## 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