Hello there!
I would appreciate it if someone at VMware can read and take action on this problem.
See this thread and note the last post:
VMWare Tools is the issue.
Completely Transparent Menus in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11, Making Them Extremely Difficult to Read
Many thanks in advance for your assistance!
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Note that this is a user community, other than me tagging @Mikero this is not going to get any further into VMware by you posting it here.
Hi again -
What do I need to do as a user in order to bring this to the attention of VMware for their action?
Thanks.
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Contact support, I believe you can pay per incident.
Wait!
With all due respect, that is the most insane comment that I have ever encountered in a technical forum.
I should pay for VMware's bugs? Not a chance.
And you are a VMware employee?
Submit the bug and work the issue!
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Me being a VMware employee is irrelevant, if you care to check my signature.
I don't know anyone in the product team other than the user I tagged, and don't trawl the forums looking for bugs to report internally.
You need to contact the product team or the support team - I've tagged someone in the product team, and mentioned that you could contact the support team - those are the correct channels to get your matter reported.
I was trying to help.
Hi,
Please be aware that VMware employees trying to help you -in their free time- are not "support engineers". They are just trying to help.
Also note that the forum is not the official support channel. The forum is where users of VMware's products help other users.
Also note that while I might be a moderator here, I do not work for VMware.. instead I'm yet another volunteer.
With all that out of the way...
The issue you're seeing is a known issue, which is probably why you're not getting much of a response. It has been discussed many times for the various browsers (google chrome and even Firefox).
The issue has to do with hardware rendering.
The fix is to either turn off 3D for the VM completely, but the better solution is to turn it off in MS Edge.
In order to do so, in MS Edge go to settings -> select "System and Performance" and disable "hardware acceleration".
After doing that, the problems should be resolved.
best regards,
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Wil
Hello and thank you very much for your reply!
I regret having to disable Hardware Acceleration but I will do it.
Is there a time frame as to when this problem will be corrected for good?
@scott28tt- Nothing personal, mate. I didn't quite understand the situation.
Cheers!.
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Hi,
@Ion_Raid wrote:
Is there a time frame as to when this problem will be corrected for good?
It's been a problem for as long as I know.. and as I don't work for VMware... I don't know if it will ever be fixed or not. VMware rarely provides a time frame for just about anything either.
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Wil
Reading some of these threads this seems to be a major problem
The company does not seem to be proactive at fixing this problem.
So who at VMware can get this fixed?
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@wila
THANK you so much indeed!
This was driving me crazy. English not being my native language, I was really puzzled as to how to explain the problem, that's to say, in just a few words, so I could properly search for it.
Could not get into the settings of Edge (see attachment), hence I needed to enter the "edge://settings/system" from your screenshot so as to get to the 'Hardware acceleration' thing...
Did a re-install/update of VM Tools, checked out the 3D settings of the host-video card, etc.
Anyway, thanks again, really super!
p.s. VMware Workstation v15.5.x on Windows 10 x64 latest version.
The weird thing is that on Windows Server 2022 the issue is nonexistent even with hardware acceleration turned on.
All I needed to run in a VM was a python script but it is really irritating when you have to use the browser. If you can, you should use Windows Server if you need hardware acceleration.
I can confirm, Hardware Acceleration is the culprit. The problem is getting to the Settings menu, since the menu is not visible. Two methods:
Then turn off "Use hardware acceleration when available" in the System section at top
This fixed it for me, thank you!