How to install VMware Tools in Windows Vista | How to fix: VMware Tool installation error in Windows Vista | Windows Vista VMware Tools fix

In this post or video, I am going to show you, how to fix the VMware Tools installation error in Windows Vista.

Error / Symptoms

While installing VMware Tools in Windows Vista SP2 or Server 2008 Sp2, you may get these errors:
  • Setup cannot continue.  This program requires that you have Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or greater installed in this virtual machine. For details, refer to the following VMware Knowledge Base article 75163
  • Setup cannot continue.  This program requires that you have Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or greater installed in this virtual machine. For details, refer to the following VMware Knowledge Base article 75163.
For VMware Tools version 11.1 or later, releases will no longer support Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2.
Note: The oldest supported versions of Windows for these releases of tools is now Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or  Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Workaround

So, after installing Windows Vista (Guest OS),
  1. Download VMware Tools 11.0:
    On Host (main) OS, use your favourite browser and download the VMware Tool 11.0 available at https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/11.0.0/windows/VMware-tools-windows-11.0.0-14549434.iso (136 MB).
  2. Mount VMware Tools ISO file:
    On VMware Workstation, select VM > Removable Drives > CD/DVD (IDE) > Settings...
    Under Connection, choose the Use ISO image file option.
    Click on the Browse... button > navigate to the location where you downloaded the VMware Tools ISO file > select the VMware Tools ISO file and click on the Open button.
    Under Device status, check Connected and then click on the OK button to mount the Windows Update ISO file.
  3. Install VMware Tools versions prior to 11.0:
    In Windows Vista (Guest OS), open DVD/CD Drive and,
    And then install VMware Tools as you normally install.
And that’s how you can install VMware Tools in Windows Vista.
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Source: VMware

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