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margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed1"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <h3>Windows Vista Beta</h3> </div> <a name="wp956445"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <h4>Support</h4> </div> <a name="wp956446"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>32-Bit Version</b> </div> <a name="wp956447"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> This beta operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products: </div> <a name="wp956448"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware Workstation 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 5.0, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2<br />Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956449"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware ACE 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956450"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware GSX Server 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp1046398"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware Server 1.0<br />Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1.0</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956453"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>64-Bit Version</b> </div> <a name="wp956454"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> This beta operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products: </div> <a name="wp956455"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2<br />Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp980009"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>ESX Server 3.0<br />Experimental support for Vista Server Beta</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp1046403"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware Server 1.0<br />Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1.0</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956458"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -36pt" class="pnote"> <b>Note:</b> If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter, be sure it is supported under the VMware product-ESX Server or GSX Server-on which you are running the virtual machine. </div> <a name="wp956459"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Because Windows Vista is still in the beta stage of development, you should expect it to install and run more slowly than other guest operating systems. </div> <a name="wp956460"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <h4>General Installation Notes</h4> </div> <a name="wp956464"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Be sure to read <a href="guestos_general.htm">General Guidelines for All VMware Products</a> as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system. </div> <a name="wp956466"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> You can install the Windows Vista beta in a virtual machine using the Windows Vista distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server. </div> <a name="wp956467"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Installation Steps</b> </div> <a name="wp956468"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> If you want to run Windows Vista in a virtual machine, be sure you have a full installation CD for the operating system. </div> <a name="wp956469"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine. Be sure the virtual machine has at least 512MB of RAM. The host computer must have more than 512MB of RAM to support this setting. If you are installing the 32-bit version of Windows Vista beta, be sure the virtual machine&#39;s hard drive is 16GB or larger. If you are installing the 64-bit version of Windows Vista beta, be sure the virtual machine&#39;s hard drive is 24GB or larger. </div> <a name="wp956470"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -36pt" class="pnote"> <b>Note:</b> Special steps are required to install Windows Vista beta on a blank hard disk. This issue affects installation in a new virtual machine just as it affects installation on a physical computer with an unpartitioned hard disk. Microsoft documents the issue in the Windows Vista beta release notes. Steps to partition a blank hard disk are included in the installation instructions that follow. Another way to work around this problem is to install the corresponding version of Windows XP Pro (32-bit or 64-bit), and then upgrade that guest operating system to Windows Vista beta. </div> <a name="wp956471"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Installing the Guest Operating System</b> </div> <a name="wp956472"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">1 Insert the Windows Vista CD in the CD-ROM drive.</div> <a name="wp956473"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Vista.</div> <a name="wp956474"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">3 <b class="cBold">If using a blank hard disk: </b>When the Windows Vista installer menu appears, choose the first option, Install Now.</div> <a name="wp956478"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenTextInd"> <b class="cBold">If installing over an existing guest operating system: </b>Skip to <a href="guestos_winvista.htm#wp956488">step 9</a>. </div> <a name="wp956479"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">4 Press Shift-F10 to open a command prompt.</div> <a name="wp956480"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">5 Start the disk partitioning utility.</div> <a name="wp956481"> </a><div class="pcmdText"> diskpart </div> <a name="wp956482"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">6 Enter the following commands to partition the hard disk:</div> <a name="wp956483"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 99pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -81pt; text-transform: none"> select disk 0 </div> <a name="wp956484"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 99pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -81pt; text-transform: none"> create partition primary </div> <a name="wp956485"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">7 When the partitioning process is complete, click the Reset button to reboot the virtual machine.</div> <a name="wp956486"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">8 As the virtual machine begins to reboot, while the VMware logo appears on the screen, click inside the virtual machine window, and then press Esc to get to the BIOS boot menu. Choose CD-ROM Drive as the boot device, and then continue installing Windows Vista beta.</div> <a name="wp956488"> </a><div class="pSmartList1">9 In certain Windows Vista builds, the installer chooses an incorrect default in the screen titled Choose your installation destination. 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To set up the virtual machine to play sound, see Configuring Sound in the GSX Server documentation. </div> <a name="wp956505"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <h4>Known Issues</h4> </div> <a name="wp956507"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Warnings When Installing VMware Tools</b> </div> <a name="wp956508"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Windows Vista uses a new method to install drivers. As a result, warning messages appear at several stages during installation of VMware Tools in Windows Vista guest operating systems. Sometimes these messages are hidden. The driver installation appears to hang. However, if you press Alt-Tab, you can bring the warning message to the foreground. There are two types of messages. </div> <a name="wp956509"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>A message that says the driver is not Authenticode signed. When you see one of these messages, click Install Now to continue installing VMware Tools.