Just installed this update today, noticed after that I could no longer start any VMs with the error of "Not enough physical memory is available", even though 60gb were free and 47gb was allocated available to VMs. Rebooted, same issue...uninstalled the patch and everything working fine again.
Anybody else running a 8.1 host install this yet?
thanks for your reply ,but it did not work , i've created a config.ini in C:\Users\nante\AppData\Local\VMware ,and write vmmon.disableHostParameters = "TRUE" into (is there something wrong?i don't nedd to copy all the lines in config.ini in C:\ProgramData\vmware\vmplayer ? )
Sorry, so try copying in all the lines also from c::\ProgramData\vmware\vmplayer\config.ini...
You probably need to reboot the machine too...
don't mind.i copy all lines ,and reboot my PC 3 times but it did not work ,any suggestion ?
Strange, it worked for me with Player 4, and others here reported success with Player 6.
Did you try uninstalling KB2995388? I think this has worked for some and not for others...
Maybe someone else can suggest something?
no i did not uninstall the KB2995388 , i wanted to test the config.ini solution before uninstalling the KB2995388 .i guess i have no choice .thanks for all
but i notice something weird,i'm not allowed to edit and save the config.ini in C:\ProgramData\VmWare\vmplayer\ because it says that it is already open by another program...but i can remove or cut,and i can recreate it.
with the new Player i.e. 6.04.x you dont have
to manipulate your ini or deinstall kb2995388.
it runs fine for me
Rainer
sorry ,it's vmplayer 6.0.1 for me,and it doesn't work
thanks for all,the only solution that worked for me was to uninstall kb2995388
KB3012199 will also break VMWare for you. You cannot uninstall this update. I strongly recommend turning off automatic updates if you need your computer for anything important.
The same solution proposed below worked for me.
Right-click notepad and run as administrator. Open up the file below. Add a parameter of: vmmon.disableHostParameters = "TRUE"
Save and restart your machine. That should do it.
C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini
Hi bsteinwand, and welcome to the VMware Communities!
Are you running the latest update of Workstation (10.0.4 or 11.0.0)? Could you provide a vmware.log showing the failure when vmmon.disableHostParameters is "FALSE" (or when it's absent, since FALSE is the default)? (You can attach a file by composing a reply, and looking below the reply window, just above the Post Message button, for the button to attach a file.)
Thanks,
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Darius
KB2995388 broke vmware for me. Uninstalling it fixed it but doing that every time auto-update reinstalled it got tiresome. Adding
vmmon.disableHostParameters=TRUE
to the end of the config.ini did not. Recognized my mistake and changed it to
vmmon.disableHostParameters="TRUE"
That and 'Run as administrator' worked UNTIL KB3012199
Moving vmmon.disableHostParameters = "TRUE" from the bottom of config.ini to the top fixed it again (for now).
As you pointed out it, it is important to open the app used for editing config.ini as an admin in order to save it.
Hi Mr_ES_VOR, and welcome to the VMware Communities!
The incompatibility with KB2995388 should have been fixed by the Workstation 10.0.4 update that we released at the end of October. Did you still encounter the problem when running Workstation 10.0.4 or Workstation 11? Have you tried Workstation 10.0.4 or Workstation 11 with KB3012199 and without the vmmon.disableHostParameters = "TRUE" workaround?
Thanks,
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Darius
I am using VM Player V6.0.0 and 6 Gb Ram, I have uninstalled the kb2995388. I cannot find the config.ini file. I still have the error message about physical memory. can somebody advise me what to do? Thank you
Hi AmirCreek, and welcome to the VMware Communities!
Try updating to Player 6.0.4... It's a free update with fixes for all sorts of issues, including a fix for the issue described in this thread caused by KB2995388.
If that doesn't help, please find the vmware.log inside the virtual machine's folder after it fails to power on, and upload it here as an attachment. (To attach the file, start composing a reply to this thread, and look for the Browse... button below the compose window, just above the Post Message button, and use that. Please don't copy-and-paste the file into your reply!)
Thanks,
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Darius
Try the new 7.0x Version of VMWare. runs fine for me
HTH
Rainer
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Hi Darius,
Thank you very much, The issue is resolved.
Thanks for reporting this issue.
Had the same problem and by uninstalling KB2995388 it worked.
"Not enough physical memory available error" while opening VM instance on Windows8.1
It shows insufficient memory even if there is sufficient memory available. The culprit seems to be the windows update installed: K2995388.
Possible solutions
vmmon.disableHostParameters = "TRUE"
note 1. make sure to type it in rather than copy paste from this link coz it may reformat the quotes around TRUE & give an error while starting the vm along with "insufficent memory .."
note 2. If you don't have permissions to save the changes to config.ini on this folder (i didn't..even though I had full access), save it to documents folder & try to copy/paste it back into this folder
c:/ProgramData/VMware/VmWareWorkstation
c:/ProgramFiles (x86)/VMware/VMwarePlayer
c:/users/my name/AppData/Roaming/VMWare
Encountered this issue early today and can confirm that RoneyJ's solution works. Thanks!