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Windows XP virtual machine gets a black screen on startup after installing VMWare Tools

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First post, by miller11568

Posted on 2025-10-17, 10:44

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Windows XP virtual machine gets a black screen on startup after installing VMWare Tools. Are there ways to fix this?

I'm on Windows 11 being the host and I have the latest version of VMWare Workstation and tools.

Reply 1 of 1, by Zilch

Posted on 2025-10-21, 20:47

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What version of VMWare Workstation/Player are you using?

Reason I'm asking is because Workstation is now free. About a year or so ago Broadcom/VMWare discontinued Player in favor of Workstation, for Windows.

You just need to create a Broadcom account. There is a section for free downloads on the Support Site. You'll also find the most up-to-date version of VMWare Tools.

And please tell me you're using Service Pack 3??

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