vmware workstation pro v12 thinks i have a 32 bit os

It appears one needs to go to the 1703 prior to getting the June 13th 1607 updates, and stay on Workstation v12.5.5 or not do the June 13th 1703 updates (there is ways to actually turn off Windows Update).įor the second day in a row, I'm starting out by restoring my OS drive to my 5/22 backup so that I can actually work for the day.This article along with all titles and tags are the original content of AppNee. The group I work in has several variations in where various updates are at. UPDATE: The VMs actually startup, but it seems that the video in Player has been compromised.

Here is one of the VMware.log files on one that is in the middle of starting up and appears to be stuck on a black screen: Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere.

These are all VMs that were running just fine on Monday! I've did that to 3 different XP SP3 guest VMs. When they fail, I crash (via host Task Manager) the XP3 VMs, then I'm able to restore running VM in Workstation (looks like restoring a paused VM, but faster). You can hear the windows start sound, and at least all the player icons don't grey out like yesterday. This seems to have fixed my Win 7 guest VMs but my XP SP3 guests are still failing to complete boot. I run multiple VMs and need Player to work. I'm going to try the full uninstall, registry cleanup, and install of Workstation. And because of this, you never get past the black screen thus you can do nothing ever inside the VM. It doesn't matter how long you wait, Tools never starts up. Found the 'Unity Mode' icon has 'can't do this' slash across it and when I click on it I get this message: Today, I can open them in Workstation, but Player comes to same black screen you're getting. Thought that it was a problem inside the VM, so moved them to non solid state and tried repairs, then moved back. I updated Workstation to 12.5.6 and got same result. After updates, my VM's wouldn't boot in Player. Yesterday I had Window 10 v1607 with VMWare Workstation 12.5.5. (My work laptop is on 1607 and my home tower is on 1703.) Yesterday, Tuesday, June 13th, Microsoft did updates to both 1703 and to 1607.

Vmware workstation pro v12 thinks i have a 32 bit os