Vmware server 2.x remote console on firefox fails when VM does not come up

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Published on 2010-04-26T09:50:16Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 9:53 UTC
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The Vmware server 2.x remote console on firefox fails when a VM does not come up.

But this is when I need it to see what happens. The client that does not come up is windwos server 2003.

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The same situation, but another firefox windwo active (the msgbox popup is still the same):

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