Please see KB "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system" error (2000542) that can assist on troubleshooting this issue further. You can also collect the Support Data Information of the affected Virtual machine. Once collected, check the vmware.log of the affected VM to see additonal information on the error. For more information, see Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Workstation (1346)
Sincerely,
Rahul Parmar
VMware Support Moderator