[AuckLUG] Re: VMware

[don at inventory.co.nz]

> don at inventory.co.nz wrote:
> >>> There was a problem which I asked about some time ago but I didn't 
> >>> manage to get it sorted out at the time because of email problems. I
> >>> have Ubuntu running under XP Pro on a desktop machine using VMware
> >>> Server. In VMware Server, I removed the tick from "Disable autorun
> >>> on host" and then rebooted the computer and the tick reappeared. I
> >>> was logged onto XP as an administrator.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> Try the .vmdk file on the VMWorkstation,
> >>     
> >
> > I don't have VMware Workstation, just VMware Server. I found a lot 
> > of ".vmdk" files and I don't know what to open them with.
> >   
> These are the VMWare disk (so don't go there :-P)  - take a look at the 
> VMWare config file - filetype is .vmx
> 
I logged onto XP as an administrator, opened all of the ".vmx" files, 
clicked on "Host-settings-devices" and removed the tick from "Disable 
autorun on host". I then rebooted and the tick returned.

Don Johnston