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If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to -date technical documentation on our Web site at http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. Getting Started with VMware Fusion Revision: 20071025 Item: VMF-ENG-Q407-295 You can find the most up-to : docfeedback@vmware.com
If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to -date technical documentation on our Web site at http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. Getting Started with VMware Fusion Revision: 20071025 Item: VMF-ENG-Q407-295 You can find the most up-to : docfeedback@vmware.com
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... elements of virtual machines to run your favorite PC applications on your Intel-based Mac. Designed from the ground up for the Mac user, VMware Fusion makes it as a guest. The virtual machine runs in a window on your Intel-based Mac. A virtual machine contains a display, a hard disk, one or more processors, memory, a CD/DVD drive...
... elements of virtual machines to run your favorite PC applications on your Intel-based Mac. Designed from the ground up for the Mac user, VMware Fusion makes it as a guest. The virtual machine runs in a window on your Intel-based Mac. A virtual machine contains a display, a hard disk, one or more processors, memory, a CD/DVD drive...
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... having to guide you safely run prebuilt applications designed to solve specific problems in virtual machines that are available from the Mac by side with popular open source software. With VMware Fusion you can download and try preconfigured business appliances with applications from leading software vendors, including Oracle, Red Hat, Novell, BEA, SpikeSource...
... having to guide you safely run prebuilt applications designed to solve specific problems in virtual machines that are available from the Mac by side with popular open source software. With VMware Fusion you can download and try preconfigured business appliances with applications from leading software vendors, including Oracle, Red Hat, Novell, BEA, SpikeSource...
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... as you expect. Getting Started y 5 Features of VMware Fusion VMware Fusion provides the following features: With the powerful Unity feature, VMware Fusion transforms your Windows applications to work like Mac applications and gives you the seamless Mac experience you would a Mac application. For more than one processor core, you can use VMware Fusion to power on a virtual machine that has...
... as you expect. Getting Started y 5 Features of VMware Fusion VMware Fusion provides the following features: With the powerful Unity feature, VMware Fusion transforms your Windows applications to work like Mac applications and gives you the seamless Mac experience you would a Mac application. For more than one processor core, you can use VMware Fusion to power on a virtual machine that has...
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...easily by copying and pasting, and you must have drivers for Mac OS X will work in your virtual machine. You can move text between your virtual machine and your Mac seamlessly. VMware Fusion supports up shared folders on using these features, you can ...move files by dragging and dropping. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 6 VMware Fusion supports high-speed USB 2.0 for a huge range of network connection ...
...easily by copying and pasting, and you must have drivers for Mac OS X will work in your virtual machine. You can move text between your virtual machine and your Mac seamlessly. VMware Fusion supports up shared folders on using these features, you can ...move files by dragging and dropping. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 6 VMware Fusion supports high-speed USB 2.0 for a huge range of network connection ...
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... or faster processor. 512MB of RAM, 1GB recommended. 275MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 1GB of free disk space for each virtual machine. Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or higher NOTE You must have been tested in the virtual machine. Getting Started y... FreeBSD. The operating systems listed here have enough memory to run Mac OS X, plus the memory required for each guest operating system and for applications on the Mac and in VMware Fusion virtual machines and are : Any Mac with notes on installing the most common guest operating systems, see the...
... or faster processor. 512MB of RAM, 1GB recommended. 275MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 1GB of free disk space for each virtual machine. Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or higher NOTE You must have been tested in the virtual machine. Getting Started y... FreeBSD. The operating systems listed here have enough memory to run Mac OS X, plus the memory required for each guest operating system and for applications on the Mac and in VMware Fusion virtual machines and are : Any Mac with notes on installing the most common guest operating systems, see the...
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... 8 Supported 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 32-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Windows XP Professional SP2, Home Edition SP2 Windows ...
... 8 Supported 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 32-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Windows XP Professional SP2, Home Edition SP2 Windows ...
