You can install, upgrade, and modify VMware Tools in virtual machine guest operating systems.

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that you install in the operating system of a virtual machine. VMware Tools enhances the performance of a virtual machine and makes possible many of the ease-of-use features in VMware products. For example, the following features are just some of the features that are available only if VMware Tools is installed:

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Significantly faster graphics performance and Windows Aero on operating systems that support Aero

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Copying and pasting text, graphics, and files between the virtual machine and the host or client desktop

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Improved mouse performance

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Synchronization of the clock in the virtual machine with the clock on the host or client desktop

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Scripting that helps automate guest operating system operations

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