[AuckLUG] VMware problem

[editor at inventory.co.nz]

This is not really a linux problem but, rather, a problem which arose 
from installation of Ubuntu on a virtual machine at the installfest.

VMware Server was installed on a computer running Windows XP 
Professional. It was then used to create a virtual machine on which 
Ubuntu was then installed.

While creating the virtual machine, I was advised to disable autorun on 
the DVD drive. Today, I tried installing Windows software from a CD and 
couldn't find a reliable method of doing so. On one, and only one, of 
several software installation CDs I tried, autorun worked when I double 
clicked on the DVD drive. I tried to find a method of enabling autorun 
temporarily and found what should have provided the means of doing so by 
running "VMware Server console". I clicked on "Configure host" and then 
"Devices" and removed the tick from "Disable autorun on host". However, 
if I closed that window and opened it again the tick reappeared. I was 
logged onto Windows as a administrator so I should have been able to 
make the above-mentioned change.

I hope I can find a solution to this problem quickly because, otherwise, 
I will have to recover from backup and lose the good work which was done 
at the installfest.

Don Johnston