Download Vmware Fusion 2.0.1 build 128865

VMware has released version 2.0.1 build 128865 of its Fusion virtualization program. This application allows various operating systems to run on the host computer via virtual machines. This makes it possible, for example, to run Windows programs within Mac OS X that are located via the Unity function behave like normal programs. In addition, other x86 operating systems are of course also supported, such as various Linux distributions and Solaris. The released list of updates for version 2.0.1 build 128865 looks like this:

What’s New

VMware Fusion 2.0.1 is a maintenance release of VMware Fusion 2. It has the following enhancements:

• Now shows application badge instead of generic document icons when assigning Windows applications to Mac documents
• Greatly reduced initial pause when opening mirrored or shared folders
• No longer disables certain shared folders and mirrored folders that were nested folders. The potential data loss issue with nested shared folders has been resolved
• No longer publishes Windows guest applications to Mac if Allow the virtual machine to open applications on your Mac is unchecked in virtual machine Settings > Sharing
• AutoProtect postpones taking a snapshot when the user is interacting with the virtual machine
• No longer maps Num Pad Enter to AltGr by default for non-European keyboards
• Brings back the Enable Hints menu item in Help menu

Resolved Issues

The following issues, reported in the VMware Fusion 2.0 release notes or discussed in the user community, have been resolved in 2.0.1:

• VMwareUser taking 100% CPU after certain drag-and-drop operations.
• A number of performance issues for VMware Fusion 2.
  • Guest start menu traversal slow when it contains broken shortcuts (Windows XP and earlier only)
  • High CPU utilization by VMwareUser.exe when first starting up
  • Slow boot when iSight (product ID 0x8502 as reported by System Profiler) attached to virtual machine
  • Load time of the Virtual Machine Library on Fusion startup after the first startup
• Running certain video games and other 3D applications in Fusion 2 on the new MacBook or MacBook Pro, or the MacBook Air, can freeze the Mac.
• Installing VMware Fusion 2 changes the default browser or other default application.
• Take Snapshot incorrectly enabled for some Boot Camp virtual machines.
• Gray boxes obscure part of window in Unity view.
• Daily or weekly AutoProtect snapshots are not being taken.
• Drag-and-drop does not work if the color depth is set to 16-bit in the guest operating system.
• CVSNT and VMware Tools are incompatible.
• Running Google Earth with 3D acceleration enabled can cause the virtual machine to unexpectedly quit.
• Application Dock tile disappears in Unity view after a snapshot.
• Suspending a virtual machine located on a FileVault encrypted volume makes the system unresponsive.
• Drag and drop stops working in a Linux virtual machine after an alert message.
• Downloading files with Safari in a Mac OS X Server virtual machine might fail when using NAT as networking type.
• With a shared file, moving or copying it to its existing location by a different path can cause data loss.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 virtual machine hangs during auto update of Tools.
• Applications that use Multiple Document Interface (MDI), such as Microsoft Excel, might not display correctly in Unity view.
• In some cases, setting your Mac to “Mirror Displays” results in windows not appearing in Unity view.