I had trouble building the vmhgfs module (the one that allows shared folders between guest and host computers) when trying to install VMWare Tools in Ubuntu 7.10 running in VMware Workstation 6.0.2 build-59824 on Windows XP. I was getting the following error: Trying to find a suitable vmhgfs module for your running kernel. None of […]
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Serial Debugging with WinDbg and VMWare
April 16th, 2008 
etdot When debugging a Windows GINA, driver, or service it is sometimes necessary to debug a target computer from a second computer via the serial port. Using the same concept, you can debug a target VMWare computer from the host computer using a named pipe. For this example, I am using VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build-34685 with […]
Add conditional break to debug GINA
April 8th, 2008 etdot When remote debugging a Widnows GINA it is handy to stuff in a debug break so that the debugger can be attached and symbols loaded. When you need to replace the GINA dll or view log files stored on the system you must boot to safe mode, remove the WinLogon registry entry, and reboot. With […]