Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Greg Keogh
s an OS issue (e.g. check Windows > Event Log inside the guest VM), or a VMWare issue (are you running the > latest version of VMWare Workstation? Updated the VMTools etc? > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-bounces@ > ozdotnet.com ] *On Behalf Of *

Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Davy Jones
the latest > version of VMWare Workstation? Updated the VMTools etc? > > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On > Behalf Of Greg Keogh > Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2017 10:58 AM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10 >

RE: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
Greg Keogh Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2017 10:58 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10 Folks, for years I've used free WMware Workstation to run Windows XP, Vista, 8.x and 10, also Ubuntu. I'm currently up to VMWare v12. All of the guest operating systems running smoot

Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread David Richards
Stephen, Just regarding RAID0, you should check on the actual performance difference with SSDs and RAID. I was going to do the same thing but found some tests that indicated the improvement was only in specific tests. Under normal use, there's no real benefit and it can even be slower. I ended

Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Greg Keogh
-- > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on > behalf of Glen Harvy > *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 May 2017 9:14:39 AM > *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > *Subject:* Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10 > > I'm still on vmware 11.1.4 and noticed a substantial slowdow

Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Stephen Price
_ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Glen Harvy Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2017 9:14:39 AM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10 I'm still on vmware 11.1.4 and noticed a substantial slowdown with Win10 immediately after the last windows update. To try an

Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Glen Harvy
I'm still on vmware 11.1.4 and noticed a substantial slowdown with Win10 immediately after the last windows update. To try and fix I removed heaps of snapshots that I had failed to get rid of and then defragged the win10 installation. I then defragged the drive the host drive. Loading has impro

Re: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread David Burstin
Hi Greg, I am running VMWare Workstation on a Windows 7 machine. I have multiple Windows 10 VMs and haven't had any problems. If there is anything you would like me to check on my setup, I will be happy to answer any questions. Cheers David On 17 May 2017 at 10:57, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, f

[OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, for years I've used free WMware Workstation to run Windows XP, Vista, 8.x and 10, also Ubuntu. I'm currently up to VMWare v12. All of the guest operating systems running smooth and fast, EXCEPT Windows 10, which is so slow it can take 6 minutes just to launch VS2017, and everything is unbea