Instructions on how to fix 'The VMware Authorization Service is not running'

Basically, VMware Workstation is a ' trusted ' program that allows you to run one or more virtual machines on your computer and use these virtual machines with the real machine.

Simply put, VMware Workstation is a computer software that supports users to run multiple operating systems (OS) at the same time, including Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Redhat, and several other operating systems.

In some cases VMware Workstation may cause some problems that make users uncomfortable, and one of those errors is ' The VMware Authorization Service is not running '. To fix this error, please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

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Fixing 'The VMware Authorization Service is not running' error

To fix the ' The VMware Authorization Service is not running ' error, follow the steps below:

Step 1 :

First open the Command Prompt under Admin.

- If you are using the Windows 8 operating system version or higher, press Windows + X key combination to open Power User Menu , here you click the Command Prompt option (Admin).

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- If you are using the Windows 7 operating system version , enter cmd in the Search box on Start Menu then on the search results list, right-click the Command Prompt icon, then select the Run as administrator option .

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Step 2 :

On the Command Prompt window, enter the command below and press Enter :

services.msc

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Step 3 :

Now on the screen that displays the Services window, here you scroll down to find an option called VMware Authorization Service .

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Step 4 :

Double-click the VMware Authorization Service option to open the VMware Authorization Service Properties window.

Step 5 :

On the VMware Authorization Service Properties window, you will see Service Status is Stopped. Your task is to click the Start button to run VMware Authorization Service.

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Step 6 :

Finally, click OK to close the window.

From now on when opening Authorization Service VMware, you can easily start your virtual machine installed through the VMware Workstation program and do whatever you want.

Refer to some of the following articles:

  1. How to install and use Kali Linux on VmWare virtual machine
  1. How to check if your computer is running Windows 10 Hyper-V?
  1. Create virtual machines with Hyper-V on Windows 8 and Windows 10

Good luck!

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