Windows Server 8 Beta and VMware Tools

I am running VMware workstation 8.0.2 build-591240 to test Windows Server 8 Beta.  I'm doing this on my Windows 7 machine.  Right now there is no Microsoft hypervisor that runs on top of Windows 7/client OS that will support a 64 bit operating system (that changes with Windows 8)

The installation of Windows Server 8 Beta went fine and I had no issues with that.  I then tried to install VMware Tools

After the installation of VMWare tools the Windows Server 8 Beta box became unresponsive and the screen was black and the VM was unusable.  I had a snapshot so I went back to that and was able to work and test.

I looked around the VMware site and found a blog entry about running Windows 8 CP in Workstation 8

That didn't really help because my issue is with Windows Server 8.  I started reading the comments and noticed that there were others having this exact issue.  Some folks suggested enabling 3D Acceleration on the VM.

I enabled the feature and then installed VMware tools again and this time the VM booted up fine.  No black/unresponsive screen.

I hope this helps others trying to install VMWare tools with Windows Server 8.