Workstation User’s Manual
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ANotebookwindow,theDisplayProperties/Settingsdialogbox,andamessagebox
appear,promptingyoutorebootthemachine.
To configure the video driver on older versions of Windows
1Inthemessageboxthatpromptsyoutoreboot,clickNo.
IfyouclickYes,afterthevirtualmachinereboots,runtheVMwareToolsinstaller
again(chooseVM>ReinstallVMwareT
ools).SelecttheRepa
iroption.
The RepairoptionallowstheNotebookwindowtoappearagainsothatthe
installercanaccesstheSVGAdriver.
2FollowtheinstructionsintheNotebookfile.
Theinstructionsarespecifictoeachoperatingsystem.Theyprovidestepsfor
selectingtheVMwareSVGAdriver,usuallyintheDisplayProperti
es/Settings
dialogbox,andinstallingitfromtheVMwareToolsISOimage.
TheEnglishversionoftheinstructionsfromtheNotebookfilearereprintedin
KnowledgeBasearticle1001819attheVMwareWebsite.
Automate the Installation of VMware Tools in a Windows Guest
IfyouareinstallingVMwareToolsinanumberofWindowsvirtualmachines,youcan
automateitsinstallation.ThissilentinstallationfeatureusestheMicrosoftWindows
Installerruntimeengine.
MakesuretheMicrosoftWindowsInstallerruntimeengineversion2.0orhigheris
installedintheguestoperatingsystem.
Version2.0orhigherisinc
ludedwithnewerversionsofWindows.Ifyouareinstalling
VMwareToolsinolderWindowsguestoperatingsystems,checktheversionofthe
%WINDIR%\system32\msiexec.exefile.
Ifthefileversionisnot2.0orhigher,upgradetheenginebyrunninginstmsiw.exe
(instmsia.exeforWindows95orWindows98guests),whichisin
cludedwiththe
VMwareToolsinstaller.
FormoreinformationaboutusingtheMicrosoftWindowsInstaller,including
command‐lineoptions,gototheWindowsInstallerpageontheMSDNWebsite.
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