VMWare: Windows 7 Ethernet is Missing

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Computing on Demand has posted a new article, 'VMWare: Windows 7 Ethernet is Missing'
I recently created a VM for Windows 7 and proceeded to waste hours trying to figure out why the Ethernet controller was missing from the Device Manager. Installing VMWare Tools didn't fix the issue, tracking down the correct Ethernet driver didn't help; other people that created the same Virtual Machine were not having problems (of course), just me. Fixing the problem is easier than you may think...
VMWare: Windows 7 Ethernet is Missing