If you have 32bit cpu I would suggest installing VMware Player 3 and if it doesn't work then I guess you will be stuck with version 2. VMware Workstation 8 (player 4 equivalent?):Īccording to the workstation 8 document a 64bit cpu is required.

VMware Workstation 7 (player 3 equivalent?):Īccording to the workstation 7 document some x86 cpus are still supported like the Intel Pentium 4 models that support PAE, however older ones like pentium III are not any longer. So vmware player 2 should support 32bit cpus. VMware Workstation 6 (player 2 equivalent):Īccording to the workstation 6 document an x86 or x86-64 cpu can be used. The links below are for workstation because Vmware posts more information about it, but player is built from workstation so often the same information applies.Īccording to this a 64bit cpu is required. The following information may not apply to since you said you are running a 32bit OS but didn't state if you had a 32bit cpu. While a 32bit operating system can still be used, it must be running on a 64bit cpu. My understanding is that in version 4 they dropped support for 32bit cpu's.

Vmware player windows 7 32 bit