Solved VMware Workstation Pro


OAT said:
I fail to see the humor.
I must have been lucky as Workstation Pro downloaded on the first try.
Actually the two lonely comments located at the bottom of the so called article
reported downloading the software successfully.
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For those of us in the enterprise market, the transition from VMWare to Broadcom has been less than stellar to say the least. Massive price hikes across product lines, getting rid of their great free products (ESXi), trouble getting quotes generated because of the merger, and I just spent almost 2 full weeks working with my VMWare account rep trying to gain access to the Broadcom customer portal. On 5/6 they shut down the VMWare support portal and forced us to Broadcom. So, I lost all insight to all my tickets and cases....and then when trying to login to broadcom I wasn't able to get in. Nobody in the organization seemed to have any idea how to get my access back. I manage thousands of load balancers on their AVI NSX platform and literally had no way of raising a support ticket in the event i had a problem.

So when i saw a story that said, they made the product free, but then people were having trouble finding the download it just seemed par for the course based on what I have been experiencing thus far. it made me laugh, so I posted the picture of the clowns.
 

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From a regular consumer perspective, regarding navigation on the website - not being logged in - I honestly really got lost trying to find the downloads.
This is poorly documented, as you need to navigate to 'support' page that will again say to navigate to 'support' page so being stuck in a loop.

There should be some clear download instructions / buttons but it just looks like that the product is being kept hidden from the users.

In short, I didn't find the download links on the consumer support site.
Someone care to some guidance there...
EDIT: on a parallel thread, thanks to @grumpus, the blog link redirects to the right -login- page where you can download.
 

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@Hopachi
Yes, scroll up.

www.elevenforum.com

VMware Workstation Pro

What happened with VMware Workstation Pro? It's free now for Personal Use and i can't download latest version because VMware site not working. VMware Store Down for Maintenance As part of the transition to Broadcom systems, the store will be moving to a new domain. As a result, store will be...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

Close your browser after you are registered so that the cookie gets saved before hitting the download button.
 

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OAT said:
Yes, scroll up.

www.elevenforum.com

VMware Workstation Pro

What happened with VMware Workstation Pro? It's free now for Personal Use and i can't download latest version because VMware site not working. VMware Store Down for Maintenance As part of the transition to Broadcom systems, the store will be moving to a new domain. As a result, store will be...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

Close your browser after you are registered so that the cookie gets saved before hitting the download button.
Click to expand...
Thanks, I found it eventually. You need to login first as the plain 'support' page doesn't show much obviously.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Intel NUC
    CPU
    i3 8109U
    Motherboard
    Intel
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 @2400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
    Sound Card
    Intel / Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG-32ML600M
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Intel SSD 250GB + Samsung QVO SSD 1TB
    PSU
    Adapter
    Cooling
    The usual NUC airflow
    Keyboard
    Logitech Orion G610
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Rival 100 Red
    Internet Speed
    Good enough
    Browser
    Chromium, Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    CentOS 9 Stream / Alma / Rocky / Fedora
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    TOSHIBA
    CPU
    Intel i7 4800MQ
    Motherboard
    TOSHIBA
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 @1600
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-in
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
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