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I am Dale Hayter, a Microsoft and VMware certified Technical Consultant.

My blog has been built up over the years from my experience of working on an IT helpdesk and also from being out on-site.

October 10, 2014

Install Windows 10 Technical Preview in VMware Workstation

Microsoft have released a technical preview of the upcoming Windows 10. I wouldn’t advise installing this on a live production machine unless you have one…

January 7, 2014

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VMware Workstation – Unable to open file insufficient permission to access file

If you have just cloned out a drive using vmware-vdiskmanager then you might get the error Unable to open file insufficient permission to access file

January 7, 2014

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VMware Workstation – Consolidate split multiple disk files into one big disk

I was creating some Virtual Machines in VMware Workstation 10 and didn’t realise I had selected the option to split the disks into 2gb files….

January 28, 2009

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Using VMware – Run trial software indefinitely without registration.

I’ve been playing round with VMware Workstation recently. I’ve found a neat trick that you can do with it which could allow you to run…

January 27, 2009

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Xbox 360 Streaming with Vista, VMware Workstation and Windows Media Player 11

I’ve been able to stream movies etc to my Xbox for a while now using Vista Home Premium and Windows Media Player 11. However the…