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<blockquote data-quote="simmerskool" data-source="post: 1102720" data-attributes="member: 61091">ok UPDATE &gt; Broadcom wanted my dna or something... after finally getting into my vmware_broadcom account mucking around inordinate-unnecessary amount of time IMO I finally got their DL 17.6 -&gt; the hash of the file I downloaded does match what they posted as the correct 256, but does not match softpedia hash. I haven&#039;t try to install it yet, unless there&#039;s a hack could be the softpedia is FREE and file I was provided and downloaded says &quot;FULL&quot; -- perhaps FULL means &quot;commercial&quot; and they are trying to make me pay for it since I paid in the past...?? All I was trying to do was to DL the &quot;free&quot; for personal use version which required a login or a registration.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html[/URL]VMware Workstation Pro for Personal Use (For Windows)(as displayed myacct Broadcom)VMware-workstation-full-17.6.0-24238078.exe(447.97 MB) Build Number: 24238078&nbsp; Aug 28, 2024 03.44AM&nbsp;&nbsp; e34461ffbcb38ca7baa7928f7f37575ef31129961099eae96b43a64b06462778 &gt; displayed myacct Broadcom (VT says clean valid signature)C:\Users\******\Downloads\VMware-workstation-full-17.6.0-24238078.exee34461ffbcb38ca7baa7928f7f37575ef31129961099eae96b43a64b06462778&nbsp; (matching)...but from softpediaVMware-workstation-17.6.0-24238078.exe7c49d153601acc7592c7dd9c36f0ccd886c1faee727704eec884c522714b5d55 &gt; hash softpedia DL (VT says 1/66 valid signature)In the past, VMware installed with NO hitches, clean and fast for a complex program, this version is 448 mb. I am going to step away from computer for awhile...EDIT UPDATE techspot is offering the same matching hash that I got directly from my vmware-broadcom acount[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.techspot.com/downloads/189-vmware-workstation-for-windows.html[/URL]e34461ffbcb38ca7baa7928f7f37575ef31129961099eae96b43a64b06462778&nbsp; (matching)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="simmerskool, post: 1102720, member: 61091"] ok UPDATE > Broadcom wanted my dna or something... after finally getting into my vmware_broadcom account mucking around inordinate-unnecessary amount of time IMO I finally got their DL 17.6 -> the hash of the file I downloaded does match what they posted as the correct 256, but does not match softpedia hash. I haven't try to install it yet, unless there's a hack could be the softpedia is FREE and file I was provided and downloaded says "FULL" -- perhaps FULL means "commercial" and they are trying to make me pay for it since I paid in the past...?? All I was trying to do was to DL the "free" for personal use version which required a login or a registration. [URL unfurl="true"]https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html[/URL] VMware Workstation Pro for Personal Use (For Windows)(as displayed myacct Broadcom) VMware-workstation-full-17.6.0-24238078.exe(447.97 MB) Build Number: 24238078 Aug 28, 2024 03.44AM e34461ffbcb38ca7baa7928f7f37575ef31129961099eae96b43a64b06462778 > displayed myacct Broadcom (VT says clean valid signature) C:\Users\******\Downloads\VMware-workstation-full-17.6.0-24238078.exe e34461ffbcb38ca7baa7928f7f37575ef31129961099eae96b43a64b06462778 (matching) ... but from softpedia VMware-workstation-17.6.0-24238078.exe 7c49d153601acc7592c7dd9c36f0ccd886c1faee727704eec884c522714b5d55 > hash softpedia DL (VT says 1/66 valid signature) In the past, VMware installed with NO hitches, clean and fast for a complex program, this version is 448 mb. I am going to step away from computer for awhile... EDIT UPDATE techspot is offering the same matching hash that I got directly from my vmware-broadcom acount [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.techspot.com/downloads/189-vmware-workstation-for-windows.html[/URL] e34461ffbcb38ca7baa7928f7f37575ef31129961099eae96b43a64b06462778 (matching) [/QUOTE]

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