Hi,

Which VM platform are you running W7 within? Workstation, Server or ESX?

Which build of W7 are you running?

Are you using the VM Tools within the guest?

Thanks,
Dan

I just ran into this issue, only the VM will hang with the "Starting Windows" logo displayed (see attached screenshot). This VM is running in Lab Manager. Here's some info about the setup:

1 VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 server
1 Lab Manager 3.0.1.378 server
1 ESX 3.5 Update 4 server with one Lab Manager resource pool
FibreChannel SAN storage

Windows 7 RTM x86
1 vCPU
2,048 MB RAM
1 E1000 NIC
LSI Logic SCSI controller
Guest OS = Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

Disabling the E1000 NIC via VirtualCenter client allows the VM to fully boot. Then enabling the NIC once Windows has started appears to work without issue. However, powering on the VM with the NIC enabled results in the VM being hung at Windows startup.

I have same problem even with ESX 4.0 and Vshpere. powering on the VM with the NIC enabled results in the VM being hung at Windows startup many a times. I would appreciate any help or workaround.

Thanks

That vmxnet thing worked for me. I'm running esxi 4 with windows 7 rtm x64. I just powered down the VM, removed the network adapter, re-added it as type vmxnet3 instead of e1000, Powered on, Reran the tools installer, picked 'Modify' for the install type, then chose to install the 'vmxnet3 driver' from the driver installation list (it's not installed by default for a Typical install).

Thanks a lot!

-Tony