Specifications

CHAPTER 3 Using VMware Tools

You can automate the installation of VMware Tools in a Windows guest operating

system. For information, see Automating the Installation of VMware Tools in a

Windows Guest on page 69.

Installing VMware Tools in a Windows Guest Operating System

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.

3. Log on to the virtual machine as an administrator.

Note: You must be an administrator to install VMware Tools in a Windows guest

operating system, unless the guest operating system is Windows Me, Windows

98 or other early versions of Windows.

4. 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 GSX Server 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.