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VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software package from VMware, Inc.

Mware Player can run existing virtual appliances and create its own virtual machines (which require a licensed operating system to be installed to be functional). It uses the same virtualization core as VMware Workstation, a similar program with more features, and not free of charge. VMware Player is available for personal non-commercial use, or for distribution or other use by written agreement.

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How to prevent TCP connection timeout when FTP'ing large file?

I am not able to FTP (retrieve) a large file from the Internet to my Linux VM. It times out after a while. The actual error is "Could not read reply from control connection -- timed out." This error occurs after a few minutes, after a good chunk of…
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VMware Player - Running as a Service

Is it possible to run VMware player as a Windows Service so that a user does not have to be logged in to have the player running?
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Can I use the free VMWare Player for work?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I was never good at reading and understanding commercial licenses, so I would like to ask a question. I just started working for a large company and I need to setup an…
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How do I set up an IP address on a Linux VM running in VM Player so I can access it from my Windows 7 host?

I have just installed an Openbravo appliance on my Windows 7 VM Player host. I am now staring at a command prompt that tells me to go to http://localhost to access the ERP system, but I cannot find any browser on the appliance. I am guessing I…
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Why is my VM disc file more than 2x bigger then the actual FS?

I'm having a VM with a small Debian 7 server inside a VMware Player VM. The Disc has a maximum size of 55 GB, the virtual machine properties show a current size of 46.5 GB. No other discs/volumes are mounted on the device, debian tells me the disc…
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Managing Virtual Machine Update and Distribution - Doing It Wrong?

I work for a software company. My department is responsible for (among other things) building and distributing VMWare virtual machines to members of our sales team, who then launch them using VMWare Player to run their product demonstrations for…
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Convert Amazon AMI to VMware image

How can I convert an amazon ami image to a vmware image I can run locally in vmware player?
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How to change a VM from split across multiple .vmdk files to a single one or two?

I have a VM with 3 partitions. One main one, one for swap space, one for storage. However, there are dozens of .vmdk files. Some of those .vmdk files are very large (over 1 GB), but the majority are just over 1 MB. I want to change this, so that…
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Can't ping host from vmware guest using bridged networking

Host is Windows 7 Guest is Ubuntu 11.04 Network adapter is wireless I can ping other computers on the network but not the host. No firewall are involved. Sniffing the traffic with wireshark it looks like both the host and the guest are using the…
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Is there a free virtual player for commercial use?

I have been looking at a range of virtual players: VMPlayer, VirtualPC, VirtualBox and few others. It's clear that VMPlayer is for home use only, but is there a free player that can be used commercially? We are interested in running Ubuntu server…
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Using VMWare to archive an old machine causes activation problems

I have a number of users who are migrating to new machines. I decided to try and use VMWare Converter + VMWare Player to try and image the old machines just in case they forget to migrate any files or settings. I've created an image, but when trying…
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Cloning a VPS into a local VM?

I've got a fun challenge for you all. A company I'm working with is setting up its development/release workflow and environments. The eventual production environment is a VPS hosted with a popular host running CentOS within a Virtuozzo…
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Physical to virtual, Unable to Re-Activate windows since it's Windows XP OEM. Willing to pay, what are my options?

I need to virtualize an IBM Laptop that one of the engineers at my company uses. The hardware is on it's last legs and setting up a new computer from scratch is not an option as it'd be too time consuming to reinstall and reconfigure all the…
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VMWare OVA file

I've received an .OVA file and I need to be aple to open/parse it. When I try to open it with VMware player, I get the following error: "Failed to open virtual machine: Failed to query source for information." When I try to open it with the…
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How to prevent virtual machines's copy

I'll have to deploy virtual machines on demo laptops, which will use Vmware player, but I've got some security concerns, as some data stored in the virtual machines are a bit sensitive. Is there a way to prevent the copy of these virtual machines ?…
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