[How To] Circumvent the VMWare Installer vmx86 bug.

[REVENGE]

If you have trouble installing VMWare Workstation 5.X onto your computer, this guide may help solve your problems. I had this problem myself, but I was able to work out a solution based on info I found on the net.

 

DESCRIPTION:

You are trying to install VMWare Workstation 5.X, but your computer reboots immediately after the installer installs the VMNet8 driver, and your computer subsequently continues to reboot a few seconds after you restart Windows.

 

THE PROBLEM:

I do not know the specific technicalities, but it appears that after the VMNet8 driver, the installer attempts to install the vmx86 driver which causes Windows to reboot. Thereafter, every time Windows starts, it will reboot upon attempting to load the vmx86 driver.

 

THE SOLUTION:

Follow these steps in the order specified:

 

If you have encountered this problem, but have regained the ability to enter Windows normally, start with step one. If you’re getting rebooted every time you try to start up Windows, go to step 4.

1. Start the installer again.

2. If the installer is able to progress to the point where the bug occurs, proceed to step 3. If the installer quits because it mentions something about VMWare being installed already even though the installation is broken, you need to run the VMWare installer with the /c switch after it. It will manually remove installed files and allow you to restart the installer.

3. After a while, the installer should trigger the reboot problem. After your computer reboots, go into safe mode.

4. In safe mode, go to the Control Panel and go to System. Go to the Hardware tab and click on Device Manager.

5. Under device manager, go to view and toggle Show hidden devices. Expand the tree for Non-Plug and Play devices and find the device called vmx86. Right click on it and choose disable. Confirm that the device has been disabled and reboot. Windows should now start correctly again.

6. Now, execute the VMWare installer again. If it gives you {censored} about VMWare installed already, run it with /c, then try again. This time, the installer should go through to the end successfully.

7. After making sure VMWare is installed properly, you now have to go back into Device Manager and re-enable the vmx86 device. This is weird, but it seems that the driver vmx86.sys itself doesn’t cause Windows to crash if it is enabled now. It is suspected that the crash purely stems from a bug in the installer. NOTE: You MUST go and re-enable vmx86 if you want to run virtual machines in VMWare. Otherwise, you will get an error saying vmx86 is not running or is missing. Reboot after you re-enable.

8. That’s it! You should now be able to run VMWare (and hopefully install Mac OS X x86) without a hitch! Good luck.

 

Questions, Comments, and Success Stories: please PM me or post below.

[MacKers]

thanks , i give a try .