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VMware Player is a virtualization product from VMWare that is free for personal use.

VMware Player is a streamlined desktop virtualization application that runs one or more operating systems on the same computer without rebooting.

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Can VMware PLayer Workstation (free) run multiple VMs at at time?

That may be a simple one, but I have several VMs created under VMware. I have a couple of versions of Windows as well as some installs ofdistros of Linux. My VMware player runs under Ubuntu Linux 16.04. The problem is that when I start the VMware…
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Vmware Workstation how to hide the top bar and still be able to use multiple monitor

I know how to enable multiple monitors. I know how to totally hiding that top bar. However, I don't know how to enable multiple monitors after hiding the top bar. In order to get into multiple monitors, so far I can find the only way is to use the…
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VMware 14 with macOS 10 don't recognize iPad 10.5

I have iPad pro 2017 Ubuntu 18.04 Lightning to USB Cable (from box) VMware player 14.1.2 (USB 2.0 selected in preferences and installed vmtools) macOS 10.13.6 When I first time connect iPad to PC, it ask is to trust to PC - I answered to yes, then…
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MySQL WorkBench failed to connect to Mysql at XXX.XXX.XXX with user root [Host to Vmware]

I installed mysql 5.6.20 in vmware win XP, While trying to connect the database from the host [windows 7] using MYSql Workbench. In vmware NAT is enabled. also with DHCP Failed to Connect to my sql at XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX with user root Advance Thanks
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Linux guest makes Windows host BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

When I start up my Linux VM (Xubuntu 14.04 aka Trusty) on VMWare Player (v6.0.3), my Windows host (Windows 7 pro x64) makes an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen of death. The fact is that BSOD occurs juste after selecting an entry in my guest's…
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How to connect to a webserver hosted on vmplayer guest os?

I am running a webserver (eg: tomcat7) in vmplayer guest, with NAT and I am able to view the webserver from guest using it's hostname:port but host browser is unable to connect to this webserver. Any idea? Is there any specific network configuration…
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WP8 emulator on Vmware player not running

I have created a vmware of windows 8.1 in order to develop a wp8 app. My pc specs : i7 2670 (2.2) 8 gb ram win 7 64 My VMware Player spec: 60 gb hdd 4 gb ram I have installed in the VMware Player visual studio 2012 update 4, and all the wp…
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Weird borders in VmWare Player Unity mode

I have a question concerning unity mode in Vmware Player. When I run apps in unity mode, they get an annoying gray border (first picture). This, in it self is just annoying. The problematic thing is that when I run it in maximized mode, the top…
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Port forwarding to a VMware machine via iptables

Linux server with virtual machine run by VMware Player. Within the server, Firefox can access the IP address of the virtual machine. Yet it is unreacheable from the outside world ("Connection reset" error). Iptables are configured…
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Clibboard exchange not working in VMware player 5

I have a Kubuntu 12.10 64bit as host and CentOS 6 32bit as guest system on VMware player 5 on a Dell Latitude E6510. Despite the installation of VMware tools, the clipboard exchange is not working. I use a very similar guest system within VirtualBox…
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vmware player not working properly for blackberry 10 dev alpha

I am trying to use the blackberry 10 emulator on my Core i3 laptop, but the performance is horrendous. I am using Windows 7 and the BB10 dev alpha simulator image. I am using the safe option when booting up BB, because without it there are weird…
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VMware: "Unexpected response from vmware-authd: 501 Global command GLOBAL server to non-host agent targets not supported"

I have VMware Server 2.0.1 and VMware mui 1.0.9 installed on a remote host. When I try to connect to the server (port 902) or to the mui (port 8333) I get the following error message: Unexpected response from vmware-authd: 501 Global command…
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ubuntu 11.10 login goes back to splash screen

I'm running ubuntu 11.10 on a vmware 4.0 player. I'm having a problem and hope you can help. When I log into the splash screen, ubuntu will take my password but promptly return me to the splash screen. This only happens with 1 user (another user…
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java socket program on VMware player : network unavailable

I am trying to test the connectivity between the local personal computer and the virtual machine by running a client-server socket program. here is what i am doing : 1) i am running the Kubuntu 10.10 on vm player. 2) Installed java 6 3) Ran a…
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When I install IX(https://github.com/ix-project/ix), I ran into problems

When I run make -sj64, the following errors occur: In file included from ../deps/dpdk/build/include/rte_ether.h:50:0, from ../deps/dpdk/build/include/rte_ethdev.h:185, from drivers/i40e.c:35: …
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