You may have encountered an error when opening a VMware virtual machine that says failed to connect pipe to the virtual machine. There are various instances of this ...

VMware's free virtualization platform also lets users edit VM settings, supports Microsoft Windows 7, and provides a new VM library interface Think back to December 2005, you might recall VMware ...

You may have noticed your VM doesn’t turn off at times, not because it is stuck, as everything else works, but it doesn’t respond to the Power off signal. This is a very common issue and can be fixed ...

This content was produced in partnership with VMware. For the average person, virtual machines (VMs) can seem quite complex. In reality, they’re simple in terms of how they work and the applications ...

Virtual machines, simulated PCs with their own operating systems running within another computer’s software, are super freakin’ cool. (That’s a technical term, I’m a professional technology writer.) ...

A polished virtualization tool that no longer sits behind a paywall.

VMware Workstation Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the same time on your computer. With its user-friendly interface, VMware Player makes it effortless, and it's free!

Two teams of researchers managed to win the biggest bounties at this year’s Pwn2Own hacking contest by escaping from the VMware Workstation virtual machine and executing code on the host operating ...

A powerful Windows-native virtualization stack that trades polish for control and flexibility ...

One of the lesser-known capabilities of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is its ability to convert VMware virtual machines so that they can run on Microsoft Hyper-V. I will tell you ...

Run applications on multiple operating systems including Linux, Windows and more. Evaluate and test new operating systems, applications and patches in an isolated environment. VMware Workstation ...

VMware Workstation supports two mechanisms to create copies of VMs: full and linked clones. [Click on image for larger view.] A full clone makes an exact copy of the files that make up the VM. In ...