Resources
Many ready-made virtual machines (VMs) which run on VMware Player, Workstation, and other virtualization software are available for specific purposes, either for purchase or free of charge; for example a free Linux-based “browser appliance” with the Firefox browser installed which can be used for safe Web browsing; if infected or damaged it can be discarded and replaced by a clean copy. It can be configured to reset itself after each use without the need to recreate from the original file. VMs distributed legally only have freely distributable operating system, as operating systems on VMs must be licensed; ready-to-use VMs with Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X, in particular, are not distributed, except for evaluation versions.
VMware Player makes use of VMware Tools, which adds significant functionality; in principle each version of Player has its own Tools, not necessarily compatible with other versions. Tools can usually be downloaded from the VMware website and added after installing Player by clicking a button. Sometimes Tools are updated belatedly; for example, Player 4.0.2 was released on 24 January 2012, but the corresponding version of Tools was not available for some time after that, restricting functionality of updated Player installations.
Virtual machines created by any VMWare software can be used by any other. It is often possible to use VMs created by one manufacturer's virtual machine software with software for another manufacturer, either directly or via a conversion procedure. VMs for Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC can be converted for use by VMWare software by running the VMware vCenter Converter (this software can also create a virtual machine from a physical configured PC). For example, a Microsoft VM can be adapted to run in VMware Player.
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