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• The VMware Workstation Server service stopped with service specific error %-1.

  Hi, when I try to enable sharing in Workstation 8 GTR | Change | Preferences | Sharing virtual machines, I get an error Impossible to configure the workstation server. Check the event log, I found they were trying to start the VMware Workstation Server service that does not start (even when you try to start it manually) and the following error is recorded "the VMware Workstation Server service stopped with service specific error %-1." by the Service Control Manager. I found no additional cases related.

  Running on Windows 7 SP1 x 64. The port is set to 7443.

  I also tried to find a newspaper there instead of vmware, but neither found anything related; However I could have missed something.

  Thanks for all the ideas, what could be wrong and how to fix it.

  Hello

  I have Workstation 8.0.1 installed on two laptop computers each running Windows 7 SP1 x 64... the shared component of the virtual machine runs on one but not the other. On the machine that I have problems with I uninstalled Workstation and reinstalled - without success. What I ended up doing to replace the datastores.xml file in the Directory go (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\hostd) on the laptop with the problem with the file datastores.xml of the laptop that works - success! I knew that there was a problem with the file because I've been poking around and noticed that the datastores.xml file is not open for editing - it was corrupted.

  I have attached the file to this message.

  Change of the section at the location that you store your shared VM (be sure to not use a UNC, which breaks the service as well!).

  I hope this helps.

  Steve

• VMware Workstation 11 installation directory

  Greetings,

  I recently downloaded vmware workstation 11 64-bit path and installed on Windows 8.1, he moved to the path ' C:\program files (x 86)-"I don't know if its installation correct directory or not, but it is the default path. I ask this because especially the 64-bit application will move into "C:\program files", my computer works fine, but I uninstalled the thought of vmware workstation to choose the 64-bit version and enabled VT in BIOS and tried to reinstall, but sitill that it points to x 86 path. My laptop uses the Intel i7 with 16 GB of RAM.

  With respect,

  Guillet.

  Hi smgopinath,

  Behavior you saw (WS installed under "C:\program files (x 86) \") is as expected. Workstation UI is a 32-bit application and is installed by default in "C:\program files (x 86) \".

  So just, do not hesitate to use the workstation under the default path.

• VMWare Workstation does not stop is a virtual completely on Surface Pro 3 machine

  Hello

  I use VMWare Workstation 10.0.3 on my 3 Surface Pro I7 with 8 GB of memory. Most of the time when I suspend my virtual machine image he doesn't stop the virtual machine completely. The result is that I cannot supply or not more and even can't leave VMWare Workstation, because it says that the virtual machine is always busy. When I force to restart my computer and start VMWare Workstation virtual machine once again watch as suspended. What is good.

  This happens only on my Surface Pro 3

  Can anyone help?

  Best regards

  Evert

  Please this post in the forum of the workstation, it is now displayed at the forum of the workspace

• VMware Workstation 9 installation failed

  Signed in as an administrator and run the installation "as Administrator".

  Downloaded twice in case file has been corrupted.

  How to get:

  The MSI 'c:\users\administrator\AppData\Local\temp\\vmware_1350226415\vmwareworkstation_x86.msi' failed.

  Service "VMware Workstation Server" (VMwareHostd) could not be installed. Make sure you have sufficient privileges to install system services.

  This file has all the rights

  Is the following: "ALEX ~ 1.SYS ' really your admin account?

  Don t have a normal account with a name like "admin" or something? -I expect it works with such a name.

  The restore script failed - Please check if the permissions of the registry for HKLM\Software\VMware Inc. are always ok

• VMWare Workstation 9 - installation in silent mode

  Hello!

  Im trying to install VMWare Workstation 9 with a bat script.

  It is installed successfully, but it doesn´ttake the serial number of the script. I have to enter the serial number after installation manuelly 9 workstation to start a virtual machine.

  Here is my script:

  Msiexec /i "\\Path\vmwareworkstation_x64.msi" /qn REBOOT = REALLYSUPPRESS ADDLOCAL = ALL DESKTOPSHORTCUT = 1 SERIALNUMBER = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX".

  See you there all the failures?

  I hope someone has an idea...

  Welcome to the community,

  rather to extract the installation package and run the .msi file, you must run the .exe directly file with the permissions of the place. Please take a look at Re: SERIALNUMBER of VMware Workstation 8 property does not to see if that helps also with version 9.

  André

• VMware Workstation 8 - can't share a VM

  Hello

  I just installed VMware Workstation 8 on a Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit (I've had beta of VMware Workstation 8 and I uninstalled it before this new facility).

  The problem is that I can't share a virtual machine more. This feature is used to work but in the beta...

