I have been using my current images for years without issues. In the last week or so, my VMWare guest images freeze up for 20-30 seconds. It seems to happen when a Windows "warning" dialog pops up (e.g., I try to save a file with an existing file name, "Filename already exists. Overwrite?"). The system will become unresponsive for 20-30 seconds and then it will return to normal operation.
This seems to have started after the recent update to 16.2.1. I tried uninstalling it and going back to 16.2 but the issue still happens.
Host: Win10 x64
Guest: Win10 x64
VMWare Workstation Pro: v16.2.1