Questions tagged [vmware-player]
VMware Workstation Player (formerly known as VMware Player) is a virtualization software package.
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VMware Workstation 17 Player: 3 monitor layout not working (2 monitor + 1 monitor of the notebook)
I can't use multiple monitor layouts in VMware Workstation Player 17. it works with 2, but not with 3. I press this button, but it does nothing
The solution described in this question does not ...
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Legacy VMware Player on modern Linux
I have a requirement for Unity mode on a Linux host with a Windows guest. Virtualbox does not implement Seamless mode well, and the likes of Winapps or Cassowary have other issues that make multiple ...
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Is it possible to add a Logmein printer to a Windows virtual machine running on the remote PC?
When I remote into my office PC from home, I routinely print to my home printer by selecting it in the printer dialog box. It has "Logmein" appended to the usual printer name.
Now I have a ...
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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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Can't ping / access GNS3 PFSense virtual device but can ping GNS3 VM on same subnet
I have a basic GNS3 network that I’m trying to setup with PFSense. I have managed to install the PFSense module and can now add it as a device within GNS3.
However after adding, configuring and ...
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When exactly do VMs receive the shared clipboard data in VMware/VirtualBox?
For many years, I have been running untrusted programs in VMs.
I have used both Windows and Linux as the host OS, and both (many versions of) VMware Workstation Player and VirtualBox on both OSes. The ...
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Can Windows XP be run on an SSD as a VMWare guest OS?
I know similar has been asked before, there is a lot of information around pertaining to Windows XP being installed on a SSD.
I can understand that Windows XP was not made for SSD, OK it was released ...
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Why is my VMware Workstation Player 17.0.2 installation not responding to reboot, retry, reinstall?
I posted Why is NAT networking no longer working under VMware Workstation Player 17? earlier and got instructions of basically "Retry, reboot, reinstall." (The host was running Linux Mint 21....
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VMPlayer, Debian 12 Guest, Screen Flicker
I'm running Debian 12 as a guest in VMPlayer. Depending on what I click, usually a task manager icon, everything on the screen except the desktop image will disappear, even the task manager bar will ...
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How to fill black borders of VM without VMWare tools. VMWare player 17 free
Hello I've been trying to setup my VM so that it fills in the black borders that surround it. I can get it to do this by installing the VMWare tools, but the problem is that when I do this it breaks ...
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How can I debug a DHCP failure?
I have a new VM installation of Ubuntu 22.04.2 running on VMware Player 17 on Windows 11. All works okay with a static IP, but I can't get DHCP to work as northing seems to received back.
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Linux machines on VM routing between two subnet
To make a lot of tests i have several VM, one has two interfaces but it's possible it receives more. One interface uses NAT protocole to connect to internet, as i use VMWare, the other is on lan ...
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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 use interchangeably virtuabox vm with vmplayer vm?
So basically being able to turn on the same vm on any. One at a time, without having to create a vm for each one.
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VMware workstation pro doesn't autofit server VMs in main desktop
New to Windows 11, I came across a very weird and annoying problem.
I'm using "VMware® Workstation 16 Pro", and then using it to connect to server "File > connect to server" ...
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