External web camera can break your VMWare

Be careful with web cameras and VMWare. This string I needed to buy and install web camera since my laptop doesn't have one. And this simple step led to problems with using VMWare Workstation.

Luckily there a simple fix for the issue found at VMWare Communities:

1) Dont play or install any VMware Software.

1) After installation search for FixCamera.exe and delete it. (generally installed in folder Windows).

2) Run msconfig (I have Windows XP SP2) and in the Start tab, uncheck FixCamera.

My Web Cam's software still works fine without FixCamera.exe