as guest on win11 host - this is on a laptop (ryzen 2500u, 20gb RAM) - I use this as server withh desktop to run some software that reuires gui access ...
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Can I get more screen resolution options for a QEMU virtualized Windows using a VirtIO graphics card?
When virtualizing e.g. a Windows 10 installation with QEMU and using the default graphics card (with no command line option set), it shows up as a "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter", and one ...
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Where To Download Windows Server Core
I'm looking for a place to download Windows Server Core (possibly for free) for trying on a VM, to learn more about windows stuff, users, groups, services, and things like that in a headless manner.
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Accessing physical disk from VirtualBox: Access Denied
I am trying to run a VirtualBox machine from a physical disk.
I read that I have to run
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\...
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Can OCS Inventory installed on the host get the list of softwares installed on a Virtual Machine?
Suppose OCS Inventory is installed on a Windows host to inventoriate installed programs, but there is at least one Virtual Machine installed, like Oracle VM Virtual Box, with a guest OS, let's say, ...
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Boot physical win10 disk in QEMU
https://www.tenforums.com/virtualization/179771-using-physical-disk-kvm-qemu-windows-vm.html?__cf_chl_tk=z_c4bUjts37uHd66EhURNiy75Wla6ioAk1ettZofip4-1670079604-0-gaNycGzNCH0
this got me the farthest ...
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