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VMware Knowledge Base article 78708 provides a free, manual solution for installing VMware Tools on legacy Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 systems, which fail due to missing SHA-2 code-signing support. The fix requires manually installing Microsoft updates KB4474419 and KB4490628 to enable signature verification, allowing tools installation to proceed. For more details, visit Broadcom Community . VMware tools fail to install on Windows 7 Guest | Fusion
: Look for large core.* files. These are memory dumps from crashed processes. If you don't need them for a support case, they can be deleted. kbvmware s article 78708 free