topic windows xp on fusion 11.5.1 in VMware Fusion Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/windows-xp-on-fusion-11-5-1/m-p/523541#M27989 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Since upgradng to 11.5.1 of Fusion on Mac, I'm unable to install VMWare Tools.</P><P></P><P>This is a clean VM done from scratch using the "Easy setup method"</P><P></P><P>By default, Windows XP enters Classic Theme only and there is no option for Windows XP Theme as before the update.</P><P>Can i point to windows xp theme using Gpedit, if even installed?</P><P></P><P>At least that would be one problem solved..</P><P></P><P>VMware tools error:</P><P></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Screen Shot 2019-11-22 at 11.56.56 am.png"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15514iE8967E8AB17E4C6D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2019-11-22 at 11.56.56 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2019-11-22 at 11.56.56 am.png" /></span></P><P></P><P>Tried empting %temp% folder, restarting Windows, and Disk cleanup, to no avail. </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Nov 2019 03:58:14 GMT TECH198 2019-11-22T03:58:14Z windows xp on fusion 11.5.1 https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/windows-xp-on-fusion-11-5-1/m-p/523541#M27989 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Since upgradng to 11.5.1 of Fusion on Mac, I'm unable to install VMWare Tools.</P><P></P><P>This is a clean VM done from scratch using the "Easy setup method"</P><P></P><P>By default, Windows XP enters Classic Theme only and there is no option for Windows XP Theme as before the update.</P><P>Can i point to windows xp theme using Gpedit, if even installed?</P><P></P><P>At least that would be one problem solved..</P><P></P><P>VMware tools error:</P><P></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Screen Shot 2019-11-22 at 11.56.56 am.png"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15514iE8967E8AB17E4C6D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2019-11-22 at 11.56.56 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2019-11-22 at 11.56.56 am.png" /></span></P><P></P><P>Tried empting %temp% folder, restarting Windows, and Disk cleanup, to no avail. </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Nov 2019 03:58:14 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/windows-xp-on-fusion-11-5-1/m-p/523541#M27989 TECH198 2019-11-22T03:58:14Z Re: windows xp on fusion 11.5.1 https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/windows-xp-on-fusion-11-5-1/m-p/523542#M27990 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Fixed.// Problem was the 'Easy setup wizard" in VMWare when creating VM...</P><P></P><P>Did a new install of Windows XP without the easy setup and everything ok.... VMWare tools even installed <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:46:36 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/windows-xp-on-fusion-11-5-1/m-p/523542#M27990 TECH198 2019-11-22T08:46:36Z