VMware Workstation 8 Archive
16 Feb 2012
Managing Guest Isolation in VMware Workstation 8
What Is Guest Isolation? In VMware Workstation 8 guest isolation means preventing virtual machines from getting connected to the host computers and/or other virtual machines running on same or other computers. Two factors that are associated with the concept of guest isolation are Copy and Paste and Drag and Drop. Copy and Paste: As soon
16 Feb 2012
Defragment Virtual Hard Disks in VMware Workstation 8
What Are Virtual Hard Disks? Virtual hard disks are the files that are automatically created when administrators create virtual machines using any virtualization application. Virtual hard disks are stored in the physical disks drives and the host operating systems looks at them as other normal files. Depending on the type of virtualization application that administrators
16 Feb 2012
Configure VMware Workstation 8 for Optimum Performance
Default VMware Workstation 8 Configuration When administrators install VMware Workstation 8 it has some default configurations which are considered appropriate for new users and students. However for advanced users these default configurations might not be appropriate as they may reduce system speed and decrease performance. Some default VMware Workstation 8 configurations that highly affect computer
16 Feb 2012
Add Additional Virtual NICs in VMware Workstation 8 Virtual Machines
What Are for Virtual Network Adapters? Virtual network adapters are the NICs that are connected to the virtual machines created using any virtualization application. In Microsoft Virtual PC administrators can add up to 4 network adapters in a virtual machine. VMware Workstation 8 wins this race by providing up to 10 virtual NICs for every
31 Jan 2012
Take VM Snapshots in VMware Workstation 8
What Are Snapshots? Snapshots are the captured images of the state of the entity. For example many times users get some error while working with any application. In such cases they can take snapshot of the screen using a built-in Sniping Tool which they can initiate from start menu. Sniping tool helps capturing snapshots, which