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kchandrashekar
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Unable to download VMware tools on VMwarePlayer, need alternatives


My host system is running Windows 7 and I have an Ubuntu Guest running 10.04 LTS. When I click install VMware tools on my VMware player. The download keeps failing with the message [Connection to the update server failed], every time. I have tried this several times and still haven't had any luck. Is there an alternative to this procedure to install tools on my VM?

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a_p_
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Welcome to the Community,

you can manually download the tools from http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/

André

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a_p_
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Welcome to the Community,

you can manually download the tools from http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/

André

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kchandrashekar
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André,

Thanks, that solution works.

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john_willis
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Consider this an alternative.

Potentially re-enable the download mechanism by correcting the software update URL.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/2233586

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