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    <title>topic Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server in VMware Workstation Player Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219240#M13984</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware get so much write but incredibly this problem persist.&amp;nbsp; It's so massively annoying.&amp;nbsp; More then enough to make me look for other options.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:26:28 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>iss42</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-04-26T22:26:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219233#M13977</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I just installed VMWare Player 4.0.2 onto a Windows 7 Pro 32bit Workstation.&amp;nbsp; Next, I virtualized a Physical Machine running XP Media Center 32bit and copied the VM to the Windows 7 machine and opened the VM in the VMWare Player.&amp;nbsp; It started up and is running.&amp;nbsp; The only problem is that VMWare Tools could not be found for the XP Media Center guest VM, so it attempted to connect to VMWare to download the Tools.&amp;nbsp; The problem is that it fails to connect to the server to check for updates.&amp;nbsp; I have disabled the firewall, rebooted, verified that I am connected to the internet on the Windows 7 host machine, I can even get out to the internet from the XP VM guest.&amp;nbsp; I am not connecting out through a proxy and I changed the Player preferences to 'No Proxy'.&amp;nbsp; In network connections I see 3 adapters, the physical, and two virtual.&amp;nbsp; Although both virtual show as unidentified it doesn't seem to affect the XP VM from gaining internet access.&amp;nbsp; Which I'm a little confused about.&amp;nbsp; Also, does the player get its network connection from the host's physical adapter or through the virtual adapters?&amp;nbsp; I know the VMs get their network connections from the virtual adapters.&amp;nbsp; Any Ideas on how I can get the player connecting to vmware's update servers?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>FiveOneTwo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T14:23:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219234#M13978</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am having the exact same problem with Windows 7 Ultimate guest OS.&amp;nbsp; I think it is OS agnostic. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:13:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219234#M13978</guid>
      <dc:creator>Phydeauxman</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T15:13:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219235#M13979</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Same issue.&amp;nbsp; I noticed that the VMware Player is apparently contacting this server: &lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds&lt;/A&gt; and then only two links that appear, give "file not found" errors.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does anyone know of a way to download the tools separately?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:34:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219235#M13979</guid>
      <dc:creator>sewpafly</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T15:34:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219236#M13980</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's seemed like each time they release a new version of the 4.x line, this happens for a couple of days.&amp;nbsp; Try again in a day or so, and keep trying - the Tools will eventually be there.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:51:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>RDPetruska</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T15:51:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219237#M13981</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;As a result of this problem, I rolled back to the previous version. I'd be grateful if someone would post when this is (finally) addressed, so that I can upgrade again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Chris&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:14:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ChrisJakarta</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T23:14:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219238#M13982</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've the same behaviour after my further successfull update. I hope that that meaningless error gets away!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219238#M13982</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tom2k8</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-27T20:09:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219239#M13983</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware certainly scrwed up something with this release.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:13:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>emdok</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-28T16:13:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219240#M13984</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware get so much write but incredibly this problem persist.&amp;nbsp; It's so massively annoying.&amp;nbsp; More then enough to make me look for other options.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:26:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219240#M13984</guid>
      <dc:creator>iss42</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-04-26T22:26:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219241#M13985</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;iss42 wrote:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware get so much write but incredibly this problem persist.&amp;nbsp; It's so massively annoying.&amp;nbsp; More then enough to make me look for other options.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm guessing this is an old cached post or something, as this issue was resolved months ago.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219241#M13985</guid>
      <dc:creator>nospamboz</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-04-27T00:50:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219242#M13986</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unfortunately not, 4.0.1 was exhibiting this behavior still.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219242#M13986</guid>
      <dc:creator>iss42</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-04-27T10:23:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219243#M13987</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;iss42 wrote:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unfortunately not, 4.0.1 was exhibiting this behavior still.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Well, I just installed Player 4.0.1 on a brand new Ubuntu 11.10 system, and it seems to connect to the update server fine. You're going to have to tell us more about what's going wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219243#M13987</guid>
      <dc:creator>nospamboz</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-04-29T07:21:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219244#M13988</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could be a Windows problem, I have switched to 4.0.2 now and it connects ok.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have experienced this problem though in many versions of VMWare Player before, all under Windows.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219244#M13988</guid>
