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  1. Windows 8 Windows Developer Preview downloads

    It’s a great day for Windows enthusiastic and developers, Microsoft has released Windows 8 Developers Preview after the Windows 8 Build developers conference. The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. Windows Developer Preview with developer tools...
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    Installing Windows 8 Build 7989 on VMware.

    G'day. Just joined this forum and I love it. I downloaded Windows 8 Build 7989 and can I anyone tell me how to install it on my VMware? It asks me which host to install? Windows 7, Winodws Server 2008 etc. Can anyone please tell me? Filename: 6.2.7989.0.amd64fre.winmain.110421-1825.iso...
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    Windows 7 How to get my CanoScan D1250U2F scanner working in Windows 7 inc running virtual XP Pro

    Hi I have Windows 7 Home Premium, I can get Windows 7 Professional. I have an older machine, just retired with XP Pro. My hardly used Cannon 'Canoscan D1250U2F' scanner worked on XP Pro. Bought a new machine , installed Windows 7 Home Premium and could not find any 64 bit drivers...
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    new aussie forum of geniuses

    this new forum called Link Removed - Invalid URL is being built by some guys in australia... they have about 10 people a few guys and girls, all very expert in their fields... check it out and ask them some questions... we've got hardcore, windows and vmware guys, networking guys, then sports...
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    Windows 7 BSOD help !!!

    I'm using vmware and running 5 virtual machines (win2k3). Unfortunately, I double click on Black Ops, the game running and minimize to taskbar. Then I use Task Manager to end it and I got a BSOD. As I guest, it may because of Ram overloading. So any help would be very thankful. Specs...
  6. Unbuntu 11.04 and virtual machines

    I've tried to run Ubuntu 11.04 in Vmware Player and in Virtualbox, but neither really worked. VMware runs it fine, but doesn't pass on the video features that Unity needs to run, so the install defaults back to Gnome. Since one of my main reasons for trying it was to see if I liked Unity, this...
  7. VMware ThinApp offers a simple and safe way to run IE6 on Windows 7

    As much as I want IE6 to die, the truth of the matter is that not everyone can dump the aging web browser and move on to a later incarnation. There are a variety of reasons why enterprises are... More...
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    Windows 7 BSOD ON Startup

    I turned my PC on and a BSOD went by to fast to read. It did startup repair. It's HP d5000t Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with SP1 8 Gig ram. It also happened a few weeks ago. I since reverted to pre SP1 image and installed SP1 again. I suspect VMware Workstation may be involved they are having...
  9. A Chain of Fools: Updating Windows from DOS to Windows 7 [Video]

    I saw this "Chain of Fools" video yesterday that is brilliant in what it does. The producer uses VMware to show every update to Windows since the very first DOS release more than 20 years ago. It's fantastic in that it shows some of the more historic developments of the technology such as the...
  10. Charting the upgrade path from DOS 5.0 to Windows 7 (video)

    If you're old enough to remember tweaking your Autoexec.bat and tackling IRQ conflicts, days when launching Windows required typing "win" at a command prompt, prepare for a blast of nostalgia. YouTuber Andrew Tait (aka "TheRasteri") took a freshly minted VMWare instance and spent what looks to...
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    Windows 7 VM pubic access/ unidentified network - No Internet access

    I have a win7 (x64) platform with VM's to utilize several other OS's (linux based) which worked dandy up until yesterday when I had a short power outage. The win7 has perfect connectivity but the VM's do not. My VM which has always run as a public access/ unidentified network, has no internet...
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    Windows 7 Administrator Permissiion Problem

    As far as I know I have full administrative privileges and UAC is off. I am the sole user and this is the only account. I tried to install a new version of VMware Stand Alone Converter. I right clicked and ran as administrator. It asked about removing old version and I checked OK. It runs and...
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    Windows 7 Driver IQRL Not Equal or Less

    [SOLVED] Driver IQRL Not Equal or Less Hello, I have been having Blue Screens when trying to install VirtualBox and/or Hamachi. Install fails at the point where it tries to install network adapters. I had and was using vmware, however I was having problems with the network bridge. So I...
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    Windows 7 can't ping or view other network computers

    This laptop can access the internet and ping itself and the gateway, but can't ping other computers on the network. I am not using "HomeGroup" nor do I wish to. I had VMWare Workstation 7 and Comodo Internet Security 5 installed, but have since uninstalled them. I have the windows firewall...
  15. Migrating to Windows 7 with VMware View

    Managing the desktop estate has become a costly distraction for enterprise IT teams – especially with the advent of Windows 7. Explore the advantages of virtualising your desktop environment. Link Removed due to 404 Error
  16. Migrating to Windows 7 with VMware View

    Managing the desktop estate has become a costly distraction for enterprise IT teams – especially with the advent of Windows 7. Explore the advantages of virtualising your desktop environment. Link Removed due to 404 Error
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    Windows 7 Automatic login with blank fields. Now no login to Windows 7..

    Hello, I wanted to setup my PC so that it would automatically login to Windows 7. With previous versions of Windows, I have left the login and password fields blank. I assumed the same was the case with Windows 7. So I went to setup the automatic login. I chose my administrator account and...
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    Windows 7 VMware Guest With Avast

    I found out eventually after a lot of frustration that Avast running on the Guest causes problems when updating the VMware Tools. If you don't disable the shields before the update when you reboot Guest the screen will not size properly. I don't know about other antivirus products. Just thought...
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    Windows 7 VMware Player, The Easiest Way to Run a Virtual Machine

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    Windows 7 Run XP Mode on Windows 7 Machines Without Hardware Virtualization

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