Unable to install vmware tools on windows 2000

To install VMware tools for Linux and Windows virtual machines the users just need to perform a few simples steps given in this article. After installing the VMware tools which is a pack of different utilities offered by VMware the user will notice an improvement in the performance of the guest operating systems. It will improve the low Low video resolution, Inadequate colour depth, restricted movement of the mouse, Inability to copy and paste and drag-and-drop files, Incorrect display of network speed, Missing sound, give the ability to snapshots of the guest OS and synchronizes the time.

First of all, open the VMware workstation payer where you have installed the Linux and Windows virtual machines. After opening the VMware player, select the Virtual machine which you want to run and where you want to install the Vmware tools. When the Virtual Machine booted completely then go to the Player option given in the VMware player menu.

As we click on the Install Vmware tools option, the Player automatically detects the system and download Vmware tool for Linux or Windows respectively. On Windows, the installation of Vmware Tools is super easy after downloading the Vmware player simply mount that under CD-Rom automatically from where the user can install it just like any other normal software.

However, it is also the same for GUI based Linux operating systems too. Copy the VMwareTools compress file name and use with below copy command. Like in our case it was VMwareTools So, copy that one and paste with below command:. Now change the directory to the directory extracted by the Vmware tools which is VMware-tools-distrib.

Press or hit Enter key couple of times to select the default options of these tools…. Post by Zv45Beta » Fri Apr 13, pm. Post by AyamiOoruri29 » Sat Apr 14, am. Post by louisw3 » Sun Apr 15, am. Post by rakan » Sun May 27, am. Post by mahich03 » Sat Jun 02, pm. Post by WindowsLover » Thu Jun 21, pm. Privacy Terms. The community for beta and abandonware collectors. Quick links. So I got the spark to rebuild my VM collection I had a long time ago, but it seems something has changed in VMware tools that prevents me from installing VMware tools on Windows , and I've tried different versions of VMware and it still doesn't work.