Every time I run Vmware, I get this error: Error While powering on: The VMware Authorization Service is not running

Question

Error While powering on: The VMware Authorization Service is not running.

To fix this error, I go to:

"Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services, clicked on VMware Authorization Service in the list & click the Start link on the left."

But I have to do this every time I want to use the Vitual Machine.

Does anyone know a permanent solution?

Solution 1

go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services double click on VMware Authorization Service a window will open.

It will look something like this

In that window select Automatic from the drop-down menu near to Startup Type:. Then click on the OK button to save the change.

Solution 2

I resolved this by starting VMware Workstation as Administrator.

Comments

[Shineeth Hamza]

@user177931 I think the right stack for these kind of questions are superuser.com . Next time if u have any OS related question please ask in superuser.com

[AndroidAL]

Hi, that did'nt work i still have to go into services and restart it :(

[Shineeth Hamza]

right below there is link Help me to configure service start option. click on the link and follow the documentation. If it doesn't help you, let me know

[AndroidAL]

Hi again, that does'nt work for me.

[DB Prasad]

After Changing Type to Manual . I had to "Start" the service to get rid of the error

[Shineeth Hamza]

@DeenbandhuPrasad You should set Startup Type to Automatic Not Manual.

[Julio Nobre]

While my error message did not provided any clue, [VMware Player – “Error while powering on: Internal error"], starting VMWARE Authorization Service quickly solved my issue. Thanks to you and Google (for pointing out this page as a good solution)