VMware Windows 7 32bit downloading .exe from web issue

Hey Guys,

I have been having an interesting issue I just can seem to solve.

So, I retired my xp 32bit VM and wanted to create a 32bit windows 7 VM to take its place.

Oddly enough no matter if I load from a clean snapshot or preform a clean installation the problem comes back.

The network is running in bridged mode as are all my other VM's and I have no issues with them.

Windows 7 is fully updated.

Now what happens is when I try to download any kind of installation for an application. like let’s say bit defender or ccleaner.
Firefox gives me a Gah your tab just crashed, but it still downloads the .exe
Internet explorer the download will fail but if I keep hitting retry sometimes it downloads.
not matter what browser I use to download a .exe I end up getting a NSIS error
installer integrity check has failed. Common causes included incomplete download and damaged media. Contact the installer’s author to obtain a new copy.

Any idea as to what this can be. Windows 7 issue or bad update patch? An issue with VMware.
I have a windows 7 64bit os and windows 10 64bit and don’t have this issue.

By all means ask me for any other information that I can provided that may help with troubleshooting.

The only thing I can think of is that the VM is corrupt it some way. Did you install 7 from an ISO image?

Inside the VMware image folder in the My Documents folder are logs. You can have a look over those. You might want to use Notepad ++.

I don't use VMware Workstation, but VMware Workstation Player. I can't say I've had any issues with 7.

Maybe the installer is no configured properly.

For example, setup.exe /NCRC skips CRC checks in the installer.

Run installer from command prompt, with full path to setup.exe.

Do you get any errors in Event Viewer when i) connecting to network ii) downloading installer??

iko22 said:

Maybe the installer is no configured properly.

For example, setup.exe /NCRC skips CRC checks in the installer.

Run installer from command prompt, with full path to setup.exe.

iko22 said:

Do you get any errors in Event Viewer when i) connecting to network ii) downloading installer??

I tried running the one of the application setups.exe in cmd and admin cmd stil recieved same error, I'll look into other commands as / NCRC as I tried that as well and the result was the same.

I checked my event log, no errors when connecting to the network and downloading.

What I did notice today is from google I tried to get to glasswire download and the first time the page cannot be displayed, refreshed came up. Nothing in the event logs.

F22 Simpilot said:

The only thing I can think of is that the VM is corrupt it some way. Did you install 7 from an ISO image?

Inside the VMware image folder in the My Documents folder are logs. You can have a look over those. You might want to use Notepad ++.

I don't use VMware Workstation, but VMware Workstation Player. I can't say I've had any issues with 7.

I did use an ISO and that what I was thinking the first time. I did rebuild the VM from scratch again and located a different ISO to use. But ended up with the same result. May have to see if someone else I know has a Disk or ISO. I wish the good old days of digital river were still around.

Hmm I'll have to check those logs and and see if I notice anything out of the ordinary.

Workstation player is just about the same its really just free for home use, Pro just has a bunch more features really.