VMwareUser.exe - ????

[Mr F]

Hi again folks,

[Another query but nothing to do with the other one (different VMs)]

I have a VM dedicated to running the file-sharing client Shareaza. Every now
and then VMwareUser.exe decides to ramp up to 100% CPU usage and stay there.
The solution is to kill it with Task Manager and carry on without it. I
kindly restart it from Explorer and it appears in Task Manager briefly but
then hops out of memory again, unimpressed with my invitation to resume
operations. Shareaza is quite happy to see it go and doesn't seem to suffer
in the slightest any time thereafter.

So the obvious question - and it's been asked in various forums but there's
never been answer - is:

What's VMwareUser.exe all about??

Thanks
:-)

[pab]

Post by Mr F
Hi again folks,
[Another query but nothing to do with the other one (different VMs)]
I have a VM dedicated to running the file-sharing client Shareaza. Every now
and then VMwareUser.exe decides to ramp up to 100% CPU usage and stay there.
The solution is to kill it with Task Manager and carry on without it. I
kindly restart it from Explorer and it appears in Task Manager briefly but
then hops out of memory again, unimpressed with my invitation to resume
operations. Shareaza is quite happy to see it go and doesn't seem to suffer
in the slightest any time thereafter.
So the obvious question - and it's been asked in various forums but there's
What's VMwareUser.exe all about??
Thanks
:-)

I suppose you have an ESX Server ?
I don't know exactly but this process seems to be used by Wmware Tools
installed on the virtual machine.

[Mr F]

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Post by pab

Post by Mr F
What's VMwareUser.exe all about??
Thanks
:-)

I don't know exactly but this process seems to be used by Wmware Tools
installed on the virtual machine.

** I don't know exactly ..
** .. seems ..

Lol, Thanks Pab - that's the problem expressed very nicely there.
;-)

Post by pab
I suppose you have an ESX Server ?

No, I not using ESX Server (whatever that is) - I'm with Workstation 4.01
and, jeez - does it crawl when accessing shared folders or what?!!

[Henners]

I have found this same problem - usually occurs when dragging and
dropping stuff from the host to the VM or when dragging to a window
that happens to be sat on top of the VM.

Seems to be a problem with the VMWareUser.exe capturing mouse events
and expecting something to be dropped into the VM.

The VMWareUser.exe is part of the VMWare Tools and can be safely
killed off although you will no longer be able to drag n' drop files
between host and VM. Simply restarting the VMWareUser.exe doesn't work
- the only way I have found of getting drag n' drop to work again is
to stop the VM and start it up again.

Haven't had the time to look into this problem, other than searching
the Internet - not much info on it though so I suspect very few ppl
are suffering this prb.

If drag n' drop isn't necessary for you perhaps disabling this option
will stop this problem from occuring - go to the VM Control
Panel->Options->Guest isolation and check the "Disable drag and drop
to and from this virtual machine" option. If anyone does try this I
would be interested to know if this prevents VMWareUser.exe from
hogging the cpu.

Post by Mr F
<snip>

Post by pab

Post by Mr F
What's VMwareUser.exe all about??
Thanks
:-)

I don't know exactly but this process seems to be used by Wmware Tools
installed on the virtual machine.

** I don't know exactly ..
** .. seems ..
Lol, Thanks Pab - that's the problem expressed very nicely there.
;-)

Post by pab
I suppose you have an ESX Server ?

No, I not using ESX Server (whatever that is) - I'm with Workstation 4.01
and, jeez - does it crawl when accessing shared folders or what?!!