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Why am I using VMWare?

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Well, I have had to resort to VMWare. I don’t have anything against it really, I used to use it exclusively, but I would rather use an MS platform if it does what I need it to.

Unfortunately the  VPC version for Win7 does not support 64 bit guests and I run a bunch of DCs etc.. and need to have 2k8R2 ( Win7 Server ) as well - but Win7 Server dropped support for 32 bit versions.

So, I made and ISO of the setup files and download the latest VMWare player.. when I input the ISO file, I repeatedly get the following error and could not get past it. “VMWare player has stopped working” – would you like to debug? No… not now.

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Finally I came across this blog:

https://www.blogsdna.com/1918/how-to-install-windows-7-on-windows-xp-vista-using-vmware-player-complete-guide.htm

And I wondered why in the world he went to all that trouble? But, I figured he knew better, so instead of trying to specify an ISO in the initial setup, I created the VM with the Win7 options:

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Once I did that, I setup the CDROM as the ISO and that worked great!

Anyway.. in case someone else runs into it , maybe this post will help.

Oh, and if any VM guys are reading - I really would like to see VPC on Win7 support 64bit! :)

Spat

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 05, 2009
    Instead of VMWare try this http://www.virtualbox.org/

  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2009
    Ah nice tip - thanks.. Ill check it out. Are there some points as to why its better?

  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    December 09, 2009
    Dwight, since Steve is talking about VPC I assumed that he was not trying to run an Enterprise environment on a server. But rather trying to get a quick lab environment going on his laptop. In the latter case VirtualBox will do just fine.