After upgrading the virtual hardware, you may need to take several steps to be sure the new virtual hardware is recognized properly by the guest operating system. If you are using a Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me virtual machine created under VMware GSX Server 1, take the steps listed under the name of your guest operating system.

If you are using other guest operating systems, you do not need to take these special steps. Plug and Play should recognize the new virtual hardware and install any needed drivers smoothly.

In any case, you should verify the guest operating system selection in the virtual machine settings editor. See Check Guest Operating System Selection.