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Re: Moving from an Intel Mac to Apple Silicon and Windows 11 licensing

camner — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:15:33 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply and helpful link.

Moving from an Intel Mac to Apple Silicon and Windows 11 licensing

camner — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:37:54 GMT

I understand that a Windows VM created on an Intel Mac will not work if copied to an Apple Silicon Mac. I have a few questions.

1. This means I must create a new Windows VM from scratch on the Apple Silicon Mac, yes?

2. What does this mean in terms of Windows licensing? My current VM started life as a (completely legal and licensed) Windows 7 install. That was then upgraded to Windows 10 back when one could do that for free. Then, just recently, I upgraded the OS on the VM to Windows 11, again for free. Do I need to buy a new Windows 11 license, or is there a way to use my current, but older license? (I don't know if it would be useful, but I still have copies of the VMs running older versions of Windows.)

Re: I can't start any virtual machine after updating to 17.5.0

camner — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:13:11 GMT

My VM is now encrypted because it had to be encrypted into order to run Windows 11. Is there a way to remove support for ThinPrint if the VM is encrypted?

Re: Mac screenshot commands open Office apps within VMware Fusion

camner — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 06:24:18 GMT

Great idea! THanks

Mac screenshot commands open Office apps within VMware Fusion

camner — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:53:31 GMT

This kb article suggests that it should be possible to use the Mac screenshot commands (Shift-Cmd-3 and Shift-Cmd-4) to take a screenshot of a VM while in Fusion. But, when invoke Shift-Cmd-4 Word opens up in the VM, while Excel opens when I invoke Shift-Cmd-3.

Is there a solution to this? Can I change the shortcuts to Word and Excel (or just delete them...I don't need keyboard shortcuts to Office apps)?

Cannot set up IMAP account via Outlook 365 on Window VM / Credentials OK with Outlook 365 on host

camner — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 05:12:05 GMT

I use Fastmail as my email provider, which requires a manual setup in Outlook.

When I use Outlook 365 on my host Mac, I can establish a connection with Fastmail. I initiate setting up a new account, enter my Fastmail email address, specify I want to set it up manually, enter my app-specific password, and Outlook correctly sets up a new IMAP account.

On the guest Windows 10 machine I go through the same steps, but Outlook fails to create the account, terminating with the error message "Something went wrong and Outlook couldn't set up the account."

Since it works on the host, clearly it isn't because my credentials are invalid.

I definitely have a working network connection, because I can surf with a browser, connect to Windows Update, etc.

Any ideas about why Outlook 365 run on a Windows 10 guest wouldn't set up an IMAP account?

Re: Firmware Type Cannot Be Changed - Win7 x64

camner — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 03:56:30 GMT

Thanks both for your replies.

I DID convert from MBR to GPT first before adding the firmware=“Efi” line, and my disk is NOT encrypted.

Re: Firmware Type Cannot Be Changed - Win7 x64

camner — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:17:08 GMT

This did not work for me.

My VM started as a Win7 x64 system, and then when Win10 came out, I took advantage of the free upgrade to upgrade to Win10. So I don't have the ability to change the firmware type from within Fusion's settings.

I did the mbr2gpt changes, and added firmware="efi" to the .vmx file.

After spinning for a bit, I got this error message:

Operating System Not Found

Check your Startup Disk in the virtual machine settings. If you have not installed an operating system yet, you can choose an installation disc or disc image in the CD/DVD settings and restart the virtual machine.

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

camner — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:29:31 GMT

zhus' suggestion did not work for me. I checked in Privacy and there was nothing to approve.

I uninstalled VMWare Tools, shut down and rebooted the guest, and reinstalled VMWare Tools.

I still only get the 1024 x 768 resolution.

If this helps, what happens is this. When I first boot the guest, the VMWare screen shrinks to about a 3"x3" square (just as happens with my Windows 10 VM). Unlike the Win 10 VM, with my Mojave VM, the VMWare window stays at the small size after the VM finishes booting. At that size, the resolution is great...matches my 27" iMac. But if I resize the VMWare Fusion window, it grows proportionally (aspect ratio preserved), but, unlike the case with the Win 10 VM, it doesn't "flash" back to the correct resolution. In System Prefs-->Display, only the 1024x768 resolution is there.

