'View the Guest/Host OS tab on the VMware Compatibility Guide Web site' - this page is not intuitive, overloaded by extra information. You can use VMware Player 6.x or earlier! VMware Player 3.x works with a 32-bit or 64-bit CPU and will install in an 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.Īdditionally I suggest you View the Guest/Host OS tab on the VMware Compatibility Guide Web site The VMware Player Installer v4~v6 for Windows contains both the 32-bit and 64-bit installers so it come down to what CPU you have not necessarily what version of Windows although that does count too, however it will install in either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 providing the CPU matches the system requirements.

I quoted the most relevant information from the documentation in my first reply and as you apparently can't see it is the CPU that is more important then the OS. If you cannot read the 'Host System Requirements for VMware Player' in any of the Getting Started with VMware Player documents and determine whether or not your system meets the requirements then maybe you shouldn't be using the software to begin with. Well it actually does and the fact that you cannot see that says it all! See VMware Player Documentation for additional details.Īlso have a look at: View the Guest/Host OS tab on the VMware Compatibility Guide Web siteĬhoose VMware Workstation and the comparable VMware Player version are WS 10 = P 6, WS 9 = P 5, WS 8 = P 4 and WS 7 = P 3. Version 3.x requires a standard x86-compatible or x86-64 with Intel VT IntelTM Virtualization Technology feature turned on or most AMD64 processors (except the earliest revision C Opteron processors).Īs a Guest OS Windows 7 SP1 is officially supported from VMware Player version 3.1.4 onwards (according to the VMware Compatibility Guide).Īs a Guest OS Windows 7 is officially supported from VMware Player version 4.0 onwards (according to the VMware Compatibility Guide). Versions 4, 5 and 6 all require the host system must have a 64-bit x86 CPU that meets the following requirements.Īs well as other conditions, read the Getting Started with VMware Player document. Have you bothered to read the 'Host System Requirements for VMware Player' in any of the Getting Started with VMware Player documents for any of the available versions, 3 ~ 6? You didn't really specify whether Windows 7 was the Host or the Guest so as a Host.

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