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Here's the scenario: 1. I've taken ownership of the VMX file and prevented a standard user on the box from editing it. 2. Now that VM refuses to launch. Basically, it seem that if the VMX file isn't WRITE-able by the user, then VMware Workstation falls over and dies. I wouldn't have guessed that. I would have supposed that it would simply: a. Read what it could from the VMX file. b. Launch. c. Write files in the folder if it needed to. But it doesn't. So.. is there some secret way to, say, inside a VMX file.. give it a parameter to say "Launch anyway, even if the VMX file itself is not writeable?" Thanks in advance.

Hi Gang. I'm trying to do a quick proof of concept of "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V / VDI within VMW 9.0". So, if you're familiar with WS12, this screen: http://screencast.com/t/7H5eWj6X Every time I try to perform the work, I fail at the last mile -- creating the "Virtual desktop collection"  based upon the VHD I give WS12. (Here's a seven second video showing the moment of failure: http://screencast.com/t/c8R36ccEfR ) My *WORKING THEORY* is that Hyper V / VDI docs say that the VHD used as the prototype for the pool must have the software-based "RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter" in it. (Screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/cUE8Ee3jVCI So, here's the two part question: 1. Has anyone here .. ever.. gotten WS12 VDI working with Hyper-V running within VMW 9 as a guest? That is, were you able to get VDI quickstart mode to complete on this screen (Creating the "Virtual Desktop collection": http://screencast.com/t/eTQZAxq3 ) 2. If yes (or no) to #1.. Did you need to light up the software-based "RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter" inside the VHD prototype in order to do it? (If yes to this, how did you do that?) For question #2, I have turned on "Accelerate 3D Graphics" in the guest definition, but it doesn't seem to make a difference to the guest either way. Thanks in advance. -Jeremy M