The bug/issue
- What you did:
I tried to start a virtual machine as a standard user in VMware Workstation 8.0.0 build-471780
- What actually happened or you actually saw:
[i]I got the two following error messages:
First error message:
Could not get vmx86 driver version: The handle is invalid.
You have an incorrect version of driver “vmx86.sys”. Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.
Failed to initialize monitor device.
Second error message:
Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to.[/i]
- What you expected to happen or see:
I expected the virtual machine to start normally.
- How you tried to fix it & what happened:
First I tried to reinstall VMware Workstation as suggested in the first error message. This did not solve the problem. Then I tried to fix it by running VMware Workstation as administrator. The virtual machine started normally when doing this. I also uninstalled Comodo Internet Security and ran VMware Workstation as a standard user. This also fixed the problem. When I installed Comodo Internet Security 5.8.211697.2124 again the virtual machines could only be started successfully when run as administrator
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If its an application compatibility problem have you tried the application fixes here?:
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Details & exact version of any application (execpt CIS) involved with download link:
[i]VMware Workstation 8.0.0 build-471780
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=vmware-workstation8&lp=1[/i]
- Whether you can make the problem happen again, and if so exact steps to make it happen:
It happens every time when starting VMware Workstation as a standard user
- Any other information (eg your guess regarding the cause, with reasons):
Files appended. (Please zip unless screenshots).
- Screenshots illustrating the bug:
- Screenshots of related CIS event logs and the Defense+ Active Processes List:
- A CIS config report or file.
- Crash or freeze dump file:
- Screenshot of More~About page. Can be used instead of typed product and AV database version.
Your set-up
- CIS version, AV database version & configuration used:
Comodo Internet Security Product Version: 5.8.211697.2124
Virus Signature Database Version: 10474
Standard configuration
- a) Have you updated (without uninstall) from CIS 3 or 4:
b) if so, have you tried a clean reinstall (without losing settings - if not please do)?:
No I have first uninstalled Comodo Internet Security 5.5 and then installed version 5.8
- a) Have you imported a config from a previous version of CIS:
b) if so, have U tried a standard config (without losing settings - if not please do)?:
I did not import a config from a previous version of CIS
- Have you made any other major changes to the default config? (eg ticked ‘block all unknown requests’, other egs here.):
No
- Defense+, Sandbox, Firewall & AV security levels: D+= , Sandbox= , Firewall = , AV =
- OS version, service pack, number of bits, UAC setting, & account type:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit service pack 1, UAC on, Standard user account
- Other security and utility software installed:
- Virtual machine used (Please do NOT use Virtual box):