How to fix the VMWare Authorization service is not running

 

The VMWare Authorization service is an essential service for normal functionality of all the virtual machines under the belt of VMware application. Users who are facing this problem, won’t be able to initialize, connect or control the remote devices. 

But, just like other problems regarding the VMware's, you may fix this VMware Authorization service following these easy sets of solutions.

Table of Contents

• Fix 1 – Initiate the VMware Authorization service
• Fix 2 – Give the VM Authorization service administrative rights
• Fix 3 – Change the system startup settings
• Fix 4 – Repair the VMware

Fix 1 – Initiate the VMware Authorization service

VMware Authorization service needs to start up automatically. So, use the Services page to manage that.

Step 1 – Hit the Windows button and begin to type “services“.

Step 2 – Next, open “Services” to open it up.

 

 

Step 3 – Find the “VMware Authorization” service there in this list.

Step 4 – Once you have found that, right-tap that service and click “Start” to initiate the service.

 

 

Step 5 – Now, look for the “Windows Management Instrumentation” service.

Step 6 – Next, just right-click this service as well and click “Start” to start this service as well.

The VMware Authorization service depends upon this service as well.

 

 

After starting up both the services, relaunch  the VMware and check.

If the problem still persists, try the next solution.

 

Fix 2 – Give the VM Authorization service administrative rights

VMware Authorization service requires administrative permissions to be functioning normally on your system. So, the user running the VMs must be under the umbrella of the ‘Administrators’ group.

Step 1 – You can do this from the User Accounts wizard. So, quickly press the Win+R keys.

Step 2 – After this, type this and hit Enter.

netplwiz

 

 

Step 3 – Enter the “Users” section.

Step 4 – Find the account that is using the VMWare on the system. Double-tap the account to access that.

 

 

Step 5 – Get to the “Group Memberships” tab.

Step 6 – After this, select the “Administrator” type.

 

 

Step 7 – Save this alteration using the “Apply” and “OK” buttons.

 

 

After including the account to the list of administrators, close the terminal.

You may need to restart your system.

After this, try launching VMware once more.

 

Fix 3 – Change the system startup settings

Make sure that the VMware services starts automatically during the system startup.

Step 1 – You can do this System Configuration page. To do that, right-click the Windows button and click “Run“.

 

 

Step 2 – Next, write this and click the “OK” button.

msconfig

 

 

Step 3 – Visit the “Services” tab.

Step 4 – Go down straight to the list of services and find the “VMware Authorization service“.

Step 5 – Make sure to check all the VMware-related services in there.

 

 

Step 6 – Finally, click the “Apply” and “OK” buttons to apply and save the changes in System Configuration.

 

 

Step 7 – Windows will show you a prompt to restart the system. So, tap “Restart now” to restart the computer.

 

 

After the system restarts, you can launch the VMware and check again. It will function normally.

 

Fix 4 – Repair the VMware

Repairing the VMware should get it working on your system once again.

Step 1 – Search “VMware” from the search box.

Step 2 – Later, right-click the “VMware Workstation” and click “Uninstall” to uninstall that from your system.

 

 

Step 3 – As this takes you to the Installed Apps section, scroll down to find the “VMware Workstation” on your system.

Step 4 – Next, click the dot button and click “Modify“.

 

 

Step 5 – Keep going through the VMware Setup page.

Step 6 – When the main step appears, choose the “Repair” option and hit the “Next” button to start the repairing operation.

 

 

When the repairing process is done, you won’t be seeing the “The VMware Authorization Service is not running” message while using VMware.

I hope these fixes have solved the issue!

VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use

 

VMware Desktop Hypervisor products Fusion and Workstation are used by millions of people every day to run virtual machines on their Windows, Linux and Mac computers. They give users the ability to quickly and easily build “local virtual” environments to install other operating systems, learn about technology, build and test software, complex systems, browsers, apps, games, and more.

For many in our community, Workstation and Fusion are the first VMware products that they’ve ever used, and it’s an important tool for understanding Virtualization as well as the fundamentals of vSphere. Going beyond that, commercial organizations get value from VMware Desktop Hypervisor apps for a number of reasons including development and testing of apps and systems and interacting with their vSphere environments. 