  Here is the message I get when trying to share the virtual machine (Edition-> Preferences-> sharing VMs):

  VMware Workstation cannot connect to the server of workstation

  I checked VMWare Workstation Server service and it is not started. I tried to start it manually (I also tried to change the account) but without success. I'm constanthy get:

  Windows could not start VMWare Workstation Server on the Local computer. For more information, see the system event log.

  I have in the Application event log:

  Would be blocked by an access protection rule (rule is in warning mode) (Virtual Machine Protection: prevent modification of VMWare Server files and settings).

  In the system event log, I have:

  The VMware Workstation Server service stopped with error 4294967295 (0xFFFFFFFF) special service.

  Please notify.

  Kind regards

  M.R.

  MR2001 wrote:

  Thanks for the link of the Tejas article, I don't understand however why do I need to reinstall Workstation 8? Can you please explain?

  Could you try anyway?  There is always the possibility that there could be bugs in the installer that caused the service not be installed and configured properly.

  In addition, when you try to start the service, could check to see if a file pass-# .log is created in the %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\hostd? (Since you were able to run the beta version on this system before, make sure you check the timestamps.)

• VMware workstation for the passage of the VCP4

  Hello

  I have a small question. I passed my VCP4 exam in August last year and I intend to go to VCP4 course later this year.

  I heard that each secure Channel will receive free VMware Workstation.

  I always receive VMware workstation free of charge after completing all requirements for VCP4? What version I will get 7 or 8?

  Thank you

  Pawel

  for VCP4, you will get a license Workstation7

• Failed installation of VMware Workstation 9 on new install of win 7

  I looked at the discussion of installation has failed VMware Workstation 9, verified that I am administrator, cleaned folder and looked at the registry and I'm still having problems.  The name of the account used is not Admin/Admin or anything close.

  This is a new installation today of windows 7 with all updates applied.  Avast is my anti-virus software.  The behavior does not change with it running or disabled.

  I think that the problem to be that KLM/Sofware/VMware Inc. does not appear.  I checked that I can create keys.

  "In my installs I've seen: message" failure of the MSI MSI "and once"the MSI MSI failed. "  Authorization of VMware (VMAuthService) failed to start service.

  Here are the logs from my last install.

  Can someone provide me with more information about the problem and how to get this installed?

  Thank you

  Finally got this resolved after many setup logs sent to VMware.  I came across the registry problems and VMAuthdServices fail to start due to software AV.

  In short, following http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031302 (KB1031302) is important as well as some comments from howellrj.  Here's what I did in detail and why during my various tests of installation:

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1031302

  1 I used the only account on the system, which did not have a name as owner, admin, administrator, which has administrator privileges

  2 wiped % TEMP % whenever I made an attempt to install

  3 MS KB 942288 not recommended for Win7 so I jumped

  4 no earlier version of VMware Workstation has been installed on the system, so I jumped

  5 ran http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651/en-us (MS KB2438651) whenever I made an attempt to install.  He has never found anything wrong

  6 was not running WinXP so I jumped

  7 has made run msconfig to disable all services and should follow https://support3.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1334 (Avast KB1334) to disable Avast self protection mode.  Even with Avast protection auto mode disabled and all the disabled Avast shields were always running and prevent.  The only way to clear the checkpoint was to remove Avast completely.

  8 I ran sfc/scannow before each installation to be sure.  No problems have ever been found.

  So, here is what I did to get the software installed successfully:

  An item copied to my system

  1 AV Installer on my system

  2 use FixIt of MS KB 2438651

  Disconnected the network B

  C restart the system with network not connected

  D removed Avast

  E to restart the system with network not connected

  1 erase TEMP

  2 Ran FixIt utility of MS KB 2438651

  3 ran sfc/scannow

  F install VMware Workstation

  G restart the system

  H check VMware Workstation starts

  I install Avast

  J stop the system

  K connecting to the network

  L reboot the system with connected network

  M update Avast

  N reconfigure Avast

• How to replicate laboratory installation class in your vmware workstation 7

  Hello

  I have completed vSphere install and configure the class last month, but because of the short time, I couldn't much laboratory class. I do lab myself I have top of the range laptop Toshiba Tecra A11-S3540 with i7 2.24 processor and memory of 8 GB. I installed vmware workstation 7 on my laptop and I have not all ESX software for installation and the official class lab manual.

  Is it possible I can do same laboratory within the workstation in a proper way. as do I make team or do I need to install individual ESX hosts within the workstation or I'm not real lab in my computer. I know it is not possible to reach every piece of laboratory class, but at least I can do some hands on via lab. I just want to learn through formal laboratory because I just finished my training as a classroom and everything is fresh in my mind.

  I can't buy expensive server to make the lab or my hands world real opportunity.

  Any help would be great.

  Thank you

  I used the following instructions http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/05/08/running-vsphere-within-workstation-will-take-up-a-lot-of-memory/

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• Are the installation DVD of Windows Vista Enterprise and installation DVD of Windows Vista other than company completely different?

