VMWare Workstation 8 grabs port 443

[CraigFromGan]

In workstation 8.0.0, vmware-hostd.exe appears to grab port 443 - this prevents IIS from starting on the host (I'm using VS 2010 for .net development)

- is this addressed in  8.0.1 ?

[a_p_]

I don't have access to VMware Workstation 8 at the moment. However, I think you can change the port in the Shared VM's preferences. see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2005585

André

[jziobro]

Yes CHANGE that port number!!!  Why VmWare thought it was a smart idea to set the default port to one reserved for HTTPS is beyond me.  You can find unaasigned port numbers by searching the internet.  I used 449.

John