Hi Everyone,
I'm having a strange issue with Windows 7 guests. I'm using VMWare Workstation 7.1.5 on a Windows 7 host. The issue is: if I use Hibernate (in the GUEST, not the host - and I'm talking about the Windows 7 Hibernate option, not the Sleep option), the guest appears to hibernate. However, we I try to restart the VM, it never recovers from the hibernate properly. It boots to the Windows 7 lock screen, but when I login the guest screen is just blank; I get cursor, but whole screen is just black. I can use CTL-ALT-INS to see the Windows 7 guest Lock/Switch User/Log Off/Change Password/Start Task Manager screen, and I can select Task Manager, but it never comes up (or at least, never displays), and I just see the black screen. Really, the only thing that I can do at this point is Shut Down at this point and re-start the VM. I've tried this with both Windows 7 Pro x86 and Windows 7 Pro x64 guests, and both have this same problem.
Has anyone had issues like this with Windows 7 guests where Hibernate can't be used? Is there something I need to set in Workstation to get this to work? Or is hibernation of this type just not supported by Workstation 7?
Thanks.
