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Disabling Acceleration when Running a Virtual Machine

When you try to run a few programs -- including the installer for the Japanese-language version of Trend Micro Virus Buster -- VMware Workstation may appear to hang. To aid in the installation or running of software in a virtual machine, you can temporarily disable acceleration in the virtual machine.

This setting slows down virtual machine performance but should allow you to install the software without any other adverse effects on the virtual machine. When you finish installing the software, disable this option.

To disable acceleration:

  1. Select File > Open and open the virtual machine configuration file (.cfg) you want to modify.
  2. Select Settings > Configuration Editor from Workstation.
  3. Click Misc in the left-hand panel.
  4. Check the Disable acceleration check box, then click OK to apply your changes.

To disable this option, uncheck the check box in the Configuration Editor.

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