Comments on: Windows 7 & VMWare Workstation Problems

By: D Last Born

D Last Born — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:41:36 +0000

Am using win 7 and insatall Vmware 6.5, and install xp in it and its wireless is working..

Steps:
1-At the Menu bar of the Vmware select edit>>Virtual Network Setteing
2-At Virtual Network Editor select Host Virtual Network Mapping
3-Change the Vmnet1: or Vmnet2: and select you wireless device, then apply and ok then close.
4.Before starting starting the Virtual Machine, under devices>>Ethernet edit it and select cutom then select which Vmnet represent your wireless drive>>then ok. and start the wm..

Best of luck thu its wrks for me...if you dont understand..add me ml_junior1@yahoo.com

By: mostafa_said_eg16

mostafa_said_eg16 — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:41:34 +0000

i have problem in vmware with win7 ultimate in first time i install win7 it work very good then after that when windows make updates the program not started and not install when i press double click don't take any action with yes no and if i try more times that error was say:Windows cannot access the specified device,path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. and need a solution for this problem please

By: AndrewWoody

AndrewWoody — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:12:39 +0000

I've not tested this but I understand this has been fixed in a later release and in VMWare 7. I know of a few people now working with NAT on a Windows 7 box with no problems.

By: Pride Grimm

Pride Grimm — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:09:51 +0000

I had the same issue, I thought my computer was toast, and I was going to have to do a clean install. I have windows 7, 64-bit. Installed vmware player, rebooted, and all my user accounts were disabled. any word on a solution?

By: FrustratedJP

FrustratedJP — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:13:33 +0000

I have similar problems. Laptop 1 with Win7Pro x64 host and two guest Win 2008R2 x64 and laptop 2 with WinPro7 x64 host and two Win7Pro x64 guests. Using Linksys WRT160N wireless router with DHCP disabled and a Linksys RV016 with DHCP enabled. I configured VMNet0 for autobridge and disabled VMNet1 and VMNet8. Everything runs fine EXCEPT each host cannot see it's guests and those guests cannot see their host – but everybody sees everything on the opposite laptop.

With suggestions from another site I moved to wired connections and “almost” everything works OK. The only thing that doesn't work is that each host does not see their own guests in the Windows Explorer Network folder, but it is possible to Map drives without problem.

I can go back and forth between wired and wireless and the problem follows repeatably! I have diligently checked/upgraded drivers, firmware, etc in both laptops and in the routers – all to no avail.

My resolution after a week of playing/crying was to go out and buy a $40 small switch and bypass the wireless altogether — pretty crappy solution, but it happens to work for my lab/test environment right now!

By: Rookie

Rookie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:17:03 +0000

Could you perhaps elaborate a little more in what you actually had to do to get this to work?
I can't find anyway to set anything for WMNET0 at all.
Also, what NAT config are you refering to?

By: AndrewWoody

AndrewWoody — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:37:02 +0000

Found a solution, you need to manually select the wireless adapter for the VMnet0 connection.

By: Dan T.

Dan T. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:22:14 +0000

In terms of your networking issues you can work around this using a usb wireless adapter connected to the image through VMWare. I have tested this and confirmed it to work.

By: raymond

raymond — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:08:48 +0000

Hi ,

I also hitting the same problem , vmware 5.6 guess with Window 7..

Wireless not working , hence i try to plug a long cable to my Wireless route which is on other side of the room..

Any fixes ??

By: Andrew Woodward

Andrew Woodward — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:37:00 +0000

Windows Installation problems look to have been resolved:

All down to the SQM Client which is part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program and HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/20/fix-msi-installer-or-windows-update-causing-explorer-stopped-working-and-restart-in-windows-7/

http://chris123nt.com/2009/01/18/sqm-client-causing-crashing-in-windows-7/