When installing VMware server 2 on a vista ultimate 32/64bit machine you get the following error when trying to logon:
The VMware Infrastructure Web Service at “http://localhost:8222/sdk” is not responding (Connection Refused)
Turns out that in my Vista Ultimate 64 installation the host file entry for localhost has been reduced to the IPV6 lookup only:
::1 localhost
Adding back the usual:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Fixed the problem!
You try to install a Vmware Server 2, and get an error claiming that software restriction policies prohibit this installation.
In the eventvwr (application log) you find an entry like this :
The installation of C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\{AF08C71F-F822-4416-87A9-2BBF5A8A5F12}~setup\VMware Server.msi is not permitted due to an error in software restriction policy processing. The object cannot be trusted.
Solution : KB9253326
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925336