As we complete the integration of Fusion and Workstation into Broadcom, I wanted to share with the community some changes to our product lineup and how we deliver them to our community.

We’ve been diligently working on important changes to our product lineup to provide ongoing, lasting value to our customers and to the VMware community at large, and we’re thrilled to be able to share with our community the next steps in our plan for the future of VMware Desktop Hypervisor apps. 

Our goal with these changes has been to simplify how we bring VMware Desktop Hypervisor apps to market, while maintaining our support of the broader community of VMware Workstation and Fusion users of both free and paid products. So let’s dig into this simplification and more importantly, what this means to you as customers.

Pro Apps are now Free for Personal Use and Licensed for Commercial Use

The most exciting part is that Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro will now have two license models. We now provide a Free Personal Use or a Paid Commercial Use subscription for our Pro apps. Users will decide based on their use case whether a commercial subscription is required.

This means that everyday users who want a virtual lab on their Mac, Windows or Linux computer can do so for free simply by registering and downloading the bits from the new download portal located at support.broadcom.com

VMware Fusion Pro Download           VMware Workstation Pro Download

Customers who use Fusion and Workstation at/for work require a paid commercial subscription, which can be purchased through an authorized Broadcom Advantage partner. More on that below.

VMware Workstation Player + Fusion Player Discontinued

With our fully featured Pro products being made free for personal use and paid for commercial use, we are discontinuing their lesser counterparts VMware Workstation Player and VMware Fusion Player. At this time they will no longer be available for purchase. Users of our Personal Use Player products can upgrade to the more full-featured Pro versions without any cost. Workstation Player will continue to be bundled with Workstation Pro just as it is today, so as an app it will continue. 

Users with Fusion Player personal use licenses can simply update to Fusion 13.5.2 and delete your license key. You must update to 13.5.2, but removing the existing Player key will unlock the full “Pro for Personal Use” licensing without needing any additional keys. Here is a simple KB that describes what to do: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=367660

For Workstation Player for Windows and Linux, Workstation Pro requires a new download and install but is licensed for Personal Use by default. You will need a customer account at support.broadcom.com to access downloads.

Customers of Fusion Player 13 and Workstation Player 17 with commercial licenses will continue to see their products function and no new license keys are required for continued use of these versions. Once the active support term expires, customers are encouraged to upgrade to the Pro version of these products for continued support and updates.

Fusion Player and Workstation Player will continue to be supported for existing customers in alignment with their existing EOL and EOGS dates. 

All active customer accounts and associated active entitlements/licenses have been migrated to Broadcom’s customer portal, so existing license keys will now be found there. 

Subscription model for commercial use

With the new commercial model, we have reduced our product group offerings down to a single SKU for users who require commercial use licensing. This simplification eliminates 40+ other SKUs and makes quoting and purchasing VMware Desktop Hypervisor apps, Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro, easier than ever. 

The new Desktop Hypervisor app subscription can be purchased from any Broadcom Advantage partner.

If you don’t currently have a Broadcom partner, we have brought on a new reseller, Digital River, to support customers without needing a pre-existing commercial account. The VMware Desktop Hypervisor subscription is sold for $120/year and can be purchased from the new online store located here: https://store.cloudvista.com 

What do customers get with their subscription?

The new paid subscription provides entitlement to use Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro for commercial purposes subject to the terms and conditions outlined in our “Specific Program Documentation” (Available here). Subscriptions provide continued product updates, both major and minor, for the duration of the subscription term. When a ‘major’ version is released requiring a new license key, customers will be able to generate appropriate new keys within their Broadcom customer portal, much like how it worked in the past for customers with active “SnS’. In alignment with Broadcom’s practices, commercial customers will also receive support via the partner they purchased from.

Are there any product differences between Free and Paid?

The text “This product is licensed for personal use only” within the product user interface is not present when a commercial license is used. There are otherwise no functional differences.

For more information, please refer to the following KB article: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=315642

Wrapping up

So often when we are out meeting the community, we hear about the value that Workstation, and later Fusion, have brought to the VMware community over the past 25 years is immeasurable. Workstation’s heritage reaches back to the very first product that the company ever shipped, ubiquitous with the name ‘VMware’ even to this day. 

