BillPa's Posts

I can and others will be able too also, I made that caveat clear in my posts. VMWare provided a method a couple releases back to encrypt while still allow editing the configuration file, unfortunately older encrypted VMs don’t have that recourse. I got hit by this scenario earlier, not fun, fortunately not this time.

As mentioned above you Fusion now allows only partially encrypting the vmx file. In Fusion I choose Windows, Virtual Machine Libraries, then option right click the appropriate file, which then offers me the edit configuration file option. After editing I just save and close.

I got rid of the error message by editing the config file with the following. For those who can without de encrypting. serial0.present = "FALSE" [then I removed the other two serial0. lines referencing "thinprint" as well]

I too am here because I am getting this same error message after the update. Host 2017 i7 mac mini, running MacOS 14, now using Fusion 13.5, guest OS is Windows 11 Home edition, had no such issue with previous versions. Any ideas for a fix?

Update: Issue described has finally resolved itself, eight days later. The network driver 1.9.9 remains installed, while the 1.9.11 driver is no longer being offered by Windows Update. No idea what that all is indicative of, success or failure.

Windows finally includes an error code with the message, Install error - 0x80070103. I have only seen drivers offered this way a couple of times, but it isn't the first time. I just checked and it still won't properly install and load. I reinstalled the VMware tools set on 18 Nov after installing Fusion 13, there is as far as I know no new version of tools to apply. 

Yes, that is why I included my experience with it in my summary of my install.  I believe it isn't unreasonable to assume others might wonder the very same thing after the update. That is what makes this a community worth being part of.   

I too have trouble seeing things here, I first see a page briefly, then it switches and becomes a blank black page with an X to close it and both a left and right scroll arrow, that are dimmed out. I am using Safari as a browser.  I was finally able to quickly click on the download link button before it switched to the black presentation page. There were about five pages of info in a slide show style. Maybe this plug in is what is not working correctly. The page that described 12.2.4 changes, only said general improvements.

The following is copied from the VMware Fusion 12 documents. (In supported bluetooth devices, game controllers are not mentioned whatsoever}. I don't have the answer why not, but I want it to work also. {Fusion has the following limitations for Bluetooth support: Only out going connections are allowed. A virtual machine may establish a connection to a remote Bluetooth device, but remote devices do not see services that virtual machines try to advertise. Virtual machines cannot change the name, class, or discoverability of the host's Bluetooth adapter. The host is exclusively in control over setting whether other Bluetooth devices can discover the host, and what name is used. The host is exclusively in control of the pairing process and collecting or displaying PIN numbers. The guest may scan for devices, and initiate a connection with any device. If pairing is required, the pairing dialog box appears on the host, not in the guest. From the guest's perspective, the device appears to pair without having needed a PIN. Any vendor-specific capabilities on the host's Bluetooth radio are not passed through to the guest. For example, some radios provide a vendor-specific command to change their BDADDR. These commands do not appear in the guest. The guest sees a generic VMware-brand radio. The virtual Bluetooth controller itself is not part of snapshots. During snapshots, it is disconnected and reconnected. Any ongoing connections with Bluetooth devices are terminated at the time of a snapshot.}

I believe it had to do with MacOS (Host) which controls the Bluetooth, only sharing a one direction communication to the Bluetooth device of the Guest. Xbox controller's wants a bidirectional connection. The devices supported like mice, keyboards, headphones send data either only in, or only out.  A USB connected Xbox controller will work.