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Category Archives: VMWare Workstation 6.5
Installing VMware Workstation on Windows 7
Posted by on October 27, 2009
You may recall I previously posted on problems installing VMware Workstation 6.5 on Windows 7, this problem seems to have been resolved with the upcoming VMware Workstation 7 which adds support for Windows 7 as a guest and as a host. You can download the Workstation 7 RC build here Release Build here and see the [...]
vSphere RC RAM Under VMware Workstation: How Low Can You Go?
Posted by on May 8, 2009
Getting ESX (in it’s various versions) to run under VMware Workstation has proven to be a very popular article on this blog, if you are a consultant who has to do product demos of VI3/vSphere or are studying for your VCP it’s a very useful thing to be able to do on your own [...]
Problem Installing VMWare Workstation on Windows 7
Posted by on January 13, 2009
I have tried to install the most recent build of VMWare Workstation (6.5.1 build 126130) on my Windows 7 beta (build 7000) machine, and it fails with an error 1935 An Error occurred during the installation of assembly component {0BAE132A2- etc. etc. etc. HRESULT: 0x8007054F Ah well, it’s still beta – guess there [...]
Workstation VMs loose network connectivity
Posted by on October 1, 2008
I’ve had a problem recently with VM Workstation on my laptop, both with previous beta versions and the current RTM build. My Windows XP Virtual machine that I use to run Outlook via Unity (and indeed all VM’s on my laptop) loose network connectivity via the host occasionally, this seems to affect VM’s configured [...]
VMWare Workstation 6.5 Release
Posted by on September 30, 2008
I’ve been running the beta versions for a while and have been impressed with the new Unity feature; finally matching what Parallels for the Mac has had for ages. my previous posts here and here and how it is particularly useful for running more than one version of Outlook. As ever, clean uninstall of [...]
VMWare Workstation 6.5 Release Candidate Build 110068
Posted by on August 28, 2008
There is a new build available for VMWare Workstation, I’ve installed it on my Vista laptop; definitley seems a lot faster and unity is pretty slick now at screen refreshes. Flawless uninstall/reinstall as per usual VMWare standards… it’s almost there! Unity icon has now changed to a rather nasty pinkish colour and
PSOD – Purple Screen of Death
Posted by on July 8, 2008
Just incase you ever wondered what it looks like here is a screendump.. this is the VMWare equivalent of Microsoft’s BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) I got this whilst running ESX 3.5 under VMWare Workstation 6.5 build 99530, it happened because I was trying to boot my ESX installation from a SCSI hard disk – [...]
VMWare Workstation 6.5 Beta 2 – my experiences
Posted by on July 3, 2008
I’ve installed the updated build of 6.5 as Eric discussed here; first impressions Unity works much, much better – less screen jitter and flashes of guest desktop – performance definitely improved too and makes my multi Outlook setup much nicer to use. Also noted that the unity icon has changed colour from red to [...]
Running ESX 3.5 and 3i Under VMWare Workstation 6.5 Beta Build 91182
Posted by on May 18, 2008
Following on from my earlier post I upgraded my installation to the new build of 6.5. it un-installed the old build and re-installed the latest without a problem, took about 30mins and required a reboot of the host OS. All my previously suspended XP/2003 VM’s resumed ok without a restart but needed an upgrade [...]
New VMWare Workstation 6.5 Build(s) and ability to run ESX 3.5
Posted by on May 18, 2008
As a result of this post from Eric Sloof I note there is a new build of Workstation 6.5 available; I hadn’t noticed this as I haven’t had much time to follow the forums and my beta/RC (as used in this post and installed here is build 84113) hasn’t notified me there is a [...]
