Installing windows server 2008 r2 on vmware player

In the past I have used Virtual PC 32bit to test but this time it would not work. Virtual PC did not recognize the. I tried to look at tech support on how to complete this but, I was not able to figure it out.

I would appreciate it if anyone gave me some information on how to use the R2. In addition, the VMware products don't need to be installed on a 64bit Operating System to be able to offer 64bit guests.

You can install these products on 32bit Operating Systems as well. As Windows Server R2 is 64bit operating system, and it doesn't support to be run on Virtual Pc If you want to test it in virtualization envrionment, i suggest you may consider using Hyper-v technology which embed in Windows Server R2 to install a R2 VM for testing purpose.

The following post discussed the similar issue, you can refer to:. By the way, if you want to run a 64 bit guest operating system, you should have a 64 bit of host machine. In addition, as Scorpio mentioned, you can try to use Hyper-V. Best Regards,. I tried to install with Microsoft's virtual machine and it gave x64 on x86 error for the processor.. Since my CPU is Bit!

Btw, the ISO i downloaded is the only one available on microsoft.. Do you have a link to x86 one? June 29th, , AM 6. Originally Posted by ByTeWrangler. June 30th, , AM 7. Alright tried few things.. Simple but tried none the less.. They didn't work out. Downloading VHD image's now.. June 30th, , AM 8. Somehow I don't get the part that microsoft is trying to get into Virtulization too..

What freaks! They can't handle one thing though.. Why does microsoft want to go into everything.. Jack of all but master of none.. June 30th, , PM 9. This is frustrating.. I spent almost an hour downloading the image file.. When I start in Virtual PC not virtual server it does nothing and just keeps rebooting after saying windows is loading files 2. We recommended that you leave the Telnet Server service running under its default Local Service account.

If it still doesn't resolve the issue, you can verify that the latest version of VMWare Tools that is installed. If you notice that you can't update VMWare Tools or uninstall it, follow these steps:. Click Start , click Run , type cmd, and then click OK. A Command Prompt window opens. Install the latest version of VMware Tools and then perform a restart after you verify that the setting for the Telnet Server service logon setting is set correctly.

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