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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
1. Power on the virtual machine.
2. When the guest operating system starts, prepare your virtual machine to install
VMware Tools.
Choose VM > Install VMware Tools.
The remaining steps take place inside the virtual machine.
Note: You must log on to a Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Server 2003 or Longhorn guest operating system as an administrator in order to install
VMware Tools. Any user can install VMware Tools in a Windows 95, Windows 98 or
Windows Me guest operating system.
3. If you have autorun enabled in your guest operating system (the default setting
for Windows operating systems), a dialog box appears after a few seconds. It asks
if you want to install VMware Tools. Click Yes to launch the InstallShield wizard.
If autorun is not enabled, the dialog box does not appear automatically. If it
doesn’t appear, run the VMware Tools installer. Click Start > Run and enter
D:\setup\setup.exe where D: is your first virtual CD-ROM drive.
Note: You do not use an actual CD-ROM to install VMware Tools, nor do you
need to download the CD-ROM image or burn a physical CD-ROM of this image
file. The VMware ACE software contains an ISO image that looks like a CD-ROM to
your guest operating system and even appears as a CD-ROM in Windows
Explorer. This image contains all the files needed to install VMware Tools in your
guest operating system. When you finish installing VMware Tools, this image file
no longer appears in your CD-ROM drive.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions.
Note: At some stages in the installation process, you may see Digital Signature
Not Found dialog boxes. You can safely ignore the messages and click the
button to continue installing these drivers.
5. On Windows Server 2003, Windows Me, Windows 98 SE and Windows 98 guests,
the SVGA driver is installed automatically and the guest operating system uses it
after it reboots. With Windows 2000 and Windows XP guests, you do not have to
reboot to use the new driver.
Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System
1. Power on the virtual machine.
2. After the guest operating system has started, prepare your virtual machine to
install VMware Tools.
Choose VM > Install VMware Tools.