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Enhancing video in a guest Windows 2000 operating system running off a dual-boot raw disk
To enhance video in a virtual machine with a Windows 2000 guest operating
system, you must upgrade the SVGA driver. You
must first install VMware Tools (including the SVGA display driver).
To upgrade Windows 2000 to use the new SVGA driver:
- Double-click
the Display icon in the Control Panel. This opens the "Display
Properties" control panel.
- Click
the Settings tab.
- Click
the Advanced button.
- Click
the Adapter tab.
- Click
the Properties button.
- Click
the Driver tab.
- Click
the Update Driver button. This starts the "Upgrade Device Driver"
wizard. Click Next.
- Select
the option labeled "Display a list of the known drivers for this device
so that I can choose a specific driver." Click Next.
- Click
the Have Disk button.
- Browse to
the drivers subdirectory under your VMware Tools directory. For example:
C:\Program Files\VMware\Drivers
- Select the VMware,
Inc. SVGA display adapter and click Next.
- Click Next
again. Click Yes to indicate that you want to continue with the
installation.
- Click the Finish
button.
- Click Yes
to restart Windows 2000 and start using the new video driver.
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