Specifications

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If you want to enable the virtual machine’s sound adapter to work inside the
Windows NT guest operating system, finish the remaining steps in this section,
then refer to Configuring Sound on page 337.
Windows 95 and Windows 98 guests: You should see New Hardware
Detected dialog boxes as Plug and Play runs and discovers the virtual hardware.
Windows prompts you for locations to search for device drivers. Most of the
device drivers are available in the existing operating system installation, but you
may need the installation CD-ROM for some networking device drivers.
Windows also asks you to reboot your system several times as it installs the
device drivers.
In some instances, Windows may not recognize the CD-ROM drive when it
prompts you to insert the CD-ROM to look for device drivers during the initial
hardware detection. In such cases, you can cancel the installation of the
particular device or try pointing to C:\Windows\system\ to search for
device drivers on the hard disk. Any failed device installations may be performed
at a later time after the CD-ROM drive is recognized.
After Windows has installed the virtual hardware and its drivers, you can remove
the failed devices corresponding to the physical hardware using the Device
Manager (Control Panel > System > Device Manager).
Select the device, then click the Remove button. If a device appears in multiple
hardware profiles, you can select the hardware profile or profiles from which to
remove the device.
If you want to enable the virtual machine’s sound adapter to work inside the
guest operating system, finish the remaining steps in this section, then refer to
Configuring Sound on page 337.
7. Confirm that your virtual devices — specifically, the network adapter — are
working properly.
Windows 95 and Windows 98 guests: If any virtual device is missing, you can
detect it by running Control Panel > Add New Hardware.
8. Install VMware Tools. VMware Tools appears and runs in both hardware
configurations but affects only the virtual machine.
Note: The next time you reboot Windows natively using the Physical Machine
hardware profile, some virtual devices may appear in the device list. You can
disable or remove these virtual devices from the Physical Machine hardware
profile in the same way that you removed physical devices from the Virtual
Machine hardware profile in step 6, above.