  Installation DVD of Windows Vista business and Windows Vista DVD installation, other than the company

  Are the installation DVD of Windows Vista Enterprise and installation DVD of Windows Vista other than company completely different? If so, how are they different?

  Hello

  This edition targets the enterprise of the market segment: it includes a superset of the Vista Business edition. Additional features include support for packets from the Interface user multilingual (MUI), BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application-support. Not available through retail or OEM, this edition channel sale will get distributed through Microsoft Software Assurance (SA). Since Vista Enterprise classes as a benefit of Microsoft Software Assurance, it includes several benefits HIS only, including a license allowing the execution of up to four virtual machines running a mixture of editions of Vista and the versions [13], access to Virtual PC Express and activation via the VLK. [14] Vista Enterprise supports up to two physical processors. [7] 64-bit Enterprise supports 128 GB of RAM

  Windows Vista Enterprise made salient

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Windows-Vista-Enterprise-highlights

  Compare Windows Vista

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• installation of vmware workstation 6.5 on windows 10 error

  After you install vmware workstation 6.5 on windows 10 it gets error and restart. Is vmware workstation 6.5 support windows 10? FAILED TO INSTALL. vmware workstation 6.5 on windows 8, 8.1 and 10 support. ALL SUPPORT. I still don't understand...

  VMware Workstation 6.x do not support Windows 10 and will never support Windows 10.

  VMware Workstation 6.x reached "end of support" four years, October 1, 2011: Matrix.pdf product lifecycle

  We produce updates for release until its date of "end of support".  A product may not work properly with host OSes, processors or comments OSes that are not compatible with the product, especially the things that have been published after the date of "end of support".  We put a huge amount of effort to ensure that new hardware and operating systems works with each new major release of VMware Workstation, but we cannot go back and update any previous version of product to add support for all hardware and operating systems more recent.  If we tried to do this, VMware Workstation cost much more that it is today, simply because of the amount of work required to maintain!

  You need to upgrade your installation of VMware Workstation to something more recent, or downgrade your host operating system to a version compatible with VMware Workstation 6.5.

  I hope this helps!

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• Installation of VMWare Workstation 11 freezes with gray screen!

  Hello

  I know this is a very known issue, but difficult to solve, I can't install VMWare Workstation V11 (tried with the old version 8, the same) since as soon as I click Setup, I have a gray screen and installation seems suspended it.

  Tried the same thing with VMWare Player, same result, even with older versions...

  No way to close the gray screen, unless you kill the process.

  My case is laptop Thinkpad T510, native W7 64-bit, processor Intel i5, 4 GB ram, Java utility installed and 100% updated, Nvidia GPU, nothing strange.

  Microsoft Security essential only running, no other AV or firewall...

  I tried to save two files reading autour on this community, but this does not solve the problem.

  I see not what is a well known problem and it is absurd does not have a way to solve it on VMWare...

  Any help is very appreciated!

  Thank you very much

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  Denis Ferrari

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  problem solved right and - in my case - was a strange key with a small '' L '' name to cancel here:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\

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• Installation of VMWare Workstation 11.1.0 on Win 8.1 is THAT MSI will fail with the error "could not write value vmware - tray.exe for \software\microsoft\windows'currentversion\run-cles.

  Hi all

  The MSI failed with the error message as "could not write value vmware - tray.exe in \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows'CurrentVersion\Run key.  Make sure you have fufficient access to that key, or contact your support staff' while trying to install vmware workstation 11.1.0 in windows 8.1.
  I tried to call the installer with run as administrator but it does not help, please suggest me overcome this error.

  Hi Vincentand welcome to the VMware communities!

  This error indicates that you have some security software (antivirus or antimalware software) that protects the part of the registry.  Can you try to temporarily disable all security software on your host computer and see if the installation can move forward?

  See you soon,.

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• Installation of Windows Server 2003 on vmware workstation 9

  Hello

  I try to install windows server 2003 R2 x 64 edition as a guest OS on vmware workstation 9. But it gives me the time hard the same installation.

  First I had the

  "found no hard drives installed in your computer error.

  I was able to fix this by downloading it pilot vmware scsi. Now I get NTLDR is missing, restart the computer.

  
  

  I have install windows OS was frank. Anyone faced this problem. Please advise me? I have 2 CD (Cd1 and Cd2) of Windows server 2003 edition.

  
  

  Any help is appreciated

  
  

  Thanks in advance
  

  
  

  1 you shouldn't have to download all the drivers for the vHDD, as LSI Logic drivers are included in Windows Server 2003.  In other words, you have not selected correct SCSI (LSI Logic) controller.

  Now I get NTLDR is missing, restart the computer.

  Make sure that the disk is disconnected.