To that end, we’re thrilled to continue the legacy that has built so many careers and enriched the lives of so many. There’s never been a better time to run local VMware virtual machines!

Podcasts

To discuss the changes, I recently went on a couple podcasts with my good friends Duncan, John and Pete!

Unexplored Territory with Duncan

Virtually Speaking with Pete and John in the Fishbowl on campus

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VMware Workstation Player + Fusion Player Transition

Here’s a look at your options going forward if you are a user of our Player products.

Changing Perpectives into DevSecOPs - Playing around with ParrotOS

For quite sometime, I have refrain myself to keep this blog updated. The last time I did published something was around March this year (2019). Uhmm, I guess I've being a bit lazy I'd say ..

Lolo 😀 ..

Joke apart - today, I am starting a series of blog post for around stuff, I am currently working on..

And this is post is around ParrotOS ..

Due to the nature of this post, I'll presume the reader is familiar with ParrotOS - if not the please have read more about ParrotOS .. As I will not explain it here.

So - Today I did quick refreshment into the ParrotOS VM instance I have installed on VMware Workstation *[https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro.html ]. I haven't used if for quite a while so, it was a bit rustier, therefore I need to updated it.

Whoever the ParrotOS update command was failing with error:

code: [

Temporary failure resolving ‘deb.parrot.sh”] 

Fig - 01

- As per the screenshot shows, I was unable to connect into Update ParrotOS or connect into the web, as the DNS was not resolving.

Fig. 02

- Neither ping commands worked.

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After some search into Google here is how I did resolved this..

- By updating the DNS record I was able to then Connect into the internet .. Also you can check the following file:
 ==> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf

*Optional*  - I would advice you to add temporarily
 ==> $ echo >> "nameserver 1.1.1.1" /etc/resolv.conf

It started work afterwards ..

As also was by then able to update the OS;

As still working.. Hope this helps whoever struggles to connect your VM or main machine into the internet.

===> $ sudo anosurf dns


Till next post  :-) 

How to Create You Lab on Kali Linux - Using VMware or VBox

Before you start - Here are something that you need to consider..

• Install VirtualBox or Vmware
• Install LiveCD in VirtualBox or Vmware
• Boot and try out your LiveCD

Introduction.


There are lots of tutorials available on the internet related to hacking but the big problem lies in testing your theoretical skills. Unless you don't have practical exposure to hacking, you cannot really understand the strength of it. The technique I will discuss here will be advantageous for those who have only single system and want to set up a testing network using it. In case you have multiple systems then you can easily test for your skills by making one system as target and other as attacker.

VMware Workstation 12 Pro - Leading Edge PC Virtualization VMware Workstation 12 Pro

Download VMware Workstation or Player

The best way to practice hacking is within a virtual environment. Essentially, you set up a hacking system, such as Kali Linux, and some victims to exploit. Ideally, you would want multiple operating systems (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8, as well as a Linux flavor) and applications so that you can try out a variety of hacks.

Virtual machines and a virtual network are the best and safest way to set up a hacking lab. There are several virtualization systems out there, including Citrix, Oracle's VirtualBox, KVM, Microsoft's Virtual PC and Hyper-V, and VMware'sWorkstation, VMware Player and ESXi. For a laboratory environment, I strongly recommend VMware's Workstation or Player. Workstation is commercial product that costs under $200, while Player is free. You can also get a free 30-day trial of Workstation.

Player is limited to just playing VMs , while Workstation can both create and play VMs. Let's download VMware's Workstation or Player here.

Then - For you Images you can download a pre-built image. As it will allow you to save some time, you don't need to build the image from scratch. Here is a link for you to download several Linux pre-built Linux Images on SourceForge.

I don't encourage you to download pre-built Windows VM from anywhere, for the single fact that Microsoft itself provides you with pre-built Windows VM for you to use on your VM Lab. Again I did the research for you and here it the link for you to download the Windows of your choice,  Obs: Remember Windows only allow you to use those VM images for 30 days. Please, READ Microsoft TERMS AND CONDITIONS before you use their software here is the url for you.



