Good morning all ,
Here I have a concern about VMWARE PLAYER 16:
After installing VMWARE PLAYER 16 on my HOST WIN 10 pro x64 machine, created a GUEST virtual machine running WIN10 pro x64 too so that I can run 2 games simultaneously, I have a problem when I REBOOT my HOST PC.

Here are the explanations: I create my virtual machine with the VMWARE TOOLS drivers installed in order to be able to activate the 3D accelerator and be able to play on it.

Everything works flawlessly, no lag (60fps), I can restart the VMWARE PLAYER 16 software, restart the VM as well as the games and everything goes without any problems.
But, when I restart my HOST PC, I restart the software, the VM, the games running at 60 fps, after a few seconds the game slows down to about 5-10 fps and becomes unplayable without getting any error message.

Here is my HOST config as well as the GUEST:

HOST

Intel i7-8700K
16GB of 3200Mhz RAM
RTX 2080super 8Go OC rogg strixx
SSD and 1 M2 hard drives
OS: Win 10 pro x64

GUEST

Number of processor cores allocated: 3
Allocated RAM: 4 GB
GPU allocated: 2 GB
3d accelerator enabled
OS: WIN 10 pro x64
Allocated Disk Space: 60GB

Here are the manipulations I was able to perform:

Repair VMWARE PLAYER 16 via control panels: the problem persists
Repair VMWARE TOOLS: the problem persists
Uninstall VMWARE PLAYER 16 and reinstall it: the problem persists
Uninstall VMWARE TOOLS and reinstall it: the problem persists
Activate the 3d accelerator and reactivate it afterwards: the problem persists
Delete the VM and recreate it: the problem persists
Use another OS (WIN 7 PRO): the problem persists

I changed the settings in the VM : more processor cores , RAM , RAM GPU : the problem persists

I also configure my AVAST PRENIUM anti-virus, in the settings, there is a checkbox "activate hardware virtualization assistance" but the problem persists.

I was able to test VMWARE WORKSTATION PRO 16 before all this and I encountered the same problem when I restart my HOST PC

I think something is happening when I restart my HOST machine but I don't know what, does anyone have a solution?

I provided the .log as well as the .vmx

Unfortunately I do not have the LOG as well and the VMX when it worked because I did not know the software well. Sorry

I hope I have put in enough detail for a solution.

Thank you all and see you soon I hope

P.S.

sorry for the translation but I'm not very good in English and for the possible double post

I'm using vmware worstation 16 player (16.0.0 build-16894299) on a windows 10 pro (2004) machine.  I'm a complete newbe.  Please, how do you share files and folders between windows 10 and the linux-mint VM?

When I run vmware-hgfsclient I get the folders I had set up listed:

c

d

e

Desktop

but under  /mnt there is no hgfs folder. /mnt is empty.

Message was edited by: Bob Slotpole

After installing VMWare's enhanced keyboard driver on Windows 7 the host keyboard is no longer functional.

A workaround suggested in this post  does not work because when I click on the Properties key I am getting error "Error opening key - Access is denied".

When I run RegEdit as Administrator I observe same symptoms. Permissions for Properties fails to apply permissions with the same  "Access is denied"

Device Manager lists two failed HID devices of USB keyboard type corresponding to my keyboard and mouse (the latter has extra keys).

Device status says "its configuration in the registry is incomplete or damaged"

Rebooting with last known good configuration has not fixed the issue.

I suspect that uninstalling the VMWare's enhanced keyboard driver will not solve the broken registry problem.

How do I get my keyboard working?

Hi,

I have a laptop with UHD screen - native resolution 3840 x 2160.

Host is Win10 x64 Pro, guest is Win7 x64 Pro.

Inside the guest I have software that can't be used on high-resolution screens (Siemens TIA Portal).
So I need the guest to have HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, but to keep the native 3840 x 2160 resolution of the host.

Is that possible?

If I reduce the host resolution to 1920 x 1080 , the guest looks OK - but the host does not.
If I keep the host at 3840 x 2160, and reduce the guest resolution to 1920 x 1080 - the guest becomes small, takes only 1/4 of the screen.

So is it somehow possible to keep the high resolution for the host and see the guest in full screen with 1920 x 1080 resolution?

Thanks

Hello.

Problems began to arise with the Workstation player, starting with version 15.5.0 - the Player shell periodically stopped running.

updated, rebooted and the player itself is visible in the processes and consumes about 25% of the CPU and there is no more reaction on the screen. Uninstalling and reinstalling gives nothing. Tried to erase C: \ programdata \ vmware. I tried to rename the container folders with the machines. Tried to roll back updates.

