Windows Vista

Be sure to read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products and this section before installing this operating system.

You can install Windows Vista in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows Vista distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows Vista:

•	Create and configure a new virtual machine.

•	Make sure the virtual machine has at least 512MB of RAM. The host computer must have more than 512MB of RAM to support this setting.

•	For the 32-bit version of Windows Vista, the hard drive for the virtual machine must be 16GB or larger.

•	For the 64-bit version of Windows Vista, the hard drive for the virtual machine must be 24GB or larger.

Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows Vista:

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If an Internet connection is not available while installing a 32-bit Windows Vista guest, the driver for the multimedia audio controller will not be installed. The Windows Device Manager will indicate that the driver for the multimedia audio controller is missing. To install the required driver, configure an Internet connection, and run Windows Update on the Windows Vista virtual machine.

Installation Steps

1	Insert the Windows Vista CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2	Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Vista.

3	Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools and for a listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.

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Note After installing VMware Tools on a Windows Vista Service Pack (SP1) virtual machine, the screen resolution does not change to 1024 by 768 pixels automatically. See knowledge base article 1004780 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004780.