For my well-protected system, I use:

1. Autologon:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autologon

2. Have created a batch file that has a shortcut in "startup" (Win-R shell:startup)

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation"
vmrun -T ws start "d:\VMs\vm1.vmx"
timeout 5 > nul
vmrun -T ws start "d:\VMs\vm2.vmx"