Hello, I have Windows 10 Enterprise on my PC. I recently enabled Credential Guard and Device Guard for fun. I heard they were new features for Windows 10 Enterprise. My problem started when, I wasn't able to open VM's on VMware Workstation Pro. It gave the error:
VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard. Please visit http://www.vmware.com/go/turnoff_CG_DG for more details
I tried the link and disabled "Virtualization Based Security" the same way I enabled it in the first place. Then I disabled Hyper-V in control panel. There's a bunch of CMD lines (from the link) I didn't use because it told me to use an "unused drive" and I don't know what that means...I tried C:. If I can get what drive to use figured out that might fix it, but I'll continue. I had geek squad remotely connect and try disabling it but they couldn't get VMware to run and got the same error.
Now, I decided to perform a clean install of Windows from my bootable Windows 10 Enterprise USB. After installing Windows, I installed VMware Workstation from a back-up on a SD Card. I installed a VM of Windows 8.1 Enterprise and started it up. Then I got the same error that "VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible." I went into gpedit and it says device guard is set to "not configured" like it was before I enabled it for the first time (off.) So how do I disable Device/Credential Guard so I can use VMware? Isn't it weird that it's still on after reinstalling Windows (clean) and shows up as "not-configured" in GPO? If I want to try the CMD lines from the VMware link (see above) what should I enter for the unused drive? I've got a blank SD card.
Please reply with how to disable the Guards so I can get VMware working. And what drive letter I should use in CMD (or an explanation of what that means.) Thank you
I believe "unused drive" means any drive (letter) not showing up when you open Windows Explorer to see your (local) computer. C: is definitely used and, if you have a USB inserted, it'd show under a drive (letter) and, if you've mapped a network drive, it'd show under a drive (letter) you had picked for it.
I believe "unused drive" means any drive (letter) not showing up when you open Windows Explorer to see your (local) computer. C: is definitely used and, if you have a USB inserted, it'd show under a drive (letter) and, if you've mapped a network drive, it'd show under a drive (letter) you had picked for it.
Hi, I got it working! I used the drive letter "A" and ran the commands and rebooted and disabled the two Guards during boot. Now it's working fine. Thanks for the help!
I have Windows 10 Enterprise on my computer and I am using VMware Workstation 15 Player. I am running a Windows 10 VM. When I attempt to start the VM it gives the DG CG error.
I tried to do the VM fix as on the Microsoft web link, "Set-VMSecurity -VMName <VMName> -VirtualizationBasedSecurityOptOut $true". This gives a Hyper-V error so I guess it is not relevant to Player. I cannot start the VM so I cannot go into the VM and disable DG or CG.
How do I get around this?