By default, the virtual sound adapter is not installed in the virtual machine. Please contact your host operating system support provider or sound card manufacturer for help.Īdd a virtual sound adapter to the virtual machine. VMware cannot provide support assistance in configuring sound on your host operating system. You may need to install additional software on your system to support sound. Refer to the documentation for your particular Windows operating system. Setting Up a Virtual Sound Card on a Windows Hostīe sure your physical sound card is installed and configured properly on the Windows host operating system. Sound support is currently limited to PCM (pulse code modulation) output (that is, any application that produces sound without using MIDI). The VMware Workstation sound device is disabled by default and must be enabled with the Configuration Editor ( Settings > Configuration Editor). NET Server and Linux guest operating systems. VMware Workstation provides a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 compatible audio device and supports sound in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows. Features | Documentation | Knowledge Base | Discussion Forums