Workstation 11.x licensing

[HenrikOlerud]

Hi

I need to run Workstation on a Windows 7 32bit host machine, and as far as I understand 11.x was the last Version that supported this OS.

Workstation versjon 7.0 til 11.0: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2088579

Workstation versjon 12.x til 15.x: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2129859

I can download it from here:

Download VMware Workstation 11.0

This brings me to my actual question: how to License it?

Can I buy a Workstation 15.5 pro License key (for Windows and linux) and it will work on this release?

Is it at all possible to buy it any more?

Thanks

[asajm]

Hi HenrikOlerud​

Check

VMware Compatibility Guide - Guest/Host Search

[Alex_Romeo · Accepted solution]

Hi,

However, it is always possible to downgrade:

VMware Knowledge Base

ARomeo

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

asajm

Your answer is for "Guest". from the question it seems that he has to install it as "Host":

ARomeo

[HenrikOlerud]

hi. I'm looking for win7 32bit as host-OS, not guest-OS.

[HenrikOlerud]

Thanks.

That's a usefull suggestion.

I Guess I could buy 15.5 key and then downgrade it to 11.x ?

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

Yes, exactly!

ARomeo

[RDPetruska]

Actually, if you carefully read the first KB article you linked, Workstation 11.x requires a 64-bit host OS.  Workstation 10.x (and Player 6.x) is the latest to support 32-bit OS's.  So you will need to download (and downgrade your license) to 10.x, not 11.x.

[HenrikOlerud]

Thank you, that was easy to miss!