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VMware guest pauses when the host is idle - how do I keep it running?

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I'm running VMWare Worstation 7 with Windows 7 x64 as guest, Windows XP x64 as host. Inside the guest I run a long-running console application, which prints out progress messages with timestamps on them. Sometimes I leave it running for several hours while I lock the host OS and don't touch the com…

Error Output

The system time has changed to ‎2012‎-‎01‎-‎12T06:36:46.921000000Z from ‎2012‎-‎01‎-‎12T03:18:19.953079000Z.

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Fix for: VMware guest pauses when the host is idle - how do I keep it running?

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Disabling the vmware service will stop it, because you are disabling the communication between the guest and the host. The sleep signal sent from the OS (which is where it originates) is translated through vmware tools, to a pause command. Stopping …

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