DO NOT update VMware Tools to 5.5.2.29772 !!

VMware has not posted this fix yet and they also have not released a new version to fix this problem, so read carefully!!

If you have upgraded your VMware Workstation to version 5.5.2.29772, Do not upgrade the VMware Tools to the current version.  You must first uninstall the old version and then reinstall the new version.  This is only the Tools, not the Workstation itself. 

If you do not do this, you will find yourself with a virtual brick (20GB virtual brick in my case).  It will load up almost all the way and then give you a BSOD.  Avoid the blue screen and uninstall first.

This has happened to others but VMware has not yet responded.

Published Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:25 AM by dotnetboy2003
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# re: DO NOT update VMware Tools to 5.5.2.29772 !!

How did you get the vhd to 20GB, mine can only go upto 16 GB.

Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:39 PM by Bugsy

# re: DO NOT update VMware Tools to 5.5.2.29772 !!

cvxcvcxv

Friday, September 01, 2006 10:35 PM by wupeng

# re: DO NOT update VMware Tools to 5.5.2.29772 !!

Got exactly the same thing on mine.

Luckly I made a backup before I did it As it has happened before.... Not nice as my Dev VM machine was out of order for 2 days the last time

Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:07 PM by Webdevil

# re: DO NOT update VMware Tools to 5.5.2.29772 !!

Apparently this only happens if you UPGRADE the Tools.. If you uninstall then reload the tools then its supposed to be OK.

I didnt do that :(

So after hours of reboots and trying things like booting the vm into safe mode and copying over a  .dll file someone suggested, I finally hit F8 during VM boot, chose "Last known good configuration" bingo..

Then uninstalled VMWare tools then loaded again.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:17 AM by KP

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