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VMware Fusion: Error Loading Operating System after upgrade
I upgraded a Mac from Snow Leopard to Yosemite, but I forgot to shutdown a VMware Fusion VM on it beforehand. The VM was only in sleep mode. The OS of the VM is Windows XP SP3. Now the problem is that ...
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Turn off Internet access for Windows XP VMware Fusion guest
I am using a VMware Fusion 6 Windows XP guest to run some legacy Windows software on my Mac. I would like to turn off Internet access for the VM so Windows XP can't pick up any nastyware online. ...
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Virtual machine running Windows XP won't boot after growing hard disk
I have what I thought initially was a common problem. I use a Windows XP Professional VM for work on a daily basis. I was running out of space and I chose to use vmware-vdiskmanager to grow the disk ...
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No DNS resolution when running XP in VMWare Fusion with a static IP
I'm winning Windows XP under VMWare Fusion on my OSX 10.7.4 in bridged mode.
I need to be able to reference the Guest (XP) via a hostname, as it hosts a server i use in development. To achieve that, ...
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After 10.7.3 update network does not work in a Vmware virtual machine
I have a macbook running OS X 10.7.2. I run windows xp as virtual machine using vmware fusion 4.0.2. Recently I updated OS X to 10.7.3 and network does not work anymore on the windows xp virtual ...
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MAC OS X 10.6.8 - Uninstalling VMWare Fusion
Does anyone know if uninstalling Fusion (using the correct uninstaller for it), also uninstall Windows and associated apps?
If not, is there a correct sequence to get rid of all things Windows related?...
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VMWare Fusion guest application list
How does VMWare Fusion compile its list of guest OS applications (specifically for Windows) that can be found by "show package contents" of
USER/Documents/Virtual Machines/VMNAME
and then in the ...
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Windows XP never quits VMWare Fusion, how to shut it down?
One Windows XP VM keeps looping the following 2 screens:
Even I force-quit VMWare, next time VMWare restarts, it's the same screen. How can I shutdown the XP inside?
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Run a Windows XP Virtual Machine from an external disk via FireWire 800
I have a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with 4GB memory. I have a 120GB SSD but it only has about 25GB of free space.
My Windows XP Virtual Machine currently uses just over 20GB of disk space. I ...
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Can't connect SQL*Plus to Oracle 10g from within VMWare Fusion VM
I am attempting to connect to an Oracle 10g server (remote host on LAN) from within a Windows XP VM hosted by VMWare Fusion on OSX. While I can connect to the service using Oracle Net Manager, I can ...
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VMWare Fusion - Which runs better, Windows 7 vs XP? 32bit or 64bit?
Looking for some advise on whether I should expect better or worse performance out of VMWare Fusion when hosting Windows XP vs Windows 7. Does 32bit vs 64bit make a huge difference? I'm a developer ...
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How's VirtualBox compare to VMWare and Parallels, in terms of resource requirement?
For some reason, I need to boot Windows XP occasionally on my MacBook Air. Among VirtualBox, VMWare Fusion and Parallels, which one consumes the least resource from my MacBook (say, running IE and ...
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VMware Fusion 3.1.1: Keys randomly stuck in XP guest while typing
I'm having a strange issue where keys will randomly repeat on my WinXP guest OS within VMware Fusion as I am typing. When a character starts repeating (this could be a letter, number, space, or even ...
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How do I get a FireWire drive to show up as a drive (as opposed to a shared folder) in a VMWare Windows XP virtual machine on my Mac?
I’ve got a Windows XP vitual machine running in VMWare 2 on my Mac.
I’ve got a FireWire drive with a Windows-readable partition on it plugged into my Mac. This Windows partition shows up in the ...
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Resizing MacOSX Leopard partition (Boot Camp, VMWare Fusion 2.0 and Windows XP Pro)
Running an Intel Mac Mini with 1.5GB RAM and an 80GB HDD with Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard. With a Windows XP Pro partition (25GB) via Boot Camp and VMWare Fusion 2.0; the Windows partition is nearly out of ...
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