VMware Workstation

What is a Virtual Machine:

A Virtual Machine, is a computer software implementation of hardware in which you can install an  operating system(OS) that executes programs, applications and scripts just like the real machine do.

VMware:

VMware provides users to set/simulate  a group of computers in order to test software or applications prior to deployment in a known environment.

VMware in Software Testing:

Quality Assurance Teams use VMware Workstation to test applications/software on a variety of operating systems(OS), application platforms and browsers with different configurations of tasks.

Difference between VMware Player and VMware Workstation:

VMware Player is like a subset of VMware Workstation.

1. The major difference is in the previous versions(versions earlier than 3) of VMware Player, you can only run virtual machines created on other versions like VMware Workstation but you cannot create a virtual machine itself. But the newer Versions of VMware Player has the ability to create Virtual machine but the major difference would be VMware Player is available for free while the VMware Workstation costs.
2. In VMware Workstation, you can create multiple snapshots and Clones which helps in case of failures from software or hardware. That is this feature enables users  to create a base VM and Clone it and use it for other software installations and test applications and if there is any kind of crash or system failure you still have your base VMware Workstation. VMware Player is lacking this feature of creating Clones and multiple snapshots.
3. VMware Workstation has the ability to create and manage teams by grouping them while VMware Player is lacking this feature. By grouping multiple VM s into teams, certain operations can be performed on all the members of the team as if it is one machine.
4.  VMware Workstation has the ability to handle VRM(Virtual Rights Management) while the VMware Player does not.

【Ken】Disable Sound in Windows Server 2003

In order to improve the speed of VMware,

I recommend to switch off the Windows Audio and other hardware device.

How to disable the Sound in windows server 2003

Start > Run > Type "Serveices.msc"  then click Enter

Find the "Windows Audio " Services > Properties ---> Select Disable.

Ken
Software Engineer &Tester
kenchoiwind@gmail.com
Software Testing Forum

What is the difference between Workstation, Player and Server?

VMware Workstation, VMware Player and VMware Server seem like redundant products. However there are quite a few distinctions, that are quite apparent from their names already.
VMware Workstation is intended for "desktop use", for a user who creates and edits Virtual Machines and uses them on his/hers desktop. It has features useful for product development that no other VMware product has such as integration with MS Visual Studio or VM teams, where the network between virtual machines in the team can be specified, including bandwidth and packet loss. VMware Workstation usually gets the new virtual hardware releases first and supports the widest guest OS range. It is optimized for interactive use and has some Direct3D (DirectX 9) and OpenGL capabilities. Workstation is not free. More information: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/new.html
VMware Player is a stripped-down version of workstation, so it offers the same virtual hardware as Workstation. VMware Player 2.x and newer is free for non-commercial personal use only while Player 1.x had no such restriction. In the latest version it can both create and edit virtual machines while it earlier could only possible to run pre-built VMs. The performance of VMware Player is very similar to the performance of VMware Workstation. Even though Workstation 8 was released in September 2011, we are still waiting for VMware Player 4 to be released. For more info see here:
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/features.html