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VMWare Workstation 16.2.1 VMs power off

So I just installed Workstation 16.2.1 and now when I start a VM it will start to boot, but as soon as I click in the VMs tab the VM powers off.  Host is Windows 10 21H1 and I've booted three different guests, Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows XP.

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baldcoder60
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I just found the problem... blankety blank blank antivirus is killing vmware-vmx.exe.  Now I have to get with my IT dept to whitelist it.

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Arcanan
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To me I started guest W10 Pro ..ok, then starter W11 latest dev ...and clicked tabs between two several times. All seems to be OK.

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baldcoder60
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I just found the problem... blankety blank blank antivirus is killing vmware-vmx.exe.  Now I have to get with my IT dept to whitelist it.

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