Not enough physical memory - when use non-Administrator account

[The_Immortal]

Hi there!

I'm trying to start VM (RAM 128 MB) via VmPlayer on Win 8.1 (4 GB RAM physica) from non-Administrator account and get:

If I use Administrator account VM starts normally.

Could you tell me please what's the problem?

I tried to set C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini = vmmon.disableHostParameters = “TRUE” but nothing happens.

Thank you!

P.S. I'm not allowed to use Administrator account.

[wila]

Hello,

You mention "VMPlayer" but not what version of VMware Player you are using.

A while ago there have been updates to Windows that might have an impact on the amount of memory a VM can access.

This was addressed with later updates to VMware Player.

Have you installed the most recent version of VMware Player?

PS: 128MB is very very thin for a Windows XP VM, even a VM which has no software installed would be more happy on 256MB to start with.

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Wil

[The_Immortal]

"PS: 128MB is very very thin for a Windows XP VM, even a VM which has no software installed would be more happy on 256MB to start with."

I use stripped down version of XP so it properly works even on 64 MB. But actually it doesn't matter what amount of RAM I use (128/256/512/1024) - it still shows me the error.

"Have you installed the most recent version of VMware Player?"

The version of VMware Player I use is 5.0.4 build-1945795. Should I update it? Due to this page it's the last version, isn't it?

[wila]

Hi,

Version 5.0.4 is pretty old. It might be the latest of version 5, but version 5 Player has been end of life for a while.

We're now at version 12 (although numbering has changed, it would have been version 8 without the renumbering)

The latest version is here: free VMware Player

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Wil