If you ever wanted to virtualize your Microsoft Windows computer or you get this error, you will often have problems with Windows Activation. If you can’t log on due to the following error, do the steps below:
This copy of Windows must be activated before you can log on.
You can actually get in by doing the [...]
VMware ESX 4.1 (finally) supports USB device passthrough from an ESX or ESXi host to a virtual machine.
Requirements
USB device passthrough requires:
Virtual hardware version 7 or higher
A USB Arbitrator
A USB controller
A USB device or device hub
Limitations
The USB Controller has these limitations:
USB controller hardware and modules that support USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices must be present on the [...]
Only those network adapters that are appropriate for the virtual machine you are creating, are available configuration options in the Choose Networks window.
Vlance — An emulated version of the AMD 79C970 PCnet32 LANCE NIC, an older 10 Mbps NIC with drivers available in most 32bit guest operating systems except Windows Vista and later. A virtual machine [...]
The VMware Support Toolbar gives you instant access to documentation, patches, live peer to peer chat and more. Currently supported browsers are, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer.
Go get it here -> http://www.vmwaretoolbar.com
I recommend getting these reference cards if you are working a lot with VMware software. These contain a few useful tips and tricks for getting your job done!
http://www.vreference.com/
