VMware：Configuration file was created by a VMware product with more features than this version

  Few days ago，I opened the Genesys demo VM by VMware Server 1.0.4 and got an error like this：

    "Configuration file was created by a VMware product with more features than this version" may be a correct statement, The VM image was created by a higher version VM product--VMware WorkStation6.5.

Because of this, you can use a simple hack to make the new VMs work with older version of VMware Server: simply change the hardware version back.

Here's how you do it:

1) Fix the VM configuation file

Go to the directory with all the files for your VM (V:indiana in my example), and edit the VM configuration file - the one with .vmx extension.

Change this line (should be close to the top of the file):

virtualHW.version = "6″

to this

virtualHW.version = "4″

2) Fix the VM disk configuration file

In exactly the same manner, fix the virtual machine disk file (.vmdk one:

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "6″

to look like this:

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4″

That's all you need! After these two quick fixes your VM will be happily recognized by VMware Server 1.0.4. Enjoy!