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ysharat
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vm going to black screen with out any thing coming up .

Hi there,

Am using win2012 on my vmworkstation 15.0.2,when i start the vm it goes completely to black screen see below screen shot for reference.For work around i will restart my laptop and if i got luck it start the vm other wise it goes in to black screen,but this done'st happen quite often.pls advice.

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RDPetruska
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Host OS and version?

Have you tried updating Workstation to the latest 15.x build to rule out security patches / bugfixes?

Has this VM worked in the past?

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ysharat
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Host OS windows 10(My Laptop Dell xps). Am using the follwoing vmworkstation version : 15.0.2 build-10952284.

It worked in the past ,essentially it works some times and it doesn't work some other times.Pls advice.

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RDPetruska
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Depending on the VERSION of Windows 10, you may need a newer version of Workstation.  The latest released is 15.5.6.

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