Start and stop VMware Workstation services on your laptop, do You stop them or not ? Do You use any script to them ? Regards
sample batch vmstart.bat, works on german Windows 7, more than eight years old.... Code: @echo off rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rem - stop services but prove before if VMs are running rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rem - copy this batch and Microsofts devcon.exe in the same folder rem - rem - start batch as Admin: vmstart.cmd ":\MyPath\myVM.vmx" rem - or make link to vmstart.cmd and define target "C:\VM\Win7\Win7.vmx" rem - run "minimised" in this link rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :setting rem ++++++++ define service ++++++++++++++++++++++ set dienste=VMnetDHCP "VMware NAT Service" VMAuthdService rem VMwareHostd VMUSBArbService rem ++++++++ define network connection +++++++++++++ set "Verb=ROOT\VMWARE\0000 ROOT\VMWARE\0001" rem ++++++++ VMware process name +++++++++++++++ set vm=vmware.exe :start rem define path to the devcon.exe util set _devcon="%~dp0devcon.exe" rem check if network connection are active and in use for %%a in (%Verb%) do (for /f %%i in ('call %_devcon% status @%%a^|find /I /C "running"') do if %%i==0 %_devcon% enable @%%a) for %%a in (%dienste%) do net start %%a start /WAIT "" %1 :beenden rem check if the are more VMs are running if yes show error and do nothing for /f %%i in ('tasklist^| find /I /C "%vm%"') do if %%i NEQ 0 goto ende rem stop services and remove network connections for %%a in (%dienste%) do net stop %%a for %%a in (%Verb%) do %_devcon% disable @%%a :ende rem remove all variables if you like set _devcon= set dienste= set Verb= set vm= exit