Solution to Unable to Start VMware Workstation

Solution to Unable to Start VMware Workstation

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1. Installing and deploying openGauss 3.1.1 Enterprise Edition Database on x86_64 architecture + VMware® Workstation 16.2.3 Pro virtual machine + openEuler20.3-LTS Detailed Instruction Manual One - openGauss 3.1.1 Enterprise Edition Database
2. Installing and deploying openGauss 3.1.1 Enterprise Edition Database Instruction Manual Part 2 on x86_64 architecture + VMware16.2.3 Pro + openEuler20.3-LTS – Use of client tools
3. Quickly deploy (one-click installation) openGauss 3.1.1 Enterprise Edition Database Instruction Manual on x86_64 architecture + VMware16.2.3 Pro + openEuler20.3-LTS
4. Frequently asked questions and answers during the installation and use of VMware Workstation+openGauss
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1. Computer BIOS virtualization solution

Figure 1 Computer BIOS virtualization disabled

If the problem shown in Figure 1 occurs when installing VMware Workstation, it is because your computer BIOS has disabled intel vt, virtualization is disabled, and virtualization is disabled in the computer BIOS. You can turn on virtualization by modifying the BIOS.

Solve it by one of the following methods:

(1) Know the computer brand

You can check online to find out what key you press to enter the BIOS when the computer of this brand starts up. After entering the BIOS, find intel vt and open the settings, restart the computer, then right-click and start as a system administrator. to open. That is, first find out what brand your computer is and how to enter the BIOS when starting it up.

Table 1 Keys for entering BIOS on computers of various brands

Different brands of computers have different methods of entering the BIOS, but they all enter the BIOS by pressing a certain key when booting. Table 1 shows the buttons for entering the BIOS of PCs of various brands. The information in the table is compiled from the Internet. There may be errors. Most brands of computers require pressing F2 or Del when booting to enter the BIOS.

For example, ThikpadE470 restarts

①Press F1 to enter the BIOS, as shown in Figure 2.

②Adjust the menu item Security=>Virtualization

It can be completed by ↑↓←→ and Enter, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 2 BIOS system of ThikpadE470

Figure 3 Security item of ThikpadE470

③ Virtualization enablement of ThikpadE470

Change both Intel(R) Virtualization Technology and Intel(R) VT-d Feature from Disabled to Enabled, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4 Virtualization enablement of ThikpadE470

④Save the settings and restart the computer

F10 save Yes and enter the main interface to start virtualization, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5 Saving BIOS virtualization settings

(2) Don’t know the computer brand

If you don’t even know the brand of your computer, follow the steps below to set it up.

① Click the Windows menu setting item, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6 windows system menu

②Click "Update and Security", as shown in Figure 7

Figure 7 Updates and security

③Click Restore, as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8 Windows Recovery

④Click "Restart Now", as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9 Windows restarts immediately

⑤Click "Troubleshooting", as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10 Troubleshooting

⑥Click "Advanced Options", as shown in Figure 11.

Figure 11 Advanced options

⑦Click "UEFI Firmware Settings", as shown in Figure 12. After setting, click Restart, and then enter the BIOS. Then enter the BIOS settings just like the brand computer you know before, and continue to set up according to the brand computer method.

Figure 12 UEFI firmware settings

2. Solution to not having permission to execute VMware.

Figure 13 VMware does not have execution permissions

If VMware does not have execution permissions, as shown in Figure 13, you can use the following methods to solve the problem. As shown in Figure 14, right-click and select "Run as administrator" VMware Workstation

Figure 14 Run "vmware as administrator"