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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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Is there way to create a virtual machine image from current machine?
I have a PC that has windows 7 installed and I'd like to upgrade it to windows 10. Since there is various old software installed in the current system, to prevent them from not running on the new ...
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"Unable to connect to the MKS: Too many socket connect attempts" when trying to launch a virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.1
I am trying to launch a virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.1. Host: Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. Guest: Microsoft Windows 10. I get the error message "Unable to connect to the MKS: ...
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Trying to virtualize Windows 7 Embedded into a VMWare Workstation 15 makes unbootable image
I'm trying to virtualize the OS from our DVR running Windows 7 Embedded Standard so that I can have a copy of it in my VMWare Workstation 15. Here's the steps I took:
Downloaded and ran Disk2vhd on ...
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Moving VM from hard drive to SSD
A hard drive was replaced with a much faster SSD. The contents of the hard drive, including a Windows 7 VM for VMware Workstation were copied over. Is there anything that must be done so the VM and ...
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VMware import issue with Win7 Evaluation copy
When I try to import the Win7 Evaluation copy (the ovf file) that I downloaded from Microsoft's site, first I get the following warning:
The import failed because D:\WinVM\WinDev1903Eval.ovf did not ...
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VMware Workstation 15 Copy/Paste from Windows 7 Guest to Manjaro Linux Host is not working
When I try to Copy/Paste from a Windows 7 guest OS to the Manjaro Linux Host OS, I get the following error:
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I then searched for that directory in the file system of the Host OS, I found ...
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Can a partition with Windows 7 or 10 function as ambidextrous between physical and virtual use as guest under Linux VMware?
I’ve seen various notes about virtual to physical configuration, e.g. this VMware discussion and this VMware support page. However, some of them are in particular are a bit long in the tooth, as in, ...
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RDPing to VMWare Machine, RDP from there doesn't work
Im connecting to a VM (on a vmware vcenter) via RDP. From there, opening a RDP connection to another host (something which works fine if i use my desktop GUI to log on to the VM) doesn't work.
The RDP ...
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Increasing size of VM (VMWare) not working
So this seems rather odd but I'm having a hard time just simply expanding my C: on my VM. I'm using VMWare. IN my settings I was able to increase the disc size to 130GB (from 75 or so). I go into the ...
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Cannot install Vmware Tools on VM PLayer
I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 on VMPlayer 6.0.1 running on Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit 6.1.7601, Service Pack 1.
I go to Player > Manage > Install VMware tools and get the message
VMware Tools ...
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How do I block virtual machines from executing on Windows 7 or accessing the internet?
I want prevent virtual machines from executing in environments like VMWare or Virtual Box on Windows 7. I know there are application blockers and application installation blockers that have password ...
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Can I install hypervisor type 1 after installing OS?
As you may know, hypervisors type 1 are called bare metal, and are intimate to the hardware. Hypervisors type 2 may be installed over an operating system, to run virtual machines ( like VMware ...
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VMware Windows 7 corrupted, need to recover my files
I installed a Windows 7 operating system on VMware virtual machine and my host computer is running Windows 10. My Windows 7 operating system of virtual machine is corrupted and I need to recover some ...
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How come I cannot use a VMDK disk on with a Windows 7 guest on another machine
I am a bit baffled about what I just tried to do. I have a machine running Windows 8.1. I have VirtualBox installed. Let's call this MACHINE-A. On MACHINE-A I have a VirtualBox Guest that runs off ...
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