title: How do I speed up VMware Player on Windows
body: <p>I recently set up Ubuntu 12.04 as a guest system running inside Windows 8 using the free VMware player. Everything is working fine, but things are running pretty slow. I use GNU Emacs 23 to write code, but the program really drags. I've tried all the simple fixes I found, like installing VMware Tools, or running it in full screen.</p>
  
  <p>I have 8GB of RAM, and I've assigned 3GB to the virtual machine as well as two cores of my i7 processor, which I think should be more than enough. I'm looking for more solutions to really speed it up, not just small improvements here and there. If anyone answering could use simple English, I would be really grateful, because I don't have too much experience with these things and a simple, step-by-step explanation to help me would be much appreciated.</p>