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[james]

I have indows 7 Ultimate RC 64Bit;
Windows 7 Ultimate RC 32bit + XP-Pro with SP3 32bit

VMPlayer W7-RC-64bit, W7-32bit guest as well as XP-Pro-SP3-32bit guest.
Both worked like a charm.
What you need :
Vmware Player it’s free : http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
Qemu Open Source emulator for Windows : http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~kazuw/qemu-wi ... indows.zip
Vmware Workstation : http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/
Freeware Vmware Diskmanager : http://vmxbuilder.com/vmware-diskmanager-gui/
pre-configured windows7.vmx file from here : http://www.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uplo ... ndows7.vmx
online vmx file builder : http://dcgrendel.be/vmbuilder/

The Installation :

Install Vmware Player on your Windows XP
created virtual disk of size 10GB & divided into 2GB files using Vmware-vdiskmanager
Display Name: Windows XP
Guest OS: Windows XP Professional Edition
Memory: 512 MB (Windows 7 Requires Minimum of 512 MB RAM)
Check: Sync Clock, VMTools Reminder, USB Host, Autoconnect
Ethernet: Check ETH0, Address Type: Generated, Address (leave default), Connection Type: Bridged (more info)
Set:
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.fileName = “auto detect”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
ide1:0.autodetect = “TRUE”
ide1:0.startConnected = “FALSE”
To
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.fileName = “windows7.iso”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-image”
ide1:0.autodetect = “TRUE”
ide1:0.startConnected = “FALSE”

Vmware player will boot like normal machine and will detect windows7.iso
Complete the Windows 7 instillation
install Vmware tools
sharing between your Windows 7 and Windows XP copy following lines and add to your windows7.vmx file at the end
sharedFolder0.enabled = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.present = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.readAccess = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.hostPath = “E:\”
sharedFolder0.guestName = “D”
sharedFolder0.eXpiration = “never”
sharedFolder.maxNum = “1?

Enable Vmware Player on windows 7
Done!