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| If you have tried to install Windows 7 on a system that only has USB 3.0 ports, you might have found that you could not get past | |
| the language select screen of the installer as your keyboard and mouse suddenly stopped working the moment that screen appeared. | |
| This is due to the Windows 7 install media lacking native USB 3.0 support, meaning drivers needs to be embedded in the install media. | |
| The below instructions works for all missing critical drivers, including e.g. NVMe drivers (if the drive does not appear). | |
| 1. Download the appropriate missing Windows 7 drivers from the motherboard support page (e.g. USB 3.0 drivers, or NVMe drivers). |
Comment out this line from your VMX file: sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"
If you don't want to do that, change the audio format settings in Windows to "24 bit, 44100 Hz (Studio Quality)" or higher, which greatly improves (※ but does not completely fix) the issue.
See this for more info: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2012007