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.xml makes me think about IE. &nbsp;<br />
Try clearing your IE cache and temp files. &nbsp;Also, try adding your VC and hosts to your trusted sites.<br />
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Not sure, just my &quot;from the hip&quot; thoughts.<br />
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.xml makes me think about IE.  
Try clearing your IE cache and temp files.  Also, try adding your VC and hosts to your trusted sites.

Not sure, just my "from the hip" thoughts.



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Take a look at <a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1011329" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1011329</a>. But I would go ahead and download and install the client 4.1 instead of 4.0 U1<br />
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Good Luck
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Take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1011329 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1011329]. But I would go ahead and download and install the client 4.1 instead of 4.0 U1

Good Luck

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You are not the only one.<br />
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Have a look here<br />
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<a href="http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/05/vmware-vsphere-client-on-microsoft-windows-7/" rel="ugc">http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/05/vmware-vsphere-client-on-microsoft-windows-7/</a><br />
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or <a href="http://xtravirt.com/running-vmware-vsphere-client-windows-7" rel="ugc">http://xtravirt.com/running-vmware-vsphere-client-windows-7</a>
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You are not the only one.

Have a look here

http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/05/vmware-vsphere-client-on-microsoft-windows-7/ [http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/05/vmware-vsphere-client-on-microsoft-windows-7/]

or http://xtravirt.com/running-vmware-vsphere-client-windows-7 [http://xtravirt.com/running-vmware-vsphere-client-windows-7]

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Hi i get this message when logging in to my ESX host wth the VI clent on windows 7. I can fix it on xp by removing the MS update 980773 but I can not fix with windows 7 Please help<br />
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Error parsing the server &quot;&lt;servername&gt;&quot; &quot;clients.xml&quot; file.<br />
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The type initializer for VirtualInfrastructure.Util<wbr />s.HttpWebR<wbr />equestProx<wbr />y' threw an exception.
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Hi i get this message when logging in to my ESX host wth the VI clent on windows 7. I can fix it on xp by removing the MS update 980773 but I can not fix with windows 7 Please help

Error parsing the server "<servername>" "clients.xml" file.

The type initializer for VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.HttpWebRequestProxy' threw an exception.

Problems with VI Client on windows 7

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