Download VMware Player 3.0.1 build 227600

VMware has released an update to its Player with version number 3.0.1. VMware Player can run virtual machines created with other VMware products such as Workstation, Server and ESX Server. Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks are also supported. In addition, various pre-installed virtual machines can be this page such as CentOS 5.2, Ubuntu 9.10 and OpenSUSE 11.2. The list of customizations of VMware Player 3.0.1 build 227600 looks like this:

What’s New

VMware Player 3.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. This release of VMware Player adds the following new support:

New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems:

Operating SystemHost and Guest Support

Resolved Issues:

• On VMware Player 3.0, multiple core vCPU support does not work on Windows 7. As a result, Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic, and Starter editions which support a single CPU with multiple core can not use more than one vCPU in the virtual machine .
• Importing a Windows 7 XP Mode virtual machine fails if you install VMware Player in a directory path that contains non-ASCII characters.
• In some instances, if you choose not to download VMware Tools automatically, the virtual machine becomes unresponsive when you install VMware Tools manually using VM > Install VMware Tools.
• In some instances on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 hosts, when you create a virtual machine the Next button in the Select a Disk Type dialog box is disabled.
• On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 guests, printers configured on the host do not appear in the guest.