Greg, Ensure that you have the VMWare Tools installed in the VM Client.
Grant On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > Folks, I’m preparing for the big migration of all of my projects to > VS2010, Framework 4 and Silverlight 4. I built a Win7 in WMWare with the > latest software development installed so I could rebuild and test everything > in parallel with my real work. Unfortunately, problems with the mouse and > stalls in VM are ruining my plans. > > > > Win7 has a terribly “jittery” mouse in the VM which requires the VMWare > drivers be installed to correct the problem. However, the installation of > these drivers causes the VM to freeze dead randomly every 5-10 minutes. It > seems to freeze when I am manipulating opening and closing tree control > nodes in Windows Explorer and the VS2010 solution pane. I spent hours > researching this problem and found that if I only install the mouse and > video drivers then the problem only happens every 20-30 minutes. This is > still unacceptable. > > > > I continue to search for a way of making the Win7 VM stable, but no luck so > far. This isn’t a .NET related problem, but I’d love to hear from anyone > else who has suffered from this problem and solved it. > > > > My other option is to not us a VM and install VS2010, Framework 4 and > Silverlight 4 and all of the supporting kits on my work machine alongside > their previous versions. Cramming everything together gives me a creepy > feeling. Before I consider doing this, I just wanted to ask if this is > acceptable in theory and in practise. Has anyone got everything installed > side-by-side and can report success or side effects. I don’t want to > destroy the machine I use to make a living. > > > > Greg >