Keep posted - This tutorial continues on Part 2

Also check this Handful tutorials I have found online:

Checkout our tutorial videos below. Learn more about.

1. OWASP AppSec Basics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDbWvEwBBxo
2. OWASP SQL Injection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypTYPaU7mM
3. OWASP Cross Site Scripting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z9RQSnf8-g
4. OWASP Strict Transport Security: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEV3HOuM_Vw

How to Use Microsoft Ready-Made VM Images for VMware and VBox

Microsoft Officially Offering Ready-Made VirtualBox And VMWare Images

Microsoft Offering ready made pre-installed windows operating system to test Internet Explorer  , virtual machine images are available for windows ,mac and linux virtualization solutions , for cross browser testing , so you can test your site in different operating systems .

IE versions being offered are:

• IE7 on Vista
• IE8 on Windows 7
• IE9 on Windows 7
• IE10 on Windows 8

Offered  VMs that will run on:

• Windows
• OSX
• Linux

The VM software choices are specific to the OS you choose:

• Windows – Hyper-V, Virtual PC, VirtualBox & VMWare Player
• OSX- VirtualBox & VMWare Fusion
• Linux – VirtualBox

Cross-browser testing
simplified

You have to just download and open vbox files with virtualbox or vmx files with vmware and you will get all pre-installed windows operating system , and you are good to go ,
there is pre-installed windows 8 virtual image if you want to test drive windows 8 🙂

How to Install virtual images :

1. Download Virtual Images
2. extract it somehwhere
3. open vmware player or workstation
4. click on file >> open
5. locate  ” somefile”.vmx
6. it will load up virtual image component

Kali Linux - VMware Workstation 12 Error Kernel 4.6.0-amd64 Not Found Error

After update my Kali Linux - I wanted to carry on working on my VM labs using VMware Workstation, the problem is that I could not longer loud. VMware Workstation 12

Every time I tried to load - this error was loading up. ERROR Kernel 4.6.0-amd64 not found 

What I tried this approach from Kali Linux forum but it didn't help

e.g 1 from https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?31734-Vmware-Kernel-Module-Updater-Issues-with-latest-Kernel-version-4-6-0-kali1-amd64&highlight=Vmware+kernel+issues :

Solution or Workaround: Modify 2 files in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar and /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar
Steps:
1- Extract /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar
2- Modify /vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
3- Replace "get_user_pages" to "get_user_pages_remote" 
4- tar and replace original
5- Extract /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar
6- Modify ./vmnet-only/userif.c
7- Replace "get_user_pages" to "get_user_pages_remote" 
8- tar and replace original
Now you should be able to compile the modules successfully.
Tested on Kali Linux 2016 with kernel 4.6.

It was still failing ..

Then - I removed VMware completely from my system and clean dkpg ..

The Edited the /etc/apt/source.list file with this two repositories ..

e.g 2:

Edit your sources.list

The easiest way is to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list

root@kali:~# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
(or)
root@kali:~# leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

Add official repo’s only:

Copy paste the following repositories (remove existing lines or you can comment them out – your take). Following repo list was taken from official Kali sources.list Repositories page:

# Regular repositories
deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security sana/updates main contrib non-free
# Source repositories

Then ...

Clean your apt-get

apt-get clean

Do an apt-get update

apt-get update

Do an upgrade

apt-get upgrade

Finally do a distribution upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

That’s it, you’re set.

Then, Install the Kernel headers  ...

Then ...

Install VMware Workstation 12 on Kali 



And That's all done ...

How to Complete Uninstall VMware Workstation from Kali Linux, Ubuntu 15 - 16 and Debian 7/8

VMWare Workstation doesn't ship in a deb, so it isn't registered in dpkg (which is why you can't find it in the software center). It does have an install and uninstall utility though.

To uninstall VMWare Workstation, you will need to run:

sudo vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-workstation  

If you just run:

vmware-installer

by itself, it will print all the options you have available. If you run:

vmware-installer -l

It will print a list of all VMWare products you have installed.

Similarly, to uninstall VMWare Player:

sudo vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-player