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Old 06-17-2009   #3 (permalink)
dlhayes


 
 

Re: XP won't run any .exe starting with VM !??!



"VanguardLH" wrote:
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> dlhayes wrote:
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> > Freaky.. My VMware stopped working without notice. I uninstalled the
> > VMplayer and attempted reinstalling, to my shock, I didn't have permission to
> > install. Following attempts showed no warnings. Tricked the reinstaller by
> > renaming it to 'player.exe' and it worked. VMWare player still didn't work,
> > changed the VMplayer.exe to Mplayer.exe and it opened, but subsequent
> > services it calls (VMdns.exe, VMservices.exe etc) can't be opened. I change
> > notepad.exe to vmnotepad.exe and it fails. How on earth? Anyone hazard a
> > guess? Malbytes shows up clean.
>
> You are asking about VMWare (just the Player?). You are asking in a
> VirtualPC newswgroup. So why are you trying to run VMware Player inside
> a virtual machine managed by VirtualPC?
>
OK wrong group.. it's a Windows issue related to Virtualisation and I don't
know where else to start. It's a VMplayer or any other file with VM*.exe on
my real machine. I was hoping that someone might have had a clue as to why
this is occurring or how to stop it. Point me to another group if you know
where.
thanks

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