Any ideas?

I'm using a Win7 host with Ubuntu 11.04 guest and clipboard sharing works fine when I'm running VMWare windowed but not when it's in Unity mode. I have to drop out of Unity to get text copied in the guest to share with the host and vice versa. This was not a problem in 3.1 and I have replicated it in 4 on two separate machines.

I went through many forums and discussions to find solutions for fixing the VT-X Is Not Available error on Windows 10 computer. And, then landed on this page  - Fix VT-X Is Not Available Error.

And it really helped me to fix the error on my computer. So, these are the methods that are given in this guide:

• Disable the Hyper-V Virtualization
• Disable the Core Isolation of Windows Defender
• Enable Avast's Nested Virtualization Feature
• Uninstall 3rd Party Antivirus Tool From Your Computer
• Enable the VT-X in BIOS Settings

In my case, the last solution did work to fix the error. I hope this will help the users going through this error.

Guest OS  windows 10 Home version 2004, build 19041.572, 64bit

VM processor core: i9-9900K

8GB RAM

The VM has crashed 3 times in the last 3 days.

Is this a known defect? Will this be fixed?

This is the output from analyzing the latest memory.dmp file using "windbg !analyze -v"

*******************************************************************************

*                                                                             *

*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *

*                                                                             *

*******************************************************************************

KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139)

A kernel component has corrupted a critical data structure.  The corruption

could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this machine.

Arguments:

Arg1: 0000000000000003, A LIST_ENTRY has been corrupted (i.e. double remove).

Arg2: ffffc6086eb1de70, Address of the trap frame for the exception that caused the bugcheck

Arg3: ffffc6086eb1ddc8, Address of the exception record for the exception that caused the bugcheck

Arg4: 0000000000000000, Reserved

Debugging Details:

------------------

KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

    Key  : Analysis.CPU.Sec

    Value: 2

    Key  : Analysis.DebugAnalysisProvider.CPP

    Value: Create: 8007007e on DESKTOP-4O0Q2SP

    Key  : Analysis.DebugData

    Value: CreateObject

    Key  : Analysis.DebugModel

    Value: CreateObject

    Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.Sec

    Value: 17

    Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb

    Value: 76

    Key  : Analysis.System

    Value: CreateObject

VIRTUAL_MACHINE:  VMware

BUGCHECK_CODE:  139

BUGCHECK_P1: 3

BUGCHECK_P2: ffffc6086eb1de70

BUGCHECK_P3: ffffc6086eb1ddc8

BUGCHECK_P4: 0

TRAP_FRAME:  ffffc6086eb1de70 -- (.trap 0xffffc6086eb1de70)

NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.

Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.

rax=ffff9506c32c2518 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000003

rdx=ffff9506c32c2470 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000

rip=fffff803312f7159 rsp=ffffc6086eb1e008 rbp=0000000000000000

r8=ffff9506c32c2518  r9=0000000000000000 r10=fffff803312f7140

r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000

r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000

iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz ac po cy

vmhgfs+0x7159:

fffff803`312f7159 cd29            int     29h

Resetting default scope

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  ffffc6086eb1ddc8 -- (.exr 0xffffc6086eb1ddc8)

ExceptionAddress: fffff803312f7159 (vmhgfs+0x0000000000007159)

   ExceptionCode: c0000409 (Security check failure or stack buffer overrun)

  ExceptionFlags: 00000001

NumberParameters: 1

   Parameter[0]: 0000000000000003

Subcode: 0x3 FAST_FAIL_CORRUPT_LIST_ENTRY

BLACKBOXBSD: 1 (!blackboxbsd)

BLACKBOXNTFS: 1 (!blackboxntfs)

BLACKBOXPNP: 1 (!blackboxpnp)

BLACKBOXWINLOGON: 1

PROCESS_NAME:  SABnzbd.exe

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000409 - The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.

EXCEPTION_CODE_STR:  c0000409

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1:  0000000000000003

EXCEPTION_STR:  0xc0000409

STACK_TEXT: 

ffffc608`6eb1db48 fffff803`2a406569 : 00000000`00000139 00000000`00000003 ffffc608`6eb1de70 ffffc608`6eb1ddc8 : nt!KeBugCheckEx

ffffc608`6eb1db50 fffff803`2a406990 : ffffffff`ffffffff ffffc608`00000006 ffffc608`6eb1dd90 00000000`000001b0 : nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0x69

ffffc608`6eb1dc90 fffff803`2a404d23 : ffff9506`bce04fc0 ffff9506`00000130 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiFastFailDispatch+0xd0

