Specifications

Administration Guide
46 VMware, Inc.
To Install VMware Tools in a Windows 2000 guest
1 Choose!Settings!>!VMware!Tools!Install!to!connect!the!virtual!machine’s!
CD‐ROM!drive!to!an!ISO!image!file!on!the!ESX!Server!machine.!
If!autorun!is!enabled!in!your!guest!operating!system,!a!dialog!box!appears!asking!
whether!you!want!to!install!VMware!Tools.!
2Click!Install!to!launch!the
!installation!wizard.
If!autorun!is!not!enabled,!the!dialog!box!does!not!appear.!Run!VMwareTools.exe!
from!the!CD‐ROM!drive!(Start!>!Run!>!D:\VMwareTools.exe,!where!D:!is!the!first!
CD‐ROM!drive!in!your!virtual!machine)!to!install!VMware!Tools.!
3When!installation!is!complete,!choose!Settings!>!Cancel!Tools
!Install!to!
disconnect!the!ISO!image!file!and!return!the!virtual!machine’s!CD‐ROM!drive!to!
its!original!configuration.
To install VMware Tools and the Network Driver in a Windows NT 4.0 guest
1 Choose!Settings!>!VMware!Tools!Install!to!connect!the!virtual!machine’s!
CD‐ROM!drive!to!an!ISO!image!file!on!the!ESX!Server!machine.!
If!autorun!is!enabled!in!your!guest
!operating!system,!a!dialog!box!appears!asking!
whether!you!want!to!install!VMware!Tools.!
2Click!Install!to!launch!the!installation!wizard.
If!autorun!is!not!enabled,!the!dialog!box!does!not!appear.!Run!setup.exe!from!
the!CD‐ROM!drive!(choose!Start!>!Run!>!D:\setup.exe)!to!install!VMware!Tools.!
3Do!
one!of!the!following:
! If!you!configured!this!virtual!machine!to!use!the!vlance!network!driver,!go!to!
Step 5.
! If!you!configured!this!virtual!machine!to!use!the!vmxnet!network!driver,!
choose!Start!>!Control!Panel!>!Network!>!Adapters!and!click!Add.!
4Click!Have!Disk!and!type!D:\Program files\VMware\VMware
Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\winnt!in!the!Insert!Disk!dialog!box.!
5Click!OK!when!VMware!Virtual!Ethernet!Adapter!appears!in!the!Select!OEM!
Option!dialog
!box.!
The!VMware!network!driver!is!installed.!
6Click!Close!in!the!Adapters!dialog!box!to!complete!the!installation.!
Windows!lets!you!configure!the!Internet!address!for!the!card.!