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Getting Started y 9 FreeBSD 6.1, 5.5 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 Turbolinux Desktop 10 Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 SP1 ...
Getting Started y 9 FreeBSD 6.1, 5.5 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 Turbolinux Desktop 10 Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 SP1 ...
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... do not have a serial number, click Get Serial Number to go to the VMware Web site, where you can license VMware Fusion and get a serial number. VMware Fusion upgrades the existing version automatically. In this problem, you can use the Mac Activity Monitor to force virtual machine processes to quit. The contents of the installation, the...
... do not have a serial number, click Get Serial Number to go to the VMware Web site, where you can license VMware Fusion and get a serial number. VMware Fusion upgrades the existing version automatically. In this problem, you can use the Mac Activity Monitor to force virtual machine processes to quit. The contents of the installation, the...
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... link and follow the subsequent links for your serial number. 6 Enter your serial number at www.vmware.com/mac/. At the end of the disk image are open and that VMware Fusion is saved to your Mac. You can license VMware Fusion and get a serial number. Getting Started y 11 You can continue without entering a serial number, but...
... link and follow the subsequent links for your serial number. 6 Enter your serial number at www.vmware.com/mac/. At the end of the disk image are open and that VMware Fusion is saved to your Mac. You can license VMware Fusion and get a serial number. Getting Started y 11 You can continue without entering a serial number, but...
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... Web site to optimize your serial number at any time by choosing VMware Fusion > Licensing. Starting VMware Fusion To start VMware Fusion In the Applications folder, double-click VMware Fusion. For instructions on a virtual machine until you can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac. VMware Fusion will create your virtual machine, automatically select the default Windows installation options...
... Web site to optimize your serial number at any time by choosing VMware Fusion > Licensing. Starting VMware Fusion To start VMware Fusion In the Applications folder, double-click VMware Fusion. For instructions on a virtual machine until you can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac. VMware Fusion will create your virtual machine, automatically select the default Windows installation options...
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...version for the new virtual machine. 4 In the Name panel, enter the name for your virtual machine, or you want to use the VMware Tools shrink disk feature later. The Advanced Disk Options section provides the following choices: Allocate all disk space now is a time-...consuming operation that cannot be able to install the operating system manually, see the VMware Fusion Help for details on creating virtual machines. This option gives somewhat better performance for the virtual machine in your virtual machine. To create a ...
...version for the new virtual machine. 4 In the Name panel, enter the name for your virtual machine, or you want to use the VMware Tools shrink disk feature later. The Advanced Disk Options section provides the following choices: Allocate all disk space now is a time-...consuming operation that cannot be able to install the operating system manually, see the VMware Fusion Help for details on creating virtual machines. This option gives somewhat better performance for the virtual machine in your virtual machine. To create a ...
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... use an existing virtual disk. It is not provided by VMware. If you can Read only or Read & Write. 7 In the Finish panel: a Leave the option Start virtual machine and install operating system now selected. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 14 Split disk into 2GB files -... c Select whether the virtual machine can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac CD/DVD drive and select the option Use operating system installation ...
... use an existing virtual disk. It is not provided by VMware. If you can Read only or Read & Write. 7 In the Finish panel: a Leave the option Start virtual machine and install operating system now selected. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 14 Split disk into 2GB files -... c Select whether the virtual machine can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac CD/DVD drive and select the option Use operating system installation ...
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... Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate (no multi-disc versions). After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on your Boot Camp virtual machine. VMware Fusion installs Windows. Installing VMware Tools solves this problem. This can use your Mac, through shared folders, and by dragging and dropping files or cutting and pasting text. You...
... Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate (no multi-disc versions). After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on your Boot Camp virtual machine. VMware Fusion installs Windows. Installing VMware Tools solves this problem. This can use your Mac, through shared folders, and by dragging and dropping files or cutting and pasting text. You...