ffffc608`6eb1de70 fffff803`312f7159 : fffff803`2a2831df 00000000`00000002 fffff803`2a2dc59c ffff9506`c3cacb20 : nt!KiRaiseSecurityCheckFailure+0x323

ffffc608`6eb1e008 fffff803`2a2831df : 00000000`00000002 fffff803`2a2dc59c ffff9506`c3cacb20 00000000`00000000 : vmhgfs+0x7159

ffffc608`6eb1e010 fffff803`2a28311c : 00000000`00000000 ffff9506`c3e34000 ffff9506`c26e25e0 00000000`00000000 : nt!IoCsqInsertIrpEx+0xaf

ffffc608`6eb1e050 fffff803`312f7649 : ffff9506`c390c060 ffff9506`c3e34000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!IoCsqInsertIrp+0xc

ffffc608`6eb1e080 fffff803`313114f5 : 00000000`00000000 ffffc608`6eb1e110 ffff9506`c3e34080 00000000`00000000 : vmhgfs+0x7649

ffffc608`6eb1e0b0 fffff803`312f1c60 : ffff9506`c32c2470 ffff9506`c32c2470 ffff9506`c32c2470 ffff9506`c32c2588 : vmhgfs+0x214f5

ffffc608`6eb1e150 fffff803`2a2cd805 : 00000000`00000200 00000000`00000000 ffff9506`bd4abc30 ffffc907`e3445140 : vmhgfs+0x1c60

ffffc608`6eb1e1b0 fffff803`2e29f188 : ffff9506`c32c25d0 ffff9506`c4346280 ffff9506`c32c2470 00000000`00000008 : nt!IofCallDriver+0x55

ffffc608`6eb1e1f0 fffff803`2e29ecd9 : ffffc907`e3445140 00000000`00000000 fffff803`2e298000 ffff9506`c046cda0 : mup!MupiCallUncProvider+0xb8

ffffc608`6eb1e260 fffff803`2e29e9af : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000008 ffff9506`c4346280 ffff9506`c046cda0 : mup!MupStateMachine+0x59

ffffc608`6eb1e290 fffff803`2a2cd805 : ffff9506`c3091760 ffff9506`c046cda0 00000000`00000000 ffff9506`bd4abc30 : mup!MupCreate+0x1cf

ffffc608`6eb1e300 fffff803`27566ccf : ffff9506`c4346300 ffffc608`6eb1e3f0 ffffc608`6eb1e3f9 fffff803`27565b37 : nt!IofCallDriver+0x55

ffffc608`6eb1e340 fffff803`2759bbd4 : ffffc608`6eb1e3f0 ffff9506`c43462d8 ffff9506`c02daa50 00000000`00000000 : FLTMGR!FltpLegacyProcessingAfterPreCallbacksCompleted+0x28f

ffffc608`6eb1e3b0 fffff803`2a2cd805 : 00000000`00000000 ffff9506`bdf65cb0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : FLTMGR!FltpCreate+0x324

ffffc608`6eb1e460 fffff803`2a2cedf4 : 00000000`00000003 ffff9506`c32c2470 00000000`6d4e6f49 fffff803`2a2cea23 : nt!IofCallDriver+0x55

ffffc608`6eb1e4a0 fffff803`2a6c3c3d : ffffc608`6eb1e760 ffff9506`bdf65cb0 ffff9506`c4346318 00000000`00000000 : nt!IoCallDriverWithTracing+0x34

ffffc608`6eb1e4f0 fffff803`2a6ec3ae : ffff9506`bdf65cb0 00000000`0000005c ffff9506`c02f3ab0 ffff9506`c02f3a01 : nt!IopParseDevice+0x117d

ffffc608`6eb1e660 fffff803`2a6f566a : ffff9506`c02f3a00 ffffc608`6eb1e8c8 0000019b`00000040 ffff9506`bd58b220 : nt!ObpLookupObjectName+0x3fe

ffffc608`6eb1e830 fffff803`2a5ff52f : ffff9506`00000000 00000046`a17fd758 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 : nt!ObOpenObjectByNameEx+0x1fa

ffffc608`6eb1e960 fffff803`2a5ff109 : 00000046`a17fd718 ffff9506`c02e7d70 00000046`a17fd758 00000046`a17fd720 : nt!IopCreateFile+0x40f

ffffc608`6eb1ea00 fffff803`2a405fb5 : 00000000`00000364 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!NtCreateFile+0x79

ffffc608`6eb1ea90 00007ffc`bba2c834 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x25

00000046`a17fd698 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x00007ffc`bba2c834

