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shriganesh
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‎05-16-2010 04:53 AM

Win7 HP x64 - VMWare Workstation - Unable to open any existing VM

I've VMware workstation 7.0.1 running on Win 7 x64 Home Premium host. Everything was working fine but suddenly problems started. I've already opened existing VMs and reinstalled VMtools on all the guests. But suddenly today I am unable to open any VMs. I tried repairing, uninstalling and reinstalling VMware. Nothing helps. When I open an existing VM, VMware simply sits idle. No reaction at all. I tried to create a new VM. But after the creation of the new VM, it doesn't appear on the tab (it's the same case when opening an existing VM too). I can see only the Home tab. Please help!

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a_p_
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‎05-16-2010 05:52 AM

As a first step, try disable any AV and firewall software and check for errors in the event logs.

André

shriganesh
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‎05-16-2010 06:34 AM

I've Eset Nod32 Security Suit. It doesn't have any IDS functions. But still I disabled everything and checked... Same issue only. Moreover, previously it worked along with VMWare well....

Also tell me where should I be looking for logs? In %temp%?

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shriganesh
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‎05-16-2010 06:57 AM

Really sorry for my stupidity.... I'd blocked VMware auth service in firewall! Once I allowed it, VMWare started working well! Thanks a lot!

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shriganesh
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‎05-16-2010 06:58 AM

Allow vmware and vmware-auth in firewall and vmware will load the VMs normally Smiley Happy

EDIT: I don't know summary will be posted as a new post.. Sorry for triple posting.....

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