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- #Vmware workstation 10 dual monitor how to#
- #Vmware workstation 10 dual monitor windows 7#
- #Vmware workstation 10 dual monitor windows#
Accelerated graphics capabilities apply to Windows XP or later guests on hosts running Windows or Linux. Select this setting if you run applications that use DirectX 9 or DirectX 10 accelerated graphics. Very, very weird.Note: Only Workstation 6.x and later virtual machines support specifying resolution settings and setting the number of monitors that the guest operating system can use. It's almost like the elevation makes the VM forget that it has 2 monitors, yet the second monitor is still "covered" with an invisible desktop. The second click extends the desktop over both monitors. Indeed when this happens I have to click _twice_ on the "Cycle multiple monitors" button, the first one does nothing apparent, except it removes the invisible desktop on the secondary monitor and the IE window can now be accessed. However, the IE window does not respond, it's like the VM screen is still extended over it and the mouseclicks are not let through. The secondary monitor now shows the host desktop and the IE window. I run the VM and start a program that runs elevated or start task manager. Lets say that on the host I have IE running on the seconday monitor.
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When the VM "disconnects" the secondary monitor, what happens (I forgot about it) is that the host monitor is NOT responsive.
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I'm sure this is some sort of driver/hardware/whatever combination that I have stumbled on. The monitor that "blanks" out is the secondary monitor and the one hooked up directly to the HDMI outlet. The monitors use HDMI but I had to use a VGA->HDMI converter since the motherboard only had one HDMI outlet and one VGA. Yes, the VMWare tools are updated and set to automatically update.
#Vmware workstation 10 dual monitor how to#
If anyone has ideas for me to try out or tips on how to fix this, I would be very grateful:) While this is not a big deal it is distracting. I _am_ running this on an onboard video chip off the motherboard, but another machine I also use which has an i5-2500K with 16GB ram, but otherwise same configuration and a Radeon video card shows the same problem with 9.x where 6.5 had no problem. I have tried all sorts of tweaks to the display settings both in Workstation as well as in the guest os. it will start up with 3840x1024 desktop on 1920x1080 monitor. I have also seen the machines start up on a single monitor with a dual monitor desktop, i.e. Version 6.5 ran perfectly on this machine and did not show either of those problems. Those anomalies seem to be worse if the guest is set up to use more than 1 core pr. None of the virtual machines have screensavers or powersettings turned on. This only happens (as far as I can tell) if I run a program that requires admin elevation on the guest, for example task manager (Ctrl-Del-Insert)Īnother thing I see quite often is that when I switch tabs from one vm to another, the vm screen is black and I have to click on it to display it. Pressing the "Dual monitor" icon in the VMWare toolbar once doesn't do anything and pressing it again resets it to dual monitor again. The computer beeps like the monitor was disconnected. In 9.x I'm finding that every time I run a program in a guest maching using Win7-32 that requires elevation, one of the monitors is "disconnected" and shows the host.
#Vmware workstation 10 dual monitor windows 7#
I run it on dual monitor setup with two 27" Samsung monitors on a i7-3770 with asus motherboard and 32gb of ram, running windows 7 ultimate 64bit host. I recently upgraded to Workstation 9.x and I have some issues with it. I have been using VMWare Workstation 6.5 since 2008 and absolutely loved it.