This script does not use fixed (180 sec) delays, but probes services every few seconds and starts VMware when conditions are right.

You may try to change VMware Authorization Service and VMware Registration Service to a manual start.
Create a cmd script below and schedule it "At system startup":
[code]:loop
ping.exe -n 3 localhost
net start|find "VMware"
if errorlevel 1 goto loop
ping.exe -n 5 localhost
net start "vmware authorization service" & net start "vmware registration service"[/code]

net start "VMware Registration Service"
The VMware Registration Service service is starting.................................
The VMware Registration Service service could not be started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3523.
VMware Server 1.0.3 W2k pro

The problem is that's not working.

I have my VMware running after 2 hours!! without Peter's script. But this is a very long time, isn't it?

What is this "Release Notes"? Do you read all the Release Notes? Do you?

I thought that Release Notes were written after releasing a product, not before.

My friend Petruska,
I'm not convinced that you read all Release Notes.

Now it's working fine(?) after uninstalling VMware, the reinstalling it and at last changing the registry to include WMI. See http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=674549򤫵

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService]
"DependOnService"=hex(7):76,00,6d,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,00,00,77,00,6d,00,69,00,00,00,00,00

Why all these? Why not fixing new versions?

Thank you all.

Hi folks,
had the same prob (W2ksp4 Pro with all M$-hotfixes) and do the following:

change the service "W...M...I... Driver Extensions" from manual to automatic,
now the VMware Authorization Service start without probs in the event-log, followed by the VMware Registration Service starting too.

greetings from germany

A batch script at startup worked for me - Thanks to Uwri for posting (above).

net start "vmware registration service"

I am running VMWare Server 1.04 on Windows 2000 Pro, registration service would not start on its own.

Open new thread. Uninstall VMware Server completely (possibly with cleanup) and install it again.