[Klug-general] VMWare Workstation - installation

[Mike Rentell]

Dan Attwood wrote:
> you might find that with vmware server you'll need to download the 
> 'vmware anyany' patch which can be found by searching their forums. it's 
> an unofficial patch which helps to install onto systems where the lib 
> files are were expected - I believe vmware server is built of red hat 
> which is the reason some systems need the patch. I used to have to use 
> it for ubuntu fiesty but with gutsy it's not a problem.

Belated thanks for that advice Dan. It always seems that there is some 
hidden tweak needed to get things working just right.

In the meantime I have managed to get VirtualBox to run and have loaded 
XP which works fine. But I still have the original problem of all the 
USBs are greyed-out. The biggest problem is not having printers. But the 
shared file function works OK and I have Adobe Acrobat so any Windows 
program needing print facilities is printed to .pdf on the shared 
folder. Then I can simply click to the Linux screen and print that. It 
works, it is a bit of a niggle, but at least I don't have to reboot 
every time I want to see the Sage accounts.

MikeR
Folkestone