Windows XP guest VM boot delay in BIOS on VMware ESX
If you are VMware ESX user you must be aware of Windows XP guest VM booting issue that only happens during Windows XP installation.
If you are first time installing Windows XP guest VM on VMware ESX then you will notice instead of booting from CDROM new Windows XP guest VM gets into network boot.Windows XP [...]
Solved: Cannot find network card in Windows XP guest on VMware ESX
I learned some tricks while doing my first Windows XP guest OS installation on VMware ESX 3.5 server. I managed to install the Windows XP virtual machine you can read some solution here if your Windows XP setup cannot find the hard disk during installation. When my Windows XP installation completed i run into another [...]
VMware Fusion 2 for MacOS for $39.99
Mac OS X VMware Fusion 2 for $39.99
VMware Fusion 2 allows Mac OS X users to double the number of virtual CPU’s that can be assigned to guest virtual machine. VMware Fusion 2 also offers experimental support for 4-way vSMP virtual machines.If you are a Mac user and want to run Microsoft Windows Operating [...]
Fixed VMware Error Failed to create journal File provider
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Last week while working doing new VMware View setup i was deploying some Windows XP desktops running as VMware ESX guest , i noticed some weirdness.
I received this error when i was deploying Windows XP workstation from VMware Virtual Center :
A general error [...]
Windows 7 (beta) install on VMware
I have been hearing lot of speculation on Windows 7 release date since last year.
We are already in 2009 and i hope to see Windows 7 coming out either mid of this year or no later than end of this year. I have been looking for Microsoft Windows 7 pre-release version for long time finally [...]
Cannot install VMware View 3 agent on Windows XP/Vista VM
For enabling Windows XP/Vista VMware virtual machines to be accessible using VMware View portal you would need to install VMware View agents on the base (master) Windows VM used in desktop pool.
I ran into some permission issues while installing VMware View agent on base Windows XP image. If you are unable to install VMware view [...]
Linked clones in VMware View 3
What are Linked clone desktops ?
Linked clone desktops are virtual desktops that can be created using VMware View Composer from a single base image and use considerably less storage space than non linked clone desktops.
Because each linked clone virtual machine is cloned from a common source, desktops in the pool can be deployed extremely rapidly [...]
Fix NTLDR is missing in Windows Vista
One fine morning when i was booting my Dell running Windows Vista ultimate i didn’t realize that a surpise is waiting for me. I opened my DELL Studio 17 Laptop and powered it on guess what…. Windows Vista running on my Dell laptop failed to boot and i was greeted with this error [...]
