If you are using a wide-area or low-bandwidth connection, the time delay over the network may be long enough to cause the virtual machine to start auto-repeat. To reduce these effects, increase the time threshold necessary for auto-repeat in the remote console by setting keyboard.typematicMinDelay = "2000000"
in the virtual machine's configuration (.vmx) file.
Generally speaking try to use the option that is the best match for the Os you want to install. The guestOS = "other" - option disables all optimisations and should be used when every other option has failed only.
vmwareWays to clear a hung virtual machine on ESX.
tips howto vmware esxDownloadable VMWare images.
free download development vmware visualizationFree alternative for backing up VM's for ESX 3.5+ and ESXi.
vmware backup tips free