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VMware Beta and Direct Launch

Last night I noticed that there are new betas out for VMware Workstation (v7.1) and Player (v3.1). While there are several new features, one in particular caught my eye:

Direct Launch: Blur the distinction between running native and virtual applications by launching an application installed in a virtual machine directly from the start menu or taskbar

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VMware Player and REALLY Long Startup

I thought I’d hit most of the potential VMware Player challenges by now (most recently network configuration) but I’ve been wrestling with a new issue for a while now. It was only happening on one particular laptop, but it had me thoroughly stumped for way too long.

The install would go fine, but once completed the

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VMware Player is more than a Player

I’ve mentioned VMware Player here a lot in the past and always with the caveat that while it is great to run virtual machines, it can’t create them (without hacks). After all, the name is “Player” right?

That all changed when version 3 of Player was released last month.

Here’s section of the Player “home” screen. Can

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VMware Player 3.0 and Network Configuration

I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features.

I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up. I ran into a snag pretty quickly though. Seemed that the

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VMware Upgrade Policy Disappoints

I’m miffed. Darned close to full snit, actually.

A month and a half ago I bought VMware Workstation 6.5. The sale was just too good to pass up and I had a 30 day trial winding down. The timing was perfect and I was glad to make the purchase.

Shortly after that I ran into a bug.

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