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Using VMware Tools

VMware Workstation installs unmodified operating systems directly from floppies and/or CD-ROMs. This installation process is the first and only necessary step in building a virtual machine.

However, VMware highly recommends that you install the VMware Tools suite within each virtual machine as soon as it is installed. It is very important that you install VMware Tools in the guest operating system. If you do not install VMware Tools, the graphics environment within the virtual machine is limited to VGA-mode graphics (640x480, 16 colors).

With the VMware Tools SVGA driver installed, VMware Workstation supports up to 32-bit displays and high display resolution with significantly faster overall graphics performance.

Other tools in the package make it more convenient to use your virtual machine by supporting the following enhancements. Note that these enhancements are available only when VMware Tools is running.

The VMware Tools suite consists of two components:

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