Anything else to try?

Re: VMWare Fusion 10.0.1 doesn't see USB devices anymore

camner — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 03:59:16 GMT

Alas, this didn't work for me. I did get the message with the "Allow" button in Security and Privacy, but USB devices still do not appear.

Black screen after upgrading Win7 VM to Win10

camner — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 04:29:57 GMT

I successfully upgraded a Windows 7 VM to Windows 10. I was able to log into Windows 10 and set the preferences that I desired. I then powered down Windows 10 using the Start menu.

Upon restarting Windows 10, I get a black screen only...there is no logo, no anything on the screen.

I attempted to install VMWare Tools using the "Virtual Machine" menu in the host (Mac OS X), but it appears to be stuck, because there is is greyed out "Cancel VMWare Tools Installation" item where "Install VMWare Tools" used to be. It never gets past that point.

Re: static IP connection not working after import of Parallels vm into Fusion 8

camner — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 04:51:44 GMT

Well, it's accurate to say "welcome BACK to the Fusion community," because I went over to the "dark side" (Parallels) for a few years before returning recently (I had a problem 3 years ago with a VM that I couldn't troubleshoot and somehow the process of importing it into Parallels seemed to fix it). I've always had a slight preference for Fusion, and decided to come back when Fusion 8 came out.

There's no error message, just no internet connection.

After fooling around for a while, I did come up with a workaround, though I never did figure out what the problem was. I noted what the static IP address was while still in Parallels, reset the Parallels VM to DHCP, imported into Fusion, and then reset the network connection to static. That seemed to work for me.

Thanks for your reply.

Upgrading a Fusion VM converted from Parallels to Windows 10

camner — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:55:42 GMT

I recently imported a Parellels Windows 7 Professional virtual machine to Fusion 8. The conversion went well.

Now I would like to upgrade my Win7 Pro to Windows 10. When I click on the "Get windows 10" icon in the task bar, I get an error message returned that says I cannot install Windows 10 because of the presence of a "Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)" which is incompatible with Windows 10.

However, when I look in the Device Manager there is no Parallels Display Adapter and I have already uninstalled Parallels Tools (I did that before converting to Fusion).

I'm wondering if there is some vestige of the Parallels Display Adapter somewhere in the registry (or somewhere else).

How do I delete a device that doesn't show up (yes, I have tried showing hidden devices in Device Manager)? Is there a workaround for this issue?

static IP connection not working after import of Parallels vm into Fusion 8

camner — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 01:17:52 GMT

I am moving from Parallels 10 to Fusion 8, and I imported a Parallels 10 VM that had a static IP connection. After a successful import into Fusion, the VM had a DHCP connection that works perfectly. However, when I go to set a static IP address, the network connection is lost. The network settings are a bridged autodetect connection. I am sure that the IP address and subnet mask are set correctly.

Any troubleshooting ideas?

VMWare goes crazy after latest Windows 7 update

camner — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:27:37 GMT

My Windows 7 machine became virtually unresponsive after the latest windows 7 update...symptoms include:

a. slow down to a crawl (30 minutes to startup/shutdown/start an app, etc)

b. Getting "stuck" on shutting down or starting up (leaving it for a couple of hours and never completing the process)

So I got a backup copy of the VM from a couple of months ago, and the virtual machine seemed to operate flawlessly....until I went into Windows Update and updated the system per what WU told me were "required" updates. Then, same symptoms.

I can always, when it gets stuck, do a force shutdown. If I start up with "safe mode plus networking," the machine seems to start up quickly. If I startup again in "normal" mode, same sort of flaky behavior. Some times the system will start up and behave normally, most of the time not.

I'm running the VM under 10.6.8 with 8GB RAM (with 2.8GB allocated to the VM) and 1 core, if that helps.

Thanks for any help folks might be.

