#Vmware tools windows vista install#

Windows 8.1 with Microsoft update KB2919355.

Windows Server 2012 R2 with Microsoft update KB2919355.

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Installing or upgrading to VMware Tools 10.3.0 is not supported for Windows versions that do not meet the prerequisites and customers should continue to use VMware Tools 10.2.x or older until they can patch or update Windows OS to meet the prerequisites for VMware Tools 10.3.0. While preparing the system for VMware Tools 10.3.0 installation, Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable is installed on the system as a prerequisite. VMware Tools 10.3.0 depends on and ships Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable version 14.0.

windows.iso supports Windows Vista and later.

VMware Tools 10.3.2 supports the following guest operating systems

#Vmware tools windows vista install#

Install VMware Tools 10.3.2, or VMware Tools 10.2.5 or an earlier version of VMware Tools. Note: VMware Tools 10.3.0 is deprecated due to a VMXNET3 driver related issue. It is recommended that VMware AppDefense users use VMware Tools 10.3.2. This release of VMware Tools resolves a number of VMware AppDefense issues. And you can update VMware tools for VMs using different methods manually, automatically after esxi update or use Manager (VUM) after uploading the tools VIB file. VMware releases new VMware tools to provide improvement of functionality or a problem, which occurred in the previous release for customers. Note that VMware Tools cannot install the AppDefense component automatically, you have install this component manually. This AppDefense agent can be installed on the guest virtual machine using the VMware Tools installer. In Addition with 10.3.2 release VMware included AppDefense a security management and monitoring solution.

This version affecting only vSphere 6.5 customers and for fixing this VMware has released VMware tools 10.3.2 and made the 10.3.0 version deprecated. Most of VMware customers faced PSOD issue due to VMware tools version 10.3.0 on the virtual machines.This PSOD is due to the bug in the version for Windows OS and VMware has informed their customers about this issue.