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JohnPeterson
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Black guest display after host display driver restart

## Black guest display after host display driver restart

### Reference

This problem is posted at

* [GitHub](https://github.com/mirror/vmware/issues/11)

* [VMware Communities](https://communities.vmware.com/thread/398897)

### Problem

The guest display is permanently black when

* the host display driver is restarted

* the guest use "Accelerate 3D graphics"

The host display driver is restarted f.e. when

* manual restart for any reason

  devcon restart "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6738&SUBSYS_31001682&REV_00"

* it's changed to another version

* when the OS detect a runtime error

* sometimes during GPU software development

### Solution

There should be a way to restart the guest display to restore the display

### Workaround

Remote restart the guest

  shutdown /r /f /t 0 /m \\w8

### System

* vmware workstation: 10.0.1 build-1379776, 8.0.1 build-528992

* guest: Windows 8 x64

* host: Windows 7 x64

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RDPetruska
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Workstation version?

Host OS/version?

Guest OS/version?

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