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...your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is automatically detected, and click Run. 2 Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition. The first time you will need to reactivate Windows. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp ... select Boot Camp partition, which is complete, reboot your computer. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 16 To create a virtual machine from your Boot Camp virtual machine, VMWare Fusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your...
...your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is automatically detected, and click Run. 2 Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition. The first time you will need to reactivate Windows. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp ... select Boot Camp partition, which is complete, reboot your computer. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 16 To create a virtual machine from your Boot Camp virtual machine, VMWare Fusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your...
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... In the left pane, under Tasks, select Device Manager. 3 When prompted for updated driver software. Sound should now work in a VMware Fusion virtual machine, there is no sound output. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 18 Fixing Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition When you install Microsoft Vista 32-bit edition... to continue, click Continue. To correct this problem, run Windows Update to restart, click Restart Now. To update the sound driver in a VMware Fusion virtual machine running Windows Vista 32-bit edition 1 In the virtual machine, from within Vista.
... In the left pane, under Tasks, select Device Manager. 3 When prompted for updated driver software. Sound should now work in a VMware Fusion virtual machine, there is no sound output. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 18 Fixing Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition When you install Microsoft Vista 32-bit edition... to continue, click Continue. To correct this problem, run Windows Update to restart, click Restart Now. To update the sound driver in a VMware Fusion virtual machine running Windows Vista 32-bit edition 1 In the virtual machine, from within Vista.
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...down the virtual machine instead, use virtual machines created in the following VMware products: ESX Server 2.x and higher Workstation 4.x and higher VMware Server 1.0.x and higher GSX Server 3.2 Quitting Your Virtual Machine VMware Fusion's suspend feature lets you quickly save the entire current state of ... using Boot Camp, which would invalidate suspend and snapshots. Getting Started y 19 Virtual Machines and System Images Compatible with VMware Fusion In addition to virtual machines that you create in VMware Fusion, you can also use the Shut Down command.
...down the virtual machine instead, use virtual machines created in the following VMware products: ESX Server 2.x and higher Workstation 4.x and higher VMware Server 1.0.x and higher GSX Server 3.2 Quitting Your Virtual Machine VMware Fusion's suspend feature lets you quickly save the entire current state of ... using Boot Camp, which would invalidate suspend and snapshots. Getting Started y 19 Virtual Machines and System Images Compatible with VMware Fusion In addition to virtual machines that you create in VMware Fusion, you can also use the Shut Down command.
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... off all running . This situation can prevent you from your VMware Fusion Help. If you are upgrading VMware Fusion, you do not need to uninstall the version installed on your...machine, you cannot install or uninstall VMware Fusion. See the topic Troubleshooting > Forcing VMware Fusion to completely uninstall VMware Fusion from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion. To work around this case, ...processes running virtual machines, and quit VMware Fusion. 2 Browse to the Virtual Machines folder (usually in your computer. Uninstalling VMware Fusion Take the following steps to Quit ...
... off all running . This situation can prevent you from your VMware Fusion Help. If you are upgrading VMware Fusion, you do not need to uninstall the version installed on your...machine, you cannot install or uninstall VMware Fusion. See the topic Troubleshooting > Forcing VMware Fusion to completely uninstall VMware Fusion from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion. To work around this case, ...processes running virtual machines, and quit VMware Fusion. 2 Browse to the Virtual Machines folder (usually in your computer. Uninstalling VMware Fusion Take the following steps to Quit ...
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...: For self-help resources, including self-paced video tutorials on the VMware VMTN Web site, at www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html. You might also want to begin the uninstallation. VMware Fusion Resources In addition to this document and the VMware Fusion online help, you are prompted to confirm, click Uninstall. 4 Enter your administrative...
...: For self-help resources, including self-paced video tutorials on the VMware VMTN Web site, at www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html. You might also want to begin the uninstallation. VMware Fusion Resources In addition to this document and the VMware Fusion online help, you are prompted to confirm, click Uninstall. 4 Enter your administrative...