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Are you trying a P2V &nbsp;using VMware Converter ?
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Are you trying a P2V  using VMware Converter ?

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I use 'Virtualize a physical machine' feature in WMware workstation 10.
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I use 'Virtualize a physical machine' feature in WMware workstation 10.

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So this is converting a physical machine ?<br />
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I would recommend you download VMware Converter, and install this application on the Windows XP computer to convert to a Virtual Machine.<br />
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Do you know if this Windows XP Computer has a valid OEM license ?
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So this is converting a physical machine ?

I would recommend you download VMware Converter, and install this application on the Windows XP computer to convert to a Virtual Machine.

Do you know if this Windows XP Computer has a valid OEM license ?

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ok, let me give that a try.<br />
Thanks.
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see here, my EE Articles<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/18433/HOW-TO-P2V-V2V-for-FREE-VMware-vCenter-Converter-Standalone-6-0.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/18433/HOW-TO-P2V-V2V-for-FREE-VMware-vCenter-Converter-Standalone-6-0.html</a>
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see here, my EE Articles

https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/18433/HOW-TO-P2V-V2V-for-FREE-VMware-vCenter-Converter-Standalone-6-0.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/18433/HOW-TO-P2V-V2V-for-FREE-VMware-vCenter-Converter-Standalone-6-0.html]

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I used vCenter converter 6.0 convert my WinXP into a VM. but got the following error when I tried to open the VM from my Win7 machine(VMworkstation 10).<br />
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*.vmx was created by a VMware product that is incompatible with this version of VMware workstation and cannot be used.
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I used vCenter converter 6.0 convert my WinXP into a VM. but got the following error when I tried to open the VM from my Win7 machine(VMworkstation 10).

*.vmx was created by a VMware product that is incompatible with this version of VMware workstation and cannot be used.

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Greeting,<br />
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I installed the WMware workstation 10 on my new Win7 workstation but got the following error message while virtualizing a remote WinXP machine.<br />
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converter.fault.NetworkSha<wbr />reConnectF<wbr />ault<br />
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Please suggest.
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Greeting,

I installed the WMware workstation 10 on my new Win7 workstation but got the following error message while virtualizing a remote WinXP machine.

converter.fault.NetworkShareConnectFault

Please suggest.

WMware workstation 10 Error on virtualize WinXP

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.