SYMBOL_NAME:  vmhgfs+7159

MODULE_NAME: vmhgfs

IMAGE_NAME:  vmhgfs.sys

STACK_COMMAND:  .thread ; .cxr ; kb

BUCKET_ID_FUNC_OFFSET:  7159

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x139_3_CORRUPT_LIST_ENTRY_vmhgfs!unknown_function

OS_VERSION:  10.0.19041.1

BUILDLAB_STR:  vb_release

OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x64

OSNAME:  Windows 10

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {41c84fcb-beb7-4dce-be02-2ac90e4af17e}

Good morning,

I had a GNS3 VM running on VMWare Workstation Player 16 (build-16894299) and last week it was working and this is not. My Guest OS is Windows 10 Enterprise (1909). I got the error of incompatibility with Hyper-V/Credential Guard, even when I have both disabled (Group policies changed, hypervisorlanchtype off and disabled from Windows features). Does anyone know what is happening? Is the 1909 Windows version not compatible anymore?

Thanks in advance. Regards,

Javier

I am using VMWare Player 16 with Windows 10 20H2 host and guest and latest Office components including Microsoft Teams, with Hyper-V.

When sharing a PowerPoint file (not the screen or the PowerPoint window, the file sharing functionality), each slide will show for a moment when changing page and then disappears leaving the screen as black. I have tested both when sharing starts from another user or when I am sharing the content from my VM. All the other functionalities (webcam display, screen sharing, etc.) work correctly. I don't have any other issues with the other programs I have tested up to now (mainly Office and web browsing).

If a run with the same OS configuration, but with a VM directly on Hyper-V, everything works correctly, both with the advanced session connection and RDP.

I am not sure if this is an issue with Microsoft Teams or VMWare, but it seems anyway to be connected with the interaction of that SW with the display driver used by VMWare. The timings of the slide becoming black change, sometimes it starts to be black only in part of the slide. Seems an issue related to caching of the shown bitmap that gets lost somehow.

Does someone know any workaround to solve this issue?

Hello,

I use arch linux. I use vmware workstation player 15. I installed the vmware tools. In a desktop environement resizing works however in the default terminal before opening desktop (tty for example) the window is too small,

Whether in vmware's display options I set a fixed resolution (like 3000X2000) or I choose to have same resolutions in my guest than my host (windows 10, I have a 3000x2000) doesn't change anything the resolution reported by hwinfo --framebuffer are between 400x300 and 1152x864 none of them being big enough. I follow the guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB/Tips_and_tricks set the framebuffer resolution and so i change the GRUB's config file GRUB_GFXMODE to the max resolution I of the hwinfo --framebuffer list I do the reload of the config with grub-mkconfig and reboot but still the framebuffer's size is never changin.

So my tty terminal is like 1/30 of my screen (incredibly annoying on a 3000x2000 13 inches screen) even tho once again resizing a desktop env when I launch XORG works.

I have VMWare Workstation Workstation Player 16 installed and have been considering upgrading to Workstation 16 Pro. I can't seem to find these questions answered on the FAQ or anything on the page.

If I go to into the Workstation Player > Help > Upgrade to VMWare Workstation Pro I get 3 options. New, Upgrade From Workstation Pro or Player 14 or Greater, Upgrade from Workstation 16 Player. Whats the difference and which one should I get? Im using Player 16 the Free version as it's just for personal use. Which one

Second question is how long does this license last and what happens to my license if/when they move to version 17?

I have a Logitech USB webcam, and I'm trying to get it to work on a macOS Big Sur guest. It connects successfully to the VM, and when I open an app that  us the camera the light on the camera turns on, but the app on the guest says there is no video coming from the camera. Is there any fi for this? I have tried a different webcam to no success, and i have tried rebooting several times. Any help greatly appreciated.

My vmparport service in registry editor (Windows 10 20H2) lists vwdk.installers REG_MULTI_SZ MSI. What is this key? Why is it there?

Hi everyone! I/m using VmWare Player 16 on Windows 10 host and Ubuntu 20.04 as a guest. When I moved my VMs to new laptop (Dell 5411 10850H + MX250 GPU) I faced annoying issue - My VM screen blinking, flickering or i don't know how to name it. i'll try to explain:

When I click it different part of windows it becomes lighter or darker, imagine that you plays with contrast very fast.

It doesn't depends on which monitor i used VM (external or internal).

OpenVM tools are installed.

Is there any iseas how to solve this issue. I had this VM on two laptops berfore, but only with UHD graphics, nothing like this happens.

I have very little experience with VMs and networking but I feel like this should be possible but have no idea what I'm doing so thought I'd ask for some help or opinions.

