Widescreen resolution in VMWare guest on Linux host

If your LCD Panel resolution is not listed by VMware on your Windows Guest, you will need to manually modify your Host configuration. For that, find the vmx that keeps the config and edit it.

$ nano "~/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx"

and enter the lines:

svga.maxWidth = "1440"
svga.maxHeight = "900"

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