A Time-Lock Bug in WMware workstation

[unituniverse]

Anyone can see this: modify your system-time to any year later than 2037. Open the GUI shell of the WMware workstation.

If you opened ony one of the Preference->Updates->SoftwareUpdates options.

See by yourself now and tell us what happened...

[unituniverse]

As my evaluation, There are still many bugs in this software for 3d acceleratings(esp.for OpenGL). At least several coders working for WMware workstation is not so good.

[Scissor]

Anyone can see this: modify your system-time to any year later than 2037. Open the GUI shell of the WMware workstation.

If you opened ony one of the Preference->Updates->SoftwareUpdates options.

See by yourself now and tell us what happened...

Please tell us what happens when you try this.

[Scissor]

As my evaluation, There are still many bugs in this software for 3d acceleratings(esp.for OpenGL).

What bugs have you found?

[unituniverse]

I thought anyone can see this:

After the host-system time is set any year later than 2037, The vmware.exe(I'v installed WindowsXP host only) will be dead and not respond to user. U have to close it with Windows Task Manager. If you uncheck all the options in Main-Menu -> Preference->Updates->SoftwareUpdates options. It will work fine.

[continuum]

I can confirm this - see

but so what - in 2037 nobody will still use Workstation 7 - at that time very likely not even a physical machine able to run WS 7 will exist any longer .. so what ... 😉




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VMX-parameters- WS FAQ -[ MOAcd|http://sanbarrow.com/moa241.html] - VMDK-Handbook

[unituniverse]

At least one bug I have posted in there:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1523575#1523575

In version 7.1 the rate of the appearance in this bug is lower much than 7.01 and 7.0, but it do still happen randomly.

[unituniverse]

I like to build a museum to keep those classical applications and OSs if possible. And in that time the machine Matrix for human beings would have not been complished yet. --That is a joke

As a virtualization tool, especially for 3D Acc VM supporting, I can't say that the VM is not a classic, and i hope it be better and stable enough.

PS: continuum, I can't see your link button for Reply, it's weird...

[unituniverse]

Another bug i'v found is that in Windows7Enterprise(rtm) x64 Guests, i noticed that several system logs said the vmdebug.sys(come with vmtools for windows7) is not compatible with that windows version and was disabled while the system is starting.

Do i have to open another thread to discuss the question?

Notify me if i did something wrong.

Regards

[unituniverse]

Still... The Version 7.1.1 take this bug also... You got be kidding me...

Have your VMware's developers even known this bug? i doubt about it...

[continuum]

Hehe - I am not a VMware engineer - but one of the "loudest critics" here - but really - this time-issue with 2037 is really nothing I would even mention ... so what ?




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VMX-parameters- WS FAQ -[ MOAcd|http://sanbarrow.com/moa241.html] - VMDK-Handbook

[jokke]

Unix Millennium Bug?

How about dates before 1970?

Anyways, I would not waste time on this..

Joakim