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Suppress Prompts About Unsigned Drivers on Windows Operating Systems Before Vista

If you are installing a beta or RC version of VMware Tools in a Windows Server 2003 or earlier guest operating system, you can use a computer properties setting to suppress prompts that interfere with automatic installation of VMware Tools.
  • Power on the virtual machine.
  • Log in to the guest operating system as an administrator.
The version of VMware Tools included in a beta or release candidate version of a VMware product usually has some drivers that are signed only by VMware. If you are installing one of these versions in many virtual machines that run Windows Server 2003 or earlier guest operating systems, or if you plan to install VMware Tools from the command line, you can suppress prompts about unsigned drivers. If you do not suppress the prompts, during a VMware Tools installation, a message box appears several times and requires you to click
Continue Anyway
 to complete the installation.
  1. In the Windows Server 2003 or earlier guest operating system, in the
    Start
     menu, right-click
    My Computer
     and select
    Properties
    .
  2. In the
    System Properties
     dialog box, click the
    Hardware
     tab and click
    Driver Signing
    .
  3. In the
    Driver Signing Options
     dialog box, click
    Ignore
    , click
    OK
    , and click
    OK
     again.
When you run the VMware Tools installer, no prompts appear in the guest operating system.
Install VMware Tools.

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