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Re-enryption Failure VMware Workstation Pro 17
Am currently using lastest version of Workstation (17.5.2). On my Win 11 machine after the last few upgrades, I keep getting the following message: "The virtual machine is encrypted using old ...
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WSL can connect to VM, but not the other way around
I'm on Windows 10 and I have a service running on WSL2 Ubuntu and another service running on a Ubuntu Server VMWare VM, and although WSL can access the VM, the service on the VM seemingly can't ...
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What's the least impacting virtualization software to run on Windows 11? [closed]
I'm exploring options for running a Windows virtual machine on Windows 11 (32gb ram, i7 1265u), while also utilizing WSL2. Between VMware Workstation 17 (now able to run along Hyper-V) and the built-...
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VMware Workstation Server is not available
Got error while run virtual machine hosted by Windows 11:
VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have rights to run the program, access all directories the program ...
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Difference between VMware LAN Segment and Virtual Network
What exactly is the difference between LAN Segments and Virtual Networks in VMware?
LAN Segments don't have any configuration options, at least in the GUI:
LAN Segment configuration GUI in VMware
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Create a shortcut for the guest OS (VMware)
Is it possible to create a desktop shortcut for the guest OS in VMware and use it to launch the guest OS directly without opening VMware?
I'm using VMware Workstation Player on Windows 11
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Linux guest VMs not using network settings in VMWare Workstation on Linux host and defaulting to 127.0.0.1
I am trying to to have my linux guest vm use NAT or Custom settings but it is defaulting to 127.0.0.1. I was using it without issues yesterday but don't know what changed. I let the VMs and host PC on ...
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RHEL 7 moving files from 1 VM to 10 at one time
I have 11 VM’s on RHEL 7. I only have access to the files on 1 VM and have to SCP them over to the other 10. Is there an easier was to do it then hitting the up arrow every time and changing it to the ...
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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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Why is my ping so high when playing a game running on a VM via VMWare Workstation 17? What can I do to lower the ping?
This is a screenshot of the virtual machine networking settings :
First the option was on the NAT: used to share the host's IP address but then I tried to change it to the bridged connected directly, ...
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How to access a file on a Linux VM from VMware host?
I know there are some similar questions. However, twist with this one is that I am locked out of the vm. I don't have the root password for the VM. However, I still want to get a file off of the VM....
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Accessing settings of an imported VM using VMWare throws "Could not get the dataFileKey" error
After experiencing a lot of issues regarding lack of snappiness and lagging with a VirtualBox Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine, I decided to switch over to VMware.
As per their official instructions I ...
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Not able to connect from Windows 11 to VMWare Linux VM
I am using windows 11 ( Host OS).
I have VMWare Workstation Pro where Ubuntu VM was created.
In that Ubuntu VM, there is web application which is running on port 19000.
Inside VM(Ubuntu), the below ...
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VMWare Workstation Pro 15.0 rolling back setup on Windows 7
I'm trying to install VMWare Workstation Pro 15.0 32-bit version on my 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 machine but it always rolls back setup.
I tried rebooting, deleting vmkbd3 key from the ...
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VMware Workstation 16.2.4 Pro: Some keys are not sent to the virtual machine, whatever operating system it has
VMware® Workstation 16 Pro 16.2.4 build-20089737
Host machine: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Upgraded from 20.04 LTS).
Virtual machine: any.
The Windows-Logo key, the ctrl+alr+del keys, the stamp-r-sist key (for ...
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