Greetings,
I have a 2006 mac pro, 2 x quad core 3.0 GHZ Xeons, 18 GB RAM. I am running Fusion 3.1.3 with a Windows 7 x64 Ultimate VM. I have configured the VM with 2 CPU's and 4 GB RAM.
When the VM is running...Windows Explorer will randomly "freeze" for 15-20seconds...during this time you cannot click on any folders, launch applications, etc. Then, after 15-20 seconds, the system interface seems to return to normal...this symptom will then re-occur every 20 minutes or so. I have traced this issue directly to the VMWareUser.exe that is auto-started inside the Windows VM.
When I disable VMWareUser.exe...the symptom never occurs...when it is enabled, however, it always occurs. I have read some other threads indicating high-CPU usage, etc. related to VMWareUser.exe. By the way, I am not running any anti-virus in the VM at this time...to reduce the number of variables in the equation while chasing-down this issue. I have also de-installed VMware tools...rebooted...re-installed VMware tools...rebooted...no change.
Is anyone else out there seeing this issue now? Is there any fix available?
For now, I am simply disabling the auto-launch of VMWareUSer.exe in MSCONFIG....but I do miss the ability to cut and paste between the VM and the mac.
Thanks,
GKG
