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Problems Installing Windows Vista RC1 on VMware Workstation?

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Ok, so you finally downloaded the latest build of Microsoft’s Windows Vista only to find that you Windows Vista 5.jpgare having problems installing it inside of your VMware Workstation 5.5.2 virtual machine.

Evidently, there is a bug with the Vista pre-RC1 (build 5536) and RC1 (build 5600) that causes interaction problems with VMware’s Workstation 5.5.2. During the operating system installation, the system seems to hang at the text mode screen "Windows is loading files".

Screams were heard around the world, or at least across the VMware VMTN forums. But as usual, VMware forum users were on top of things, and immediately started posting helpful workarounds to get people up and running. Some solutions were easier than others, but all were equally clever and well received…InfoWorld Virtualization Report | InfoWorld | Problems Installing Windows Vista RC1 on VMware Workstation? | September 11, 2006 07:29 PM | By David Marshall

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