vmware Archive

VMware: Changes To The vRAM Licensing Model

After stirring some emotions VMware has made changes to the vSphere 5 licensing model, the new changes should dissipate the bad rep VMware received for making the unwelcome changes. I can recall conversing with other IT Pros where they expressed interest in competing virtualization platforms because they found the changes...
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Disable VMware Workstation / Player from automatically connecting new usb devices

Meant for convenience, but annoying after a while, VMware enables by default the option to "Automatically connect new USB devices" on all virtual machines this means the VM will grab the USB device away from the Host OS and connect it to the running virtual machine. While convenient, just because...
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Where Is My VMware Workstation License Key Stored ?

This is a simple trick that may be of some use in the future. If you happen to forget your license key and don't want or can't login to the VMware site to retrieve it you can simply use Regedit the Windows Registry Editor, don't worry we wont change anything....
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VMware Player 3.0 is finally out and it’s loaded

I'm a bit late on this one but I could not let the opportunity to slip and congratulate VMware on the release of VMware Player 3.0 which brings useful new features to the table. It's a well deserved upgrade for what I consider to be the least talked about member...
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