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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What You Can Do with VMware Fusion
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install or Upgrade VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Import an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
- Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual Machine
- Download a Virtual Appliance from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Correct Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
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Correct Sound Problems in Virtual Machines
Running Vista 32-Bit Edition
When you install Microsoft Vista 32-bit edition in a VMware Fusion virtual
machine, there is no sound output. To correct this problem, run Windows
Update to update the sound driver from within Vista.
To update the sound driver in a VMware Fusion virtual machine
running Windows Vista 32-bit edition
1 In the virtual machine, from the Windows start menu, Control-click or
right-click Computer and select Properties.
2 In the left pane, under Tasks, select Device Manager.
3 When prompted for your permission to continue, click Continue.
Windows displays the Device Manager.
4 Control-click or right-click the Multimedia Audio Controller with a
warning symbol (indicating that there is no driver) and select Update
Driver Software.
5 At the prompt How do you want to search for driver software?, select
Search automatically for updated driver software.
Windows finds and installs the appropriate driver for your virtual sound
card.
6 When you are prompted to restart, click Restart Now.
Sound should now work in your Microsoft Vista 32-bit virtual machine.