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br50000
 PostPost subject: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:22 pm 
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As title. I don't want answers like "Giving it more RAM" as this does NOT work for me. I cannot install VMware Tools due to Windows Installer issues. Any more suggestions?
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I like... no. I love Longhorn! It is my best friend!
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:23 pm 
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As title. I don't want answers like "Giving it more RAM" as this does NOT work for me. I cannot install VMware Tools due to Windows Installer issues. Any more suggestions?
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I like... no. I love Longhorn! It is my best friend!

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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:26 pm 
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Driver issue. Graphics are BAD without Additions. I don't want to install Additions as I cannot go full screen after installing.
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:02 pm 
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There's really not much you can do to speed up Longhorn in a virtual machine or on real hardware. There's just too much memory leaking and other resource hogs going on in Longhorn.

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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:50 pm 
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Can I disable useless services and programs to speed up?
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:01 pm 
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About all you can disable is WinFS; even then, Longhorn doesn't gain any noticeable speed mainly because Windows Explorer has a bunch of memory leaks in it.

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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:34 pm 
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there isn´t any unofficial VMware tool for Longhorn?
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:35 pm 
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VMware Tools does not work in Windows betas because it can't update the out-of-date Windows Installer.
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:39 pm 
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Try hounsell's driver pack.
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:00 pm 
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It does not provide mouse intergration, speed up the virtual machine, and a new video driver. So, not a good choice.
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:05 pm 
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hounsell's driver kit comes with a new video driver. Is it really that much trouble to press a key combo to release the mouse?

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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:34 am 
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linuxlove: What is the folder called? (In the driver pack) And where should I install it?
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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:00 am 
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Code:
x:\SVGA

where x is your CD drive. You do not want to install the VMWare 3D driver as that will not work in Longhorn. As for installing them, I suggest you look up how to manually install drivers in Windows.

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 PostPost subject: Re: Ways to speed up Longhorn VMware VM (all versions)        Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:49 am 
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One more question, how do you install the mouse intergration in Longhorn? (VMware Workstation)
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