Windows 10 or Windows 11 may BSOD in a VM on VMware Workstation while using Host VBS Mode (90134) Last Updated: 2022/12/15
Symptoms After installing version 22H2 updates of Windows 10 or Windows 11 in a VM on VMware Workstation while using Host VBS Mode, the Windows guest may BSOD with an "Unsupported Processor" error (0x5d).
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Resolution This issue is resolved in Workstation 16.2.5, 17.0 and later versions.
Workaround A workaround is to disable features in the Windows host operating system that require the use of Hyper-V and the Windows Hypervisor Platform (WHP API). These features include: Virtualization Based Security (VBS), Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG), Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, and Windows Sandbox.