Does it need AutoPlay? Did you browse to the CD drive and run setup from there? Last time I used it, it just basically inserted a virtual CD - may have changed for the better since then however.
On 24 February 2012 13:09, Richard McClary <[email protected]>wrote: > Greetings!**** > > ** ** > > Why is it that on some VMWare VM’s, VMTools will not install? I can find > no errors nor any consistency.**** > > ** ** > > Locally, we are currently running ESX 3.5. I see the failure for VMTools > to install on some Windows 2003 machines. On others, created at about the > same time (within a day or two), VMTools installs on them quickly with no > issues.**** > > ** ** > > Several weeks back, I created my first Windows 2008 server on an ESX 4.1 > system. In vCenter, I gave the command to install VMTools. Only recently > did I log back into that particular VMWare environment. I happened to > check on the server I had created. In vCenter, “Summary”, it shows that > VMTools were not installed.**** > > ** ** > > In vCenter, clicking that VM, then “Guest”, I see I have only the option > to cancel the installation. 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