[macvoiceover] Re: Really need help with VMWare Fusion and Windows on a Mac Mini.
- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak7737@xxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:30:50 -0500
Ok, here are things to check.
First of all, my installation has been known to take longer than half an
hour; I'd leave it for an hour to be safe.
Second, you don't say whether you logged in with your password before trying
to install vmware tools. What I do is leave the cd in when I think it's done
and do cmd-g to direct input inside the virtual machine and type my password
and hit enter. If it's installed and your sound is working, you should hear
the xp startup music. then I go into the menus and do "install vmware tools"
or "up[date vmware tools" whichever it says. You'll get a dialog to confirm
you want to do that and later if you go back that same menu item says
"cancel vmware tols installation" but it never changes. Just leave it for a
few minutes and then restart with cmd-u r (cmd is the windows key).
Third, before trying to get narrator up or even before trying to type your
password and start, did you use vokeys and check whether sound is connected
and whether whatever speakers you are using are connected?
Sorry, I'm not getting this in order, but I thought the virtual machine
could only do 20GB; your post says you are changing it to 100gb.
Also, how much memory do you have; do you have a gb of memory to give and
still have enough for macosx.
Those are the things I can think of offhand. Also, Narrator has this
annoying dialog the first time it starts up so if you have a talking install
cd for jaws or windoweyes I'd just put that in, but I'd do that after
starting so you know you can hear the startup music and your sound is
working, and I'd do it after the vmware tools install and restart, when you
should again hear the startup music but remember you'll have to give it a
minute or two for the restart and then enter your password if you have one;
it won't start up without your password.
If you don't think you've installed correctly, I'd just remove the whole
Virtual Machines directory from you Documents directory if you don't have
any other virtual machines there and start over.
It really does work well once you get it going; I had a little trouble the
first time but I reinstalled recently and it went much more smoothly.
--
Cheryl
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there will your heart be also."
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