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Re: Can't update to Workstation 17.0.1

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎02-04-2023 03:44 PM
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‎02-04-2023 03:44 PM
1 Kudo
An alternative (that I followed) is to download 17.0.1 directly from the links in the CVE announcement: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html You'll need to check the check... See more...
An alternative (that I followed) is to download 17.0.1 directly from the links in the CVE announcement: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html You'll need to check the checksums manually but it does work that way without having the shutdown VMWare awkwardly.

Re: Guest UI on Windows 7 x64 Host frozen

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions
‎12-05-2013 10:32 AM
‎12-05-2013 10:32 AM
Thanks for the reply. I've tried the suggestions there already (in particular focusing on USB - deleted the USB controller, added it back, changed the USB emulation version) with no results. A... See more...
Thanks for the reply. I've tried the suggestions there already (in particular focusing on USB - deleted the USB controller, added it back, changed the USB emulation version) with no results. As far as host OS stuff, the host OS is pretty much a stock install with current updates (Win7 64 sp1) - very little in additional software added (Office and not much else) - so hard to see how some other Windows service could be interfering.

Guest UI on Windows 7 x64 Host frozen

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions
‎12-04-2013 11:24 PM
‎12-04-2013 11:24 PM
I'm have a terrible time running almost any VM's on top of Workstation 10.1 on a Win7 x64 host. The only  guest that works reliably is a Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit guest running kernel 3.8.0-33-gene... See more...
I'm have a terrible time running almost any VM's on top of Workstation 10.1 on a Win7 x64 host. The only  guest that works reliably is a Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit guest running kernel 3.8.0-33-generic. The rest will boot up fine but don't allow any keyboard or mouse interaction - if you enable VNC VM sharing, however, you can drive their UI's fine - so the VM's are running but are just not getting any keyboard or mouse events. I have a CentOS 6.5 x64 guest running 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64, another 12.04 x64 running 3.2.0-56, and a 10.04 Ubuntu running 2.6.32-47-generic - none can be interacted with from the console view. The ones that can enter unity mode will also allow interaction, but Unity is still buggy enough that isn't much of a solution either. Is anyone else seeing this sort of behaviour? 

Re: WMware Workstation 8 breaks Ubuntu

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions
‎10-29-2011 08:54 AM
‎10-29-2011 08:54 AM
Any progress on getting this fixed? <bump>

Re: Workstation 6 vs 5?

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions
‎03-30-2007 05:03 PM
‎03-30-2007 05:03 PM
As far as the purchase - you might want to investigate a Silver support contract instead - it's cheaper than the upgrade price and includes all upgrades and unlimited web-based and email-base... See more...
As far as the purchase - you might want to investigate a Silver support contract instead - it's cheaper than the upgrade price and includes all upgrades and unlimited web-based and email-based Support Requests! They've been doing major version upgrades on a cycle between 1.5 and 2.5 years, so basically the support pays for itself; and if you need to submit any SRs, they're basically freebies. Apparently not. I just spent a bunch of time with a VMWare sales person on the phone and upgrades only apply to support contracts added on at the time of purchase. So you can't add a support contract onto an existing VMWare license (or at least not mine ...