VMware – Cannot Cut, Copy, or Paste to VM’s
Aug07

VMware – Cannot Cut, Copy, or Paste to VM’s

KB ID 0000515 Problem Ever since ESX 4.1 this feature has been disabled and you have been unable to paste to VM, VMware say in their own documentation: Source (Page 215 – ESX Configuration Guide ESX 4.1 vCenter Server 4.1). To turn this feature back ON you have a few choices. Please be aware: We are talking about copy and pasting TEXT to and from a guest VM NOT files and folders. Solution ESX Option 1 (Enable Copy and Paste to...

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Windows Server 2012 – Install Error
Nov17

Windows Server 2012 – Install Error

KB ID 0000618  Problem I thought I’d spin up Server 2012 today, and as usual with all new OS’s I run them up in VMware Workstation to take a look (I’m running Workstation 8.0.3 build-703057). As soon as it started up I was greeted by this. Your PC needs to restart. Please hold down the power button. Error Code: 0x0000005D Parameters: 0x000000000FEBFBFF 0×0000000020000800 0×0000000000000000 0×0000000000000000 Below is...

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Windows 8 Wont Run in VMware Workstation
Nov17

Windows 8 Wont Run in VMware Workstation

KB ID 0000506  Problem When attempting to power on a VM built with the Windows 8 (Developer preview) you will see the following: Error: *** VMware Workstation internal monitor error *** vcpu-0:NOT_IMPLEMENTED vmcore/vmm/intr/apic.c:1903 Please report this problem by selecting menu item Help > VMware on the Web > Request Support , or by going to the Web page”{URL removed”}. Please provide us with the log file...

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GNS3 – Network Cards Are Missing
Nov17

GNS3 – Network Cards Are Missing

KB ID 0000964  Problem Like most techies, I am always fiddling with things. One of my mottoes is “If you never break anything, you never learn how to fix things”. So after messing around with the networks in VMware Workstation (What I typically use for connecting GNS3 to either real machines, or the outside world). I lost the network connections in GNS3 and could not get them back. Seems like any new NICs that you add are...

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