Hi,
Do you need to use Hyper-V or WSL at the host?
Your vmware.log has this line:
2022-09-07T07:27:29.544Z In(05) vmx Monitor Mode: ULM
Which means that you are running in User Level Mode and thus Workstation cannot use VMware's hypervisor, but instead it has to go through the Hypervisor API that Microsoft provides.
Only when Monitor mode returns CPL0 it is running in ring 0, a.k.a. no hypervisor.
Monitor mode CPL0 (Current Privilege Level 0) is required for VMware Workstation to be able to use their own hypervisor.
See also:
In order to turn off ULM/Hyper-V mode, run the following command at the host in windows command-line with Administrator privileges:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
Reboot the system to activate your changes.
If you want to go back to Hyper-V mode again, then you can enable it like this:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
See also:
- Workstation 16 Pro Error "Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform
- https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2146361
Note that you also might have to disable Memory Integrity.
Windows Security -> Device Security -> Core Isolation details
Don't forget to reboot the host after making any of these changes.
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Wil
