{"id":562,"date":"2009-09-15T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2009\/09\/15\/vmware-authorization-service-is-not-runningafter-windows-7-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2009-09-15T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T21:44:00","slug":"vmware-authorization-service-is-not-runningafter-windows-7-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/09\/15\/vmware-authorization-service-is-not-runningafter-windows-7-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Authorization Service is not running \u2013 after Windows 7 Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClassC1562156EE1B440BAB08C6084E8D272D\">\n<p>We ran into this in our office and we have a workaround. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Issue: <\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After upgrading from Vista to Windows 7, our VMware Workstation (and VMware Player) installs no longer functioned properly. When we would go to start our virtual machines, we would get The VMware Authorization Service is not running&#8221; and when attempting to start the service, it was set to Automatic but all functionality was grayed out (unavailable to start). <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091609_0442_VMwareAutho1.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091609_0442_VMwareAutho2.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The Fix: <\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uninstalling VMware Workstation was not enough. Remnants were kicking around. 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