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VMware Workstation 17.0.0 Build 20800274

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What's new in this version:

New:
Auto Start Virtual Machine:
- You can now configure the local virtual machines to start automatically when the host machine boots up

New Guest Operating System Support:
- Microsoft Windows 11
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- RHEL 9
- Debian 11.x
- Ubuntu 22.04
- New Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0
- Workstation Pro now offers a virtual Trusted Platform Module (version 2.0) device to support Windows 11 and other operating systems that require a TPM
- New Full or Fast Encryption features
- You can now choose between security (Full) and performance (Fast) options for encyption
- Improved Graphics Support: OpenGL 4.3
- Workstation Pro now supports OpenGL 4.3 for the virtual machines
- Guest Operating System Requirements
- Windows 7 or higher
- Linux with Mesa 22.0.0 and Linux kernel 5.16.0

Support for WDDM 1.2:
- Workstation Pro now supports WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) version 1.2 for the virtual machines

Product Support Notices:
- The option to map or mount a virtual disk to a drive on the host system is no longer available in Workstation Pro

Workaround:
You can use the following workarounds to see the virtual machine user interface:
- Use an alternate way to connect and see the virtual machine user interface. For example, VNC Viewer or Remote Desktop Viewer.
- Suspend the virtual machine, and then resume the virtual machine in Workstation Pro

Resolved Issues:
- USBarbitrator64.exe on the Host is crashing while searching Bluetooth devices inside the guest virtual machine
- When you try to add a Bluetooth device to a virtual machine, USBArbitrator.exe on the Host crashes, and the Bluetooth device fails to connect to the virtual machine
- Cannot open multiple virtual machines at the same time
- If more than one virtual machine runs and shares a common VM directory, you cannot open more than one such virtual machine at the same time
- For the Fedora 64-bit guest operating system, you cannot specify the firmware
- When you try to create a virtual machine with the Fedora 64-bit guest operating system, you do not get the option to choose between UEFI and BIOS firmware in the New Virtual Machine Wizard
- Unclear images appear on the Microsoft Edge browser
- On a virtual machine with Windows guest operating system, unclear images appear on the Microsoft Edge browser

Security fixes:
- OpenSSL has been updated to 1.1.1q
- Python has been updated to 3.10.4
- Libgcrypt has been updated to 1.10.0
- zlib has been updated to 1.2.12
- Expat has been updated to 2.4.9