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Did you know that you can download FREE, already configured servers from the Internet, then run them on your Windows XP/2003 or Linux VMware computer? These servers can do some amazing things, they are free, and they can be up and running in minutes. Let’s find out how… Read more: Updated for 2013 – Top…

In our article on How to Install VMWare Server, we encountered an error on installation about the VMWare Web Service. In this article, we will learn how to resolve that error and get the VMWare web server started. In the installation, we received the error that the install could not start the VMware Management Interface…

In using VMware Server, sooner or later you will have a need to script the startup and shutdown of VMware Servers. You may want to do this for backup purposes or just to be able to run a script that can quickly stop or start virtual servers without bring up the VMware administrative application. Let‘s…

Have you seen 64-bit versions of popular operating systems any applications? Perhaps you would like to try out these 64-bit editions. VMware is the ideal test bed to do this but what is required? Let’s find out how to make it work… Running a 64-bit VM Guest on your 32-bit CPU? There are a ton…

As soon as you begin using VMware Servers in a production environment you will have a need for remotely managing those VMware servers. Sure you could use remote desktop or something but there are much better tools. As the number of servers grows, the need will grow for a remote management application to administer those…

VMware Workstation and Server uses virtual disk files as the disk drives for virtual machines. These files (ending in .vmdk) are just files on the host’s hard drive. There are a number of scenarios where you would want to mount these virtual disks on the host operating system. Perhaps you want to transfer a file…

VMware Server is the perfect place to test Microsoft Windows Vista. That is because VMware Server is free to download and you don’t want to install Vista over your existing operating system. Vista is a significant upgrade to Windows XP and there are so many changes. In the perfect world, installing Vista under VMware would…

Without the VMware tools being installed, running any guest OS in VMware is more painful. You don’t get the mouse synchronization that is so valuable, as well as a number of other performance options. Let’s learn how to install these important tools in your VMware Server Linux Guest OS. What are the VMware Tools? In…

VMware tools are not required to be installed in any guest operating system that has been virtualized by VMware. However, 99% of all VMware users do install vmware tools. Let me tell you why. VMware tools provide the following: Improved video performance Mouse synchronization with the host operating system so that you don‘t have to…

Most of you out there don’t like to “read the instructions”, I know. However, this article isn’t just going to explain how to install VMware server step by step but also help you to know the “gotchas” when installing VMware server. Before You Install… NOTE: This article is based on VMware Server 1.x VMware Server…

With VMware Server, you run virtual guest operating systems inside a host operating system. Because you are running multiple operating systems on a single server, you can imagine that the performance of that host system will be pushed to the maximum. You need to get every ounce of performance you can out of your system….

With VMware Server, you run virtual guest operating systems inside a host operating system. Because you are running multiple operating systems on a single server, you can imagine that the performance of that host system will be pushed to the maximum. You need to get every ounce of performance you can out of your system….