Thanks for your reply Digimon. I'm running Workstation and the the .vmx file is as follows: .encoding = "windows-1252" displayName = "Wilber" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "14" 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" usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE" guestOS = "windows7-64" nvram = "Wilber.nvram" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "soft" powerType.suspend = "soft" powerType.reset = "soft" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" sound.autoDetect = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" sound.fileName = "-1" sound.present = "TRUE" numvcpus = "2" cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2" memsize = "4096" mem.hotadd = "TRUE" scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068" scsi0.present = "TRUE" sata0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.fileName = "Wilber-000003.vmdk" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" sata0:1.fileName = "auto detect" sata0:1.present = "TRUE" usb.present = "TRUE" ehci.present = "TRUE" svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "1048576" ethernet0.connectionType = "nat" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" serial0.fileType = "thinprint" serial0.fileName = "thinprint" floppy0.fileType = "device" floppy0.fileName = "" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" serial0.present = "TRUE" extendedConfigFile = "Wilber.vmxf" floppy0.clientDevice = "FALSE" numa.autosize.cookie = "20001" numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "2" uuid.bios = "56 4d ae 75 e8 7a eb a1-40 df e1 8b 3a a0 9f a6" uuid.location = "56 4d ae 75 e8 7a eb a1-40 df e1 8b 3a a0 9f a6" migrate.hostlog = ".\Wilber-bf151e0f.hlog" scsi0:0.redo = "" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160" usb.pciSlotNumber = "32" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33" sound.pciSlotNumber = "34" ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36" sata0.pciSlotNumber = "37" scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 65 e8 7a eb a0" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:a0:9f:a6" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" vmci0.id = "983605158" monitor.phys_bits_used = "43" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "8388608" vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "268435456" softPowerOff = "FALSE" usb:1.speed = "2" usb:1.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:1.port = "1" usb:1.parent = "-1" floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE" sata0:1.autodetect = "TRUE" tools.remindInstall = "FALSE" toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "3" toolsInstallManager.lastInstallError = "0" svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE" checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE" checkpoint.vmState = "" SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen" svga.vramSize = "268435456" sata0:1.startConnected = "FALSE" guestOS.detailed.data = "" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:0.deviceType = "hid" usb:0.port = "0" usb:0.parent = "-1" unity.wasCapable = "TRUE" cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
Apologies on the delayed response. Using the following should work, as far as your original concern goes, but know there are 1000x ways to tell if you're virtualized. { hypervisor.cpuid.v0 FALSE (workstation keep the syntax though, so [hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"]) Also, if you want, add: monitor_control.restrict_backdoor FALSE { Use as a placeholder basically so it doesn't get autoremoved. Change to true and it blocks the link that vmware-tools will create for various *stuff*. Only real pitfall is vCenter will whine like it loves to do. Side note, I would get off the e1000, and at least use the e1000e which will still show as an Intel adapter. sauce: mattson I think his name is. Dev who created the nettulip driver to run ESXi inside Hyper-V. If you search their crappy forums, or visit the nested section, you'll see him popup. They're older posts as he dones't work there anymore, but everything is still valid, and he drops a lot of various hints at vmx params like that backdoor one.