Your suggestion appears to fix the problem.

Here's what I did:

• Verified that reboot still occurs with 32-bit XP (it did).
• Enabled monitor.virtual_exec = "software"
• Opened the same 32-bit XP VM. No reboot occurred.

I got the following warning, which I assume is expected (and why you wanted us to test with 32-bit VMs):

Software virtualization is incompatible with long mode on Intel EM64T CPUs.

Virtual execution will begin in software mode, but will automatically switch to hardware mode if the guest enters long mode.

• Terry

We believe we have found the cause of the issue. We are re-building some binaries with what we believe is a fix for the issue. Once we are done, we will post them here for you guys to try them out. If the fix works, we will put it in the next publicly available build of Fusion 2.0.

Fantastic! Thanks!

Ian

I look forward to the release. Thanks!

Ian

I haven't been able to reproduce the reboot with RC1. Hopefully others are getting good results as well. Thanks!

Ian

I still experience the spontaneous reboot issue with a Vista 32 bit guest - most commonly when I try to wake up the host from sleep with the VM running. I infrequently experience reboots upon startup of the guest as well

VMWare Fusion Version 2.0b2 (107508)

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version: 1.25f4

System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)

Ian and Daniel, thanks for confirming the bug is gone in Fusion 2 RC. I hope you will enjoy it.