Exactly where are you installing the Intel network drivers? If you are installing them in the guest OS that is a problem, as the driver for the NIC is built into the VMware Tools. It is a driver optimized for VMware that emulates an Intel NIC to the guest OS. I also have to question use of the E1000/E1000E NICs for that vmware/os combination. I would stick with the vmxnet adapter.
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