vmware-hostd.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown software exception (0x40000015) occurred in the application at location 0x781346b4

Installing VMWare Server 2.02 on Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition, but error message  vmware-hostd.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown software exception (0x40000015) occurred in the application at location 0x781346b4  after installation completed.

On Event Viewer, found another error The VMware Host Agent service terminated with service-specific error 4294967295 (0xFFFFFFFF)

Managed to resolved this error with this how to :

A group named "_vmware_" was created in Windows Local Users & Group during installation. Assign this group to following folders :

a. C:\Virtual Machines
b. C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware
c. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
d. Re-install VMWare server using 'repair' option.

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