Linda's finger hovered over the mouse. The cursor, still lagging, jittered on the button.
Then another balloon: "The system clock is being synchronized with the host operating system." vmware tools for windows xp
"That's a timekeeping issue," her mentor, Carl, had warned her two years ago before retiring. "The VM thinks it's running on a 55Hz heartbeat. You need to install the tools. The VMware Tools." Linda's finger hovered over the mouse
Linda had always been afraid to touch it. The freight system had no installer disks, no vendor support—the company that made it went bankrupt in 2005. If the VM broke, the entire eastern seaboard’s shipping schedule would dissolve into a spreadsheet nightmare. "The VM thinks it's running on a 55Hz heartbeat
"New hardware found: VMware SVGA II. Your display settings have been optimized."
She clicked "Run setup.exe."
She leaned back in her chair. Old Man XP wasn't a time-traveling ghost anymore. It was just a normal VM, doing its job, thanks to a little piece of software that bridged the gap between the virtual and the real.