VMware Player 4.0.1 Released


  1. Airbot
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    VMware Player 4.0.1 Released


    VMWare Player 4.0.1 is released.


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    "What's New

    VMware Player 4.0.1 is a free update for all VMware Player 4 users. Highlights of VMware Player 4.0.1 functionality include:

    • Graphics performance and compatibility enhancements.
    • Ubuntu 11.10 is officially supported as a guest operating system.
    • Disk and memory management issues have been addressed.
    • Many customer-reported issues have been resolved.


    Resolved Issues

    The following issues are resolved in VMware Player 4.0.1.

    • Windows 7 guest installation failed after powering on the virtual machine with the error A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.
    • VMware Tools failed with the message VMware Tools unrecoverable error.
    • VMware Tools failed to start in Fedora 15 guests.
    • An Ubuntu 11.10 guest crashed with a signal 11 error if you installed or upgraded VMware Tools.
    • On hosts with Nvidia GeForce and Quadro video cards, some of the clouds in the Unigine Heaven Benchmark application were drawn solid black.
    • Easy Install did not properly function on Ubuntu 11.10.
    • CD/DVD mount Linux.iso failed while installing VMware Tools in Ubuntu 11.10 guests.
    • The AltGr key was not working in an Ubuntu guest in Unity mode when the host and guest keyboards were both set to a layout that contained the AltGr key."


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    VMware Player 4.0 Released
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  3. pparks1
    Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Let's hope they fixed the issue where you couldn't import XP Mode. I'm off to test.
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  4. pparks1
    Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Unfortunately, the conversion of XP Mode is still broken in this release.
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