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chcw
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VMWare Workstation will deadlock after Screensaver is running

Hi,

My host computer is using Windows XP(SP3)(32bit). I am using VMWare Workstation 10 and the virtual machine is using Windows 7(SP1)(32bit).

On host computer, I setup a screen saver and it will lock the screen until I input the login & password.

On virtual machine, I do not use screen saver at all.

Now if:

1. I start virtual machine(Windows 7) in window mode or full screen mode.

2. I leave my computer, and after some time, the screensaver in the host computer will start.

3. I go back to my computer and unlock the screen with login/password.

4. Then I will find the screen of the virtual machine is deadlocked. It will become the screen of the host computer. And never change.

Why?

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TracyHuang
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Thanks for the posting!

Since your host and Workstation version are quite old, I would suggest you to upgrade both. Currently Workstation 12.5.2 is new released and it can be supported on 64bit OS host.

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chcw
Contributor
Contributor

Hi,

Thanks. The problem is that my host computer is Windows XP(32bit) and it does not support VMWare Workstation 12.

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