I have a normal PC running windows 10 that I use as a home server (Plex, backups, Webserver, game servers, etc...) with VMware Player (free version).

The system currently has 3 Network adapters, an onboard NIC and a dual port NIC in PCI slot.

I also have the netgear CM1200 modem with 4 ports.

My desire is to connect a VM running on the system to my LAN and a separate direct connection to the internet via the PCI NIC.

Really, I want one NIC for the HOST only, One for guest LAN only and 3rd for guest internet only.

I managed the host and guest effectively using their own NIC to LAN but if I add the direct connection to the modem in anyway it seems to prevent all connectivity to the VM.

Some things,

Seeing as I didn't build the system for this, pretty sure I don't have the ability to do PCI passthough.

With the direct to modem connection added to VM, ipconfig shows irregular IPs (subnetmask 255.255.0.0) and no gateway.

ipconfig on host shows a proper connection on the direct to modem line.

Thanks for any ideas!

P.S. A recommendation to more appropriate forums is also welcome.

hi, I recently plug a usb stick to the computer and showed me a message, where i want to start it (Vmvare or the local host). I chose Vmware and did what I want. By chance I turned off Vmware and after restart does not detect my drive. I don't see it in removable device and normally I don't see it too. When i reconnect pendrive I don't get a notification where i want to connect to PenDrive (vmware or local host). PLEASE HELP, and sorry for english

I'm running Player 12.5.1 on a Linux (Fedora 25) host and the option for echo cancellation does not show up in the Hardware/Sound panel when running a Windows 7 guest. According to the documentation, echo cancellation support was added to Workstation 12 & Player 12 and I should see a checkbox for it. I thought maybe it didn't work for this VM created with an older version of Player, or only worked on a newer version of Windows, but I started creation of a VM for Windows 10 (far enough to get to the 'customize hardware' option before it is actually created) and it still didn't show up.

Perhaps my host is incorrectly configured and that's why it doesn't show up? I did a pretty vanilla install of Fedora 25, and have a fairly generic Kaby Lake based laptop without any funky hardware. Any ideas?

Here is the output of lspci -vv for the sound card. Since it shows up as a 'device 9d71' maybe it isn't fully supported in Linux yet?

00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d71 (rev 21)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 81ff
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 130
    Region 0: Memory at b1328000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Region 4: Memory at b1310000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
        Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
    Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Address: 00000000fee00338  Data: 0000
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl

uname -a:

Linux XXX 4.8.15-300.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 15 23:10:23 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hi everybody,

I am a hardware engineer with good programming skills and intermediate networking knowledge in industrial environment (so it is Windows, Linux, PLC, embedded devices, virtual machines...) and came across an interesting issue which is driving me crazy since a few days.

I couldn't find info about it anywhere on the internet (this forum included), and also a lot of experimenting didn't bring any success.

I will describe my setup and the issues i have, maybe someone else has faced the same problem and can help (or maybe we can work together at it).

The host pc is a Win10 Pro machine and is quite restricted by domain policy.

One of the restrictions is that Internet Connection Sharing is disabled.

My company IT will not change it, they are really strict on that (also because it's not a work related issue).

My IoT device is Ethernet only and I can connect it to the Internet only through the laptop Ethernet (the hotel has only WiFi Internet in the rooms). WiFi for this device is not an option.

My VM is a VMware Player machine with 2 network adapters, since I already know that with multiple network connection it is necessary to avoid automatic bridging.

Therefore, I have removed my Ethernet and the WiFi adapters from VMnet0 and assigned them to VMNet3 and 2 respectively.

My VM has 2 network adapters, which I have connected to VMnet2 (direct bridging to host WiFi) and VMnet3 (direct bridging to host Eth port) respectively.

Guest operating system is Win10 Pro.

When I am able to connect the VM to Internet with direct bridging (VMNet2) I can enable ICS and everything works fine.

But when I am forced to use NAT, my device cannot connect to the Internet in any way.

I have tried to:

-disconnect, reconnect, enable, disable the connections in all possible sequences: no luck.

-use network bridging instead of ICS: no luck.

-restart VMware NAT and DHCP services: no luck.

-clear all routing / arp info: no luck.

-use of static or automatic IP addresses doesn't change anything.

AFAIK, the NAT/direct bridging of the host WiFi is 100% external to the VM, so why does it stop working when i (have to) use NAT?

IMHO this should work seamlessly also with NAT.

Conversely, when i try to use VMnet2 (direct bridging) I don't understand why the hotel router doesn't serve its connection request as it would do for a physical device.

I hope that a solution can be found. Thanks and regards,

Michael