Windows 7 VM Working in VMware Tools

Last Modified: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:46:43 +0000 ; Created: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:46:43 +0000

Certificate authorities, sha2, etc. cause many things to fail on a Windows 7 SP1 virtual machine install. Found a post on how to fix it at VMWare Tools fails to install (Windows 7) - https://communities.vmware.com/

In case the above link goes down:

2019-09 Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4474419)
2019-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4490628)