</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956510"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>A message that says the driver package is not compatible with Windows Vista. When you see one of these messages, click Cancel to continue installing VMware Tools. </td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956511"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> You might also see a message asking you to restart before the VMware Tools installer has finished. Do not restart the guest operating system at that time. Wait until the Installation Wizard Completed screen appears, click Finish, and then restart the guest operating system when you are prompted to do so. </div> <a name="wp980032"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Windows Vista Requires VMware Tools for Networking</b> </div> <a name="wp980033"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">ESX Server: </b>Because Windows Vista does not include a vlance (pcnet32) driver for the network adapter, you must use the vmxnet network adapter to enable networking. A driver for this adapter is included in VMware Tools. You must install VMware Tools to use networking in Windows Vista guests. </div> <a name="wp956514"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Ethernet Adapter Change Needed in Certain Windows Vista Builds</b> </div> <a name="wp956515"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> The AMD Ethernet card driver included with certain Windows Vista builds-including 4074 and possibly others-does not work correctly. To use networking in these Windows Vista guest operating systems, you must switch to the vmxnet network adapter. A driver for this adapter is included in VMware Tools. </div> <a name="wp956516"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">VMware GSX Server on a Linux host:</b> Choose VM &gt; Settings, select Network Adapter, and then select vmxnet as the virtual device to use. You can install VMware Tools either before or after changing the virtual network adapter. </div> <a name="wp956517"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">VMware GSX Server on a Windows host:</b> Choose VM &gt; Settings, select NIC, and then select vmxnet as the virtual device to use. 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There are some steps you can take to minimize the number of significant changes. </div> <a name="wp956528"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>Set the final memory size for your virtual machine before you activate Windows Vista. When you cross certain thresholds-approximately 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and 1GB-the product activation feature sees the changes as significant. </td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956529"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -36pt" class="pnoteInd"> <b>Note:</b> The size reported to the Windows product activation feature is slightly less than the actual amount configured for the virtual machine. For example, 128MB is interpreted as falling in the 64MB-127MB range. </div> <a name="wp956531"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>Install VMware Tools before you activate Windows Vista. When the SVGA driver in the VMware Tools package is installed, it activates features in the virtual graphics adapter that make it appear to Windows Vista as a new graphics adapter.</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956532"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>If you want to experiment with any other aspects of the virtual machine configuration, do so before activating Windows Vista. Keep in mind that typically you have 14 days for experimentation before you have to activate the operating system. (Your EULA might define a different period before activation is required.)</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp956533"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> For more details on Windows Vista product activation, see the Microsoft Web site. </div> <a name="wp956535"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Display Hardware Acceleration</b> </div> <a name="wp956536"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Windows Vista has display adapter hardware acceleration disabled by default. This slows down graphics performance and mouse responsiveness in the guest operating system. </div> <a name="wp956537"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> To enable hardware acceleration in a Windows Vista guest, open the Control Panel, and then open the Display Properties control panel. On the Settings tab, click Advanced. On the Troubleshoot tab, drag the Hardware acceleration slider all the way to Full. </div> <a name="wp956539"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Guest Screen Saver</b> </div> <a name="wp956540"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> On a Linux host with an XFree86 3.x X server, it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system. Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze. </div> <a name="wp956542"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Hibernation</b> </div> <a name="wp956543"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> The hibernation feature is not supported. Instead of using the guest operating system&#39;s hibernate feature, suspend the virtual machine. </div> <a name="wp956544"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Checked (Debug) Build</b> </div> <a name="wp956546"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">VMware GSX Server:</b> In order to install and run a checked (debug) build of Windows Vista in a virtual machine, you must first edit the virtual machine&#39;s configuration file (<span class="ccommand"><tt>.vmx</tt></span>). Add the following line:<br /><span class="ccommand"><tt>uhci.forceHaltBit = TRUE</tt></span> </div> <a name="wp956551"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>Windows Vista Beta</title> <b>Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines</b> </div> <a name="wp1023852"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">EXS Server 2.5.x:</b> Although ESX Server 2.5.x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension (PAE), they are not optimized for it. As a result, guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance. For best performance, VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems. For more information and instructions on disabling PAE, see the knowledge base article at<br /> <span class="cWebJump"><a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2020" target="_window">www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2020</a></span>. </div> <a name="wp1023854"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">EXS Server 3.0:</b> Note that disabling PAE also disables NX (no execute) and ED (execute disabled) features found in recent AMD and Intel processors. 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