Re: VM unresponsive after migration from V3 to V4

camner — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:06:54 GMT

Update:

I think it may be a corrupt VM. I tried two things:

1. Taking a 4.x VM from another machine to the new Macbook Pro, and that VM worked just fine

2. Moving the 3.1.3 VM from the old laptop to my desktop Mac and trying to upgrade the VM to 4.x from there. No dice. Same symptom.

Odd.

VM unresponsive after migration from V3 to V4

camner — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:19:17 GMT

I have an XP VM that's been running on a MacBook under Fusion 3.1.3.

I just bought a new MacBook Pro, bought and installed Fusion 4.1.1, and I'm having trouble getting the VM to start.

1. I shut down the VM in version 3.1.3 on my MacBook.

2. I copied the Virtual Machines folder (containing the VM) to the MacBook Pro

3. I fired up Fusion 4, it asked me whether I wanted to upgrade the VM, I said "yes", and then I said "I copied it" when that question came up (I also have tried "I moved it," but the results are the same

4. The VM boots and I put my password into the XP VM, and then it took about 5 minutes to come up with the XP desktop.

5. The VM is virtually unresponsive. Whenever I try to click somewhere, it can take from 1 to 10 minutes for the click to be recognized. I've tried both the built in trackpad and a USB mouse.

I'm flummoxed here. I've successfully upgraded a different VM from version 3 to version 4 (on a different computer), without any problem.

I've allocated 2GB to the VM, and I have 12GB on the MacBook Pro, so memory should not be an issue.

The MacBook Pro is running Lion 10.7.3. The VM was originally created years ago under Fusion 1.x, then upgraded progressively to 2.x and 3.x and now 4.x. I've had no problem with earlier upgrades.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Loss of keyboard on host upon user switch

camner — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:29:26 GMT

I'm running Fusion 4.1.1 on a MacBook Pro under Snow Leopard 10.6.8. There are two users set up on the Mac. If I run Fusion when logged into one of the Mac users and the switch away from that user to the other user (if the other Mac user is logged in) using "Fast User Switching" I get no mouse on the Mac side! I can get the mouse back by using the keyboard to call up the "Force Quit Applications"...I don't actually have to force quit anything....just calling up that dialog seems to "reset" the Mac so it recognizes the mouse.

This is on a MacBook Pro, and both the trackpad and connected USB mouse are either both active or both inactive.

Anyone have any experience with this and can propose a solution other the kludge of calling up the "Force Quit" apps item?

VMWare Tools won't start!

camner — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:57:52 GMT

I have a Win7 guest under Fusion 4.x and I can't seem to start VMWare tools. I have installed/reinstalled several times, rebooted the guest, and the tools won't start. I've tried double-clicking on the VM grey icon in the quick start part of the taskbar and I have also right-clicked and selected "Open VMWare tools", all to no avail. I get a brief spinning cursor followed by nothing.

Any thoughts about how I should proceed?

Re: VM Fusion, Mac OS 10.7 (Lion), Mac OS 10.6 (anything with Rosetta)

camner — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:59:18 GMT

Yes, Rosetta is a technology that allows applications written for the Power PC CPU to run on modern macs with Intel processors.

Given your level of expertise you may want to seek some assistance with this...

There are a variety of ways of running both Lion and Snow Leopard.

Here's the simplest one I can think of for someone who isn't too technically inclined...

Method 1: (Doesn't involve Fusion)

Buy an external hard drive
Use a "cloning solution" (such as SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner) to copy your entire drive to the external drive
After checking that you are able to boot from the external drive, upgrade your internal hard drive to Lion

This way, every time you need to run the legacy app in Rosetta, you'll need to boot up from your external drive

Method 2: (Fusion) (this is harder)

Keep your internal hard drive with Snow Leopard and install a Lion client in Fusion using the information here: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1858249

This way, you'll be able to run Lion as a virtual machine and have access to Snow Leopard and Lion at the same time, without rebooting. Note though that the virtual Lion client won't run as quickly/well as if it were installed without virtualization.

Unfortunately, as has been discussed here a great deal, it is NOT possible to install a virtual machine using Snow Leopard client (normal version), because it violates Apple's licensing agreement.