• Use an USB 3.0/3.1 controller with Win 7
• Install VMware Tools on Win Server (Core)

5. Install VMware Tools on Windows XP

Shut down your Windows XP virtual machine.

Once the machine is off, click on : Edit.

Expand the "CD/DVD Drive 1" node, select "Datastore ISO file" and click on : Browse.

Select the "winPreVista.iso" file added previously in your datastore and click on : Select.

Click on : Save.

Start your Windows XP virtual machine.

Open the start menu and click on : My Computer.
Next, double-click on the "VMware Tools" CD drive.

The VMware Tools installation wizard appears.
Click Next and perform a typical installation as usual.

Wait while installing VMware Tools on Windows XP.

Click Finish.

Click Yes.

VMware Tools has been successfully installed (as you can see in the taskbar).

In the general information of your virtual machine, you will see that VMware ESXi tells you that VMware Tools are installed.
In addition, network information about this virtual machine appears (thanks to the installed VMware Tools).