VMWare 2.0 Guest switches

Add the following Switches on the  *.VMX file can improve the Guest OS performance 


sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate = "0"


Disable the TCP Offload Engine features in the driver on the host to improve guest network performance.
Disable the TCP Offload Engine features on the host:
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

1. Create a key named DisableTaskOffload, of type DWORD.
2. Set the value of the key to 1 .
3. Close the Registry Editor and restart the computer.