FXSAPIDebuglogfile.txt What is it & and why it doesn't get deleted?

Last few nights were my sleepless nights as I couldn't either uninstall vmware player 4.0.2 version or install vmware player 4.0.4 version.  I had to get rid of this FXSAPIDebuglogfile.txt file but I kept getting message saying its been used by another program.

finally, I found the solution :

1. Go to control panel click Programs \ Turn windows features on or off.

2. Scroll down the list and unchecked the box next to Print and Document Services so its not highlighted.

3. Click ok and restart your machine.

That file will go away after the restart. 

But what is that file for? It's a log file that is associated with the fax application that you use. 

Ref: Microsoft Answers Forum

Restarting a suspended Virtual Machine

Today I  tried to start suspended windows server 2008 Virtual Machine from another host machine.
VM didn't want to work;

"The virtual machine you are attempting to restore is using the FFXSR CPU feature, but your host does not support it.  An error occurred while restoring the virtual machine state from file "G:\virtual machines\windows server\windows server 2008 R2 X 64-6db70672.vmss".

Solution: Close Vmware workstation.  Locate the virtual machine's folder.  Delete the .vmss, .lck, and .nvram files.

Ref: Vmware KB.

Virtual machine cannot open .vmdk file

The other day my host machine crashed and when I tried to load Windows Server 2008 Virtual Machine from another computer an error message came up on the screen.
"Cannot open the disk 'G:\VirtualMachines\Windows Server\Windows server 2008 R2 x64.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: Failed to lock the file.

Didn't realize it's gonna be so easy to fix.

I just delete the .Lck folder within my Windows Server 2008 virtual machine folder and after this without any problem my VM worked fine.

Program files & Program files (x86) in Windows 7 64 bit

Last week I just noticed my C: drive got 9.3G free out of 97G.  Recently I formatted my machine and installed windows 7 64 bit.  You won't see two program files folders in windows 7 32 bit. Why do we need 2 folders actually in 64 bit?

Program files is for to store 64 bit programs and Program files (x86) is for to store any 32 bit programs which we install.  Program files(x86) is very important that allows 32 bit programs to run on the 64 bit operating system. You can't remove either one of them as they both are essential.  Even you may notice you will have IE and IE 64 bit.  But if you remove one of the IE your IE web browser will not work properly. 

So what's the solution???

Do a Disk Clean-up.  I DID and I was able to get 45G free space back. That's fantastic.

1. Go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools.  Right click on Disk Clean-up and select Run as Administrator.

2. In the Drop Down menu box select the drive you want to clean up and click OK.  The drive will be scanned.

3. In the next window, scroll through the list of files that can be deleted and select any additional files.

4. Select more options tab.  In the System Restore and Shadow Copies section, click the Clean-up button and click OK.

5.  Then select Delete button.  Click OK to confirm the deletion.

This will remove temporary files, backups and all other unwanted files from the system to the latest.

Check your C: drive now, you will be HAPPY.

Error while powering on: The Vmware Authorisation Service is not running

Accidentely I unplugged the Windows Server 2008R2 virtual machine without shutting it down properly. (it was my 7 months old baby actually :). Then I tried to run my virtual machine using the Vmware Player, this error message appeared on the screen.

"Error while powering on: the Vmware Authorisation Service is not running"

First I checked whether that particular service is running, and that looked perfectly alright. Still not convinced with that and then clicked on restart the service option which made my VM to wake up!!!
1. Click Start and then type Run
2. Type services.msc and click ok
3. locate the Vmware Authorisation service from the list.
4. Click start/Restart button to start the service.