VMWARE TOOLS FOR WINDOWS 95 AND 98 INSTALL

And very surprising, it took almost as long as it did in the old days (about 40 minutes).ĭuring the installation you can also download the VMWare Tools for Windows 98.

Now you can start your virtual machine and the process is the same as installing Windows 98 on a PC. Any other Soundblaster drivers gave me a lot of blue screens in Windows 98. It was a bit of a puzzle to have the right drivers for Windows 98 and the VMWare player, but here you have a link to the ZIP file with the drivers that I used. Don't set the sound to your own card, for it is likely that there are no drivers available for it. To have sound within Windows 98 it is important that you keep the setting to 'Use default host sound card', for this will emulate a Sound Blaster Ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard. Special attention for the default soundcard

VMWARE TOOLS FOR WINDOWS 95 AND 98 INSTALL

The best way is to search for the proper releases with the browser of the host (your PC) and drag and drop the downloaded files to your VMWare Windows 98 and then install them there. Please be aware that appropriate additional software like Flash Player and Winzip can be found on the internet. The Windows 98 period was a period of Megabytes rather than Gigabytes so you don't have to reserve too much space for this. It is helpful to have the Windows 98 (virtual) CD available after you have installed the operating system, for the installation of additional drivers you don't have to swap constantly the CD image in your CD player. One for the (virtual) Windows 98 ISO and one for playing the 500 nations CD (or any other physical CD's). Installing the ISO is like installing an old PCĪfter downloading the ISO you just create a new virtual machine in your VMWare Player called Windows 98 SE. The links presented below are for educational purposes only and can be used at own discretion and liability in case you don't own a Windows 98 genuine license. DisclaimerTo make the content of this article work you require genuine Windows 98 license.

Vmware tools for windows 95 and 98