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paulfoel
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Repeated "vmware customisaztion in progress" then windows won't boot

This is a newly build Windows 2008 R2 server. On power on, it does this then takes ages.

Eventually, I can log in. However, next time I reboot, windows fails with a hardware changed error.

I've tried the reg fix to stop the vmware customisation (but it still fails on next reboot).

It looks like its the actual customisation on inital boot that is killing it. Is there anyway to fix this?

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vijayrana968
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What is the version of ESXI host you are running this VM on. Make sure VM version (Virtual Hardware) is up to date. I.e  For ESXI = 11, ESXI5.5 = 10

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paulfoel
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ESXi-5.1 - yes virtual hardware is correct version.

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