Notice about Vista on VMware

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Zenkaino lovelive, Jul 10, 2022.

  1. Zenkaino lovelive

    Zenkaino lovelive MDL Member

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    #1 Zenkaino lovelive, Jul 10, 2022
    You should set Hardware Compatibility "15.x" when you install Windows Vista on VMware, or the guest OS will not function well.
     
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  3. James Bond 007

    James Bond 007 MDL Junior Member

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    #3 James Bond 007, Dec 19, 2023
    So this is about installing an older version of VMware Tools on Windows VIsta? (11.0.6 is what comes with VMware Workstation / Player 15.5.7)

    I also have Windows Vista x64 virtual machines that I built quite some time ago. I still run VMware Workstation 10.0.7 (on Windows 7 Enterprise host) and 15.5.2 (on Windows 10 1809 LTSC host) (not 16 and 17 as the new features mostly only target Windows 11 which I don't use), and my Vista virtual machines are set at hardware level 10 and 11. There seems to be no point for me in using a newer version. Again, as far as I know features in newer versions mostly do not support Windows Vista anyway.