Thanks for that. I took a look, but to be honest, I'd rather try my luck with the virtual machine first. I don't want to accidentally screw up anything on the FF7 installation in the host machine.
EDIT: Well, now VMware is being uncooperative with me! I just tried to install FF7 and Bootleg, but the installer hangs when Bootleg reaches "Registering Audio Devices..." It tells me "Configure your Sound and MIDI devices" and then just stops. After reading UGerstl's reply, I was certain that there would be no problems installing in VMware, but thanks to this issue, it seems that isn't the case. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
SECOND EDIT: It seems like the installer hang affects the whole virtual machine. After the hang, turning off or restarting the machine doesn't work unless I do it directly in VMware's menu. Again, if anyone knows anything about this issue, please let me know. Until then, I'll be forced to just run FF7 and Aali's driver only so that I can play the minigames at a normal speed (unless anyone also knows the issue behind Aali's driver and my host machine's hybrid graphics card).
THIRD EDIT: Forgot to mention, during the hang, FF7Config.exe is open in the task manager, but it doesn't actually open so that I can configure anything. It seems like the system is trying to open FF7Config, but can't for some reason.
FOURTH EDIT: AH HA! The problem is FF7Config.exe and not the installer. Even after a clean installation of Windows XP and vanilla FF7, FF7Config refuses to open, leading me to believe that the problem is in VMware. I will try my luck with VirtualBox.