Minor release update for VMware Workstation 7

New Release of VMware Workstation 7.0.1 is out.

VMware just released a minor update for VMware Workstation 7.  This release, 7.0.1 brings up some more compatible OS for hosts and guests. We can see that W2008R2 is now fully compatible with both host and quest OS, and also Vista SP2. Also Ubuntu 9.10, RHEL 5.4,

The CentOS 5.4 and Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4 are compatible for running as a VM but you can’t run VMware Workstation on this OSes.

There is a bug fixes report for the 7.0.1 release too….

VMware Workstation is a top notch tool for IT professionals, developers and enthusiasts. With a packed features like auto-protect which do an automatic snaphots for you.

Using VMware Workstation to run an OS with your developer tools you’ll appreciate the feature for debugging. Diagnose non-deterministic bugs with the Replay Debugging technology integrated into Visual Studio and Eclipse. Test your applications in a virtual machine while “recording” and then let the developer step through the recording with a debugger attached. Never again will there be a non-reproducible bug.

You can buy VMware Workstation Here by using coupon codes here, (till 15th of February there is 5% off on Workstation 7 and 10% off on VMware Fusion for MAC)

The following sections list the resolved issues in Workstation 7.0.1.

Installation, Upgrade, and Compatibility

• On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 guests, printers configured on the host do not appear in the guest.
• Virtual printers might fail to work on Ubuntu 9.10 hosts.
• The Collect support data feature, might fail on a powered on Windows 7 Japanese guest with the latest VMware Tools installed.
• When you enable, disable, and re-enable AutoProtect, the Maximum AutoProtect snapshots option is disabled.
• In some instances, running third-party anti-virus applications such as, Trend Micro Internet Security might cause the virtual machine to fail.

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