Hey guys,
We’re running Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 and VMware Workstation Player from Workstation Pro (12.5.2 build-4638234) and the standalone edition (12.5.1-4542065) in a Windows domain environment.
During the boot of the os it takes a long time (somewhat between 30 seconds to more than 2 minutes) while Windows shows „applying computer settings“. After waiting the mentioned time, it finally shows the logon screen. It happens on every boot no matter of cold or warm start (restart).
It is reproducible, because if product is uninstall it’s fast again (no waiting)
We noticed this since mid of October, when a few Windows Updates were installed. Meanwhile everyone who has this software installed, is facing these issues, which is pretty annoying.
We assume that is has something to do with DHCP, because if we assign the network Adapters "VMware Network Adapter VMnet1" and "... VMnet 8" a static IP address, there is also no waiting time. It seems like waiting for something, which cannot be done and after a timeout, the process is aborted and skipped.
We tried to disable the Windows services VMware Authorization Service, VMware DHCP Service, VMware NAT Service and VMware USB Arbitration Service, but no change.
Do you have any ideas, what we can do you make the boot process fast again without uninstalling the software and assign on every single system two static IP addresses?
Best regards,
Aaron