Download VMware Workstation 8.0.1 build 528992

VMware has released an update to version 8.0 of its virtualization software Workstation. With this program it is possible to create one or more virtual computers on which a large number of different operating systems can be installed. That way they can be used side by side, as opposed to a dual boot setup, where you have to choose one or the other. VMware Workstation is available for Windows and Linux, and a license costs about 155 euros. More information about the possibilities of this package can be found on this page are being found. The most important changes and improvements in version 8.0.1 are listed below.

Highlights of VMware Workstation 8.0.1 functionality include:

• Graphics performance and compatibility enhancements.
• Improvements in creating and using shared virtual machines and remote virtual machines.
• Ubuntu 11.10 is officially supported as a guest operating system.
• Disk and memory management issues have been addressed.
• Many customer-reported issues have been resolved.

The following list the resolved issues in VMware Workstation 8.0.1.

• Windows 7 guest installation failed after powering on the virtual machine with the error A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.
• VMware Tools failed with the message VMware Tools unrecoverable error.
• VMware Tools failed to start in Fedora 15 guests.
• An Ubuntu 11.10 guest crashed with a signal 11 error if you installed or upgraded VMware Tools.
• On hosts with Nvidia GeForce and Quadro video cards, some of the clouds in the Unigine Heaven Benchmark application were drawn solid black.
• Easy Install did not function properly on Ubuntu 11.10.
• If remote virtual machines were open, you could not shut down the Windows hosts.
• When transitioning from Full Screen mode to Exclusive mode, the Full Screen toolbar sometimes failed to hide.
• Host memory reservation restrictions on Windows hosts are more relaxed in VMware Workstation 8.0.1 than in previous versions of VMware Workstation.
• CD/DVD mount Linux.iso failed while installing VMware Tools in Ubuntu 11.10 guests.
• The AltGr key was not working in an Ubuntu guest in Unity mode when the host and guest keyboards were both set to a layout that contained the AltGr key.