I had to "clean" my Windows 10 Pro Network configuration and disabled the VMnet host adapters on Windows (host-netsh-report.jpg)
Then I rebooted the host and noticed that when I started a Windows VM it was still accessing Internet (via NAT Vmnet8, vm-network-settings.jpg) but all the VMnet adapters are disabled. Is this an expected behaviour? (for me, it's not...)
I have double-checked that the VMnet host adapters are still disabled (after reboot).
VMware Workstation 16.2.5 / Windows 10 Pro
Thanks