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robednz
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‎11-07-2023 07:57 PM

will player 16.5 work with windows11 as the host

hi can anyone tell me if player 16.5 will run under windows11 as the host and winxp as the virtual machine ? can't upgrade to player 17 as they have removed virtual printing

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scott28tt
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‎11-07-2023 09:34 PM

Consult this: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80807

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RDPetruska
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‎11-08-2023 04:54 AM

@robednz wrote:

hi can anyone tell me if player 16.5 will run under windows11 as the host and winxp as the virtual machine ? can't upgrade to player 17 as they have removed virtual printing

You *can* upgrade to 17.  Just don't go any higher than 17.0.2.  They removed the virtual printing in 17.5.

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