[AuckLUG] VMware problem

[editor at inventory.co.nz]

I tried rebooting and the tick reappeared.
> HI Don,
> 
> Have you tried restarting the pc after removing the tick from "Disable
> autorun on host"? Just tested now on my XP box, the tick does reappear if
> you go back to the host device options, but it doesn't after rebooting.
> 
> Hope it works for you as well.
> Morgan
> 
> On 8/7/07, editor at inventory.co.nz <editor at inventory.co.nz> wrote:
> > 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