Install Win 10 on VMware: EFI Network Time-out Error

Solution: In the VMWare folder, open the [Name of Machine].vmx in Notepad and change the firmware to bios.

For example:

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "19"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

hpet0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "Windows 10 and later x64.nvram"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE"

powerType.powerOff = "soft"

powerType.powerOn = "soft"

powerType.suspend = "soft"

powerType.reset = "soft"

displayName = "Windows 10 and later x64"

usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"

firmware = "efi" Change to firmware = "bios"

sensor.accelerometer = "pass-through"

sensor.ambientLight = "pass-through"

sensor.compass = "pass-through"

sensor.gyrometer = "pass-through"

sensor.inclinometer = "pass-through"

sensor.location = "pass-through"

sensor.orientation = "pass-through"

guestOS = "windows9-64"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

sound.autoDetect = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.present = "TRUE"

numvcpus = "2"

memsize = "1024"

mem.hotadd = "TRUE"

sata0.present = "TRUE"

nvme0.present = "TRUE"

nvme0:0.fileName = "Windows 10 and later x64.vmdk"

nvme0:0.present = "TRUE"

sata0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"

sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

sata0:1.fileName = "auto detect"

sata0:1.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

usb_xhci.present = "TRUE"

svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "8388608"

ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e"

serial0.fileType = "thinprint"

serial0.fileName = "thinprint"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

serial0.present = "TRUE"

extendedConfigFile = "Windows 10 and later x64.vmxf"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"