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Workaround VMWare Fusion 12 High CPU
I upgraded VMWare Fusion to version 12 in Big Sur lately. But the vmware-vmx process for the Windows guest system will take 150+ %CPU. Googling a bit that updating vmware tools seems not the solution, this forum thread and the origin source thread looks promising but actually doesn’t help. After a few trials, disable Hypervisor…
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Rescue Black Screen Fusion VM
My windows 2003 vm in vmware fusion turns into a black screen after an OSX crash. The guest system seems bootable but starts with total blackness. Fortunately safe mode works. Event log shows it’s unable to load vmx_fb.dll, which is the graphics driver of vmware tools. The paradox is that vmware tool is unable to install in safe…