      <dc:creator>iss42</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T21:09:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219245#M13989</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;If you browse to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; with the trailing slash then the links will be resolved correctly, so perhaps the updater is using the incorrect URL. The reason this sometimes starts to work after a couple of days is probably that someone at VMware hacks the web server to handle the incorrect URLs. The update is not working for me at the moment (using a 4.0.4 build-744019 player on Windows 7 with Ubuntu 12.04 vm), so perhaps whoever usually fixes this is on vacation this week. &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@90D223CDF4C4491D7DFF693BB5C76865/emoticons/1f609.png" alt=":winking_face:" title=":winking_face:" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>hrskevin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-07-03T17:58:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219246#M13990</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;When I browse to the link &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; I get:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;Directories&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/"&gt;../&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/"&gt;vmw-desktop&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;Files&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/index.xml"&gt;index.xml&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Clicking on vmw-desktop I can work my way to:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/"&gt;../&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;Files&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/metadata.xml.gz"&gt;metadata.xml.gz&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/tools-freebsd-9.2.2.exe.tar"&gt;tools-freebsd-9.2.2.exe.tar&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/tools-linux-9.2.2.exe.tar"&gt;tools-linux-9.2.2.exe.tar&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/tools-netware-9.2.2.exe.tar"&gt;tools-netware-9.2.2.exe.tar&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/tools-solaris-9.2.2.exe.tar"&gt;tools-solaris-9.2.2.exe.tar&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/tools-winPre2k-9.2.2.exe.tar"&gt;tools-winPre2k-9.2.2.exe.tar&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.1/894247/windows/packages/tools-windows-9.2.2.exe.tar"&gt;tools-windows-9.2.2.exe.tar&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;are these the correct tools for running VMwarePlayer on Windows7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:41:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219246#M13990</guid>
      <dc:creator>DavidMays</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-09T10:41:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;For VMware Player 5.0.1 have a look at: &lt;A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2143946#2143946"&gt;Re: VMware Player 5 - Tools - "Cannot find component on update server..."&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:27:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219247#M13991</guid>
      <dc:creator>WoodyZ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-09T11:27:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is not the solution to the issue.&amp;nbsp; There is a problem with the VMWare update server.&amp;nbsp; If you open a web browser and put in the URL, it looks like works fine.&amp;nbsp; Click &lt;STRONG&gt;vmw-desktop&lt;/STRONG&gt; for example, it takes you to&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/vmw-desktop"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/vmw-" target="test_blank"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/vmw-&lt;/A&gt;desktop&amp;nbsp; Which does not exist.&amp;nbsp; I noticed if you manually put in the link for the next folder (&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop&lt;/A&gt;), you get there fine.&amp;nbsp; It happens in each lower folder, not just from &lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It is as if the links take you to &lt;STRONG&gt;../vmw-desktop&lt;/STRONG&gt; instead of &lt;STRONG&gt;./vmw-desktop.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:50:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DTGreen</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-09T21:50:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219249#M13993</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;DTGreen wrote:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is not the solution to the issue.&amp;nbsp; There is a problem with the VMWare update server.&amp;nbsp; If you open a web browser and put in the URL, it looks like works fine.&amp;nbsp; Click &lt;STRONG&gt;vmw-desktop&lt;/STRONG&gt; for example, it takes you to&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/vmw-desktop"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;A href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/vmw-" target="test_blank"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/vmw-&lt;/A&gt;desktop&amp;nbsp; Which does not exist.&amp;nbsp; I noticed if you manually put in the link for the next folder (&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop&lt;/A&gt;), you get there fine.&amp;nbsp; It happens in each lower folder, not just from &lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds"&gt;https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It is as if the links take you to &lt;STRONG&gt;../vmw-desktop&lt;/STRONG&gt; instead of &lt;STRONG&gt;./vmw-desktop.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You are replying directly to the reply I made:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="jive-thread-reply-date"&gt;Nov 9, 2012 6:27 AM&lt;A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2144493#2144493" title="in response to: DavidMays"&gt;&lt;IMG class="jive-icon-sml jive-icon-arrow-top" src="http://communities.vmware.com/4.0.13/images/transparent.png" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt; in response to: &lt;A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2144493#2144493" title="Go to message"&gt;DavidMays&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2144464#2144464"&gt;Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Your reply to me really has nothing whatsoever to do with my reply as my reply to DavidMays is meant only as a workaround until VMware gets things squared away with the current VMware Player 5.0.1 release!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also the URL behavior you described is by design as VMware really doesn't what users walking through the update server in this manner and why I only provided version specific links for the VMware Tools ISO Images in the linked reply! &lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:11:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>WoodyZ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-09T22:11:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219250#M13994</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Looks like someone saw my post.&amp;nbsp; There is still one other issue.&amp;nbsp; Player 5.0.1 info is missing from the player-windows.xml file.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get that in there and it might fix it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:14:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219250#M13994</guid>
      <dc:creator>DTGreen</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-09T22:14:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219251#M13995</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;DTGreen wrote: There is still one other issue.&amp;nbsp; Player 5.0.1 info is missing from the player-windows.xml file.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get that in there and it might fix it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It appears to be there so it's probably something else.&amp;nbsp; We'll just have to wait for VMware to fix whatever still needs it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="5.0.1_metadata.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41356iC34D22024218AAE4/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="5.0.1_metadata.png" alt="5.0.1_metadata.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219251#M13995</guid>
      <dc:creator>WoodyZ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-09T22:58:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VMWare Player Can't Connect to VMWare Update Server</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219252#M13996</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks, those are the same files so it seems I have the current stuff.&amp;nbsp; I am trying to solve a directx9 error and I thought updating would fix it.&amp;nbsp; I guess I will wait a little longer, longer, longer, longer ......&amp;nbsp; hummmmm.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMWare-Player-Can-t-Connect-to-VMWare-Update-Server/m-p/1219252#M13996</guid>
      <dc:creator>DavidMays</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-11-14T22:10:16Z</dc:date>
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