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Resolved: Choosing between XP Mode and VMware for development on Windows 7 #it #dev #fix

Choosing between XP Mode and VMware for development on Windows 7

I’m a programmer, and am about to upgrade to a new Windows 7 machine (quad, 4GB). Problem is some of my dev tools (e.g. PowerBuilder) do not support 7. I’m thinking about using either XP Mode or VMware as the dev platform for such tools. I’ve never used 7 or VMware, and have wondered:

Is there a difference in terms of performance…

How to: What software is available to simulate a LAN? #computers #programming #fix

What software is available to simulate a LAN?

I’ve been using VMWare to simulate a simple LAN (a DC and several workstations hosted on a single machine). The LAN will be used as a test environment for software that is currently in development.

Although the current requirement is simply to provide a virtual LAN, it would be ideal if we could also simulate various problems that might be…

Fixed: VMware Workstation: how to reduce .vmdk maximum size #fix #computers #it

VMware Workstation: how to reduce .vmdk maximum size

I have a 150 GB disk file (.vmdk, non pre-allocated) where my virtual machine is stored.

The file is currently 20 GB, but it is growing everyday, even though I’m not storing anything new in the guest file system.

I have been looking for hours for a way to reduce the maximum size of this disk, so that it never gets to 150 GB (I’d like to set…

How to: Will setting up a VM with more than 1 cpu/ core actually improve performance? #computers #fix #dev

Will setting up a VM with more than 1 cpu/ core actually improve performance?

When I use VMware workstation I can set the VM with multiple cores. I am actually using it on a machine with dual core and 4 logical cores. So would I really improve the VMS performance by using more cores on the VM?

Answer [by Shane Madden]: Will setting up a VM with more than 1 cpu/ core actually improve performance?

How to: Can I completely hide toolbar in VMware Workstation? #programming #computers #development

Can I completely hide toolbar in VMware Workstation?

I have been experimenting with VMware workstation. When I autohide the toolbar at the top, it leaves a 1 pixel sliver. While this is functional, my OCD is bugging me. Is there a way to totally hide the toolbar?

Answer [by William Hilsum]: Can I completely hide toolbar in VMware Workstation?

If this is a desktop machine, you can try adjusting…

Fix: How can I connect to a web server running in a VM when the VM is in NAT mode? #programming #solution #fix

How can I connect to a web server running in a VM when the VM is in NAT mode?

I’ve got a development webserver on an Ubuntu box inside of VMWare Workstation 7.1.3. I’d like to run a web browser on a Windows machine (the host OS) for actually testing a web page I’m working on hard to run IE tests in Ubuntu :)

However, if I simply try to ping the IP given to the ubuntu VM (192.168.83.137) (or open…

Answer: Clipboard operations (copy/paste) often stop working on VMWare Workstation #solution #fix #computers

Clipboard operations (copy/paste) often stop working on VMWare Workstation

I have a dual-screen set-up with a Windows host and a Linux virtual machine.

Windows Host: Windows 7 x64, VMware Workstation (8.0.5, most recent) Linux VM: CentOS 6.4 x64 (most recent) + VMware Tools (most recent)

The shared clipboard feature is of great importance to me. I often copy commands from the Windows host into…

How to: Use Synaptics Touchpad Scroll in VMware Guest #development #computers #it

Use Synaptics Touchpad Scroll in VMware Guest

I would like to use Synaptics “Two-Finger Scrolling” inside a VMware guest.

It works as expected on the host but VMware does not seem to support it. The mouse cursor changes to indicate that scrolling is active but the VMware guest will not respond to it.

VMware Workstation 7.1

Host and Guest OS: Windows 7 (64bit)

Synaptics Driver 15.0.9.0

Device is…