Vmware Software

Hello everyone..

I have the Vmware Software on my PC, and I want to add three Windows servers to it and try Always on (SQL Server).

Can my desktop be damaged in any way? This is a new computer that I mainly use to Sound production and computer games, and I'm a little worried that it could cause problems.

Thanks for the helpers!

Thanks.

another question: when I'm close the Vmware software, i'm steel see the a few processes that running in the background(Picture attach)..

why they there?

Those are services for the VMware software i myself created a batch script to enable and disable VMware services i enable the services when i want to use VMware and disable the VMware services when i'm done using VMware.

Code:

@Echo Off & Cls

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)


Choice /C YS /N /M "Start VMware services, press (Y) ;  Stop Vmware services, press (S) 
if %Errorlevel% EQU 1 Goto :_Start
if %Errorlevel% EQU 2 Goto :_Stop

:_Start
Sc start VMAuthdService
Sc start  VMUSBArbService
Sc start VMnetDHCP
Sc start "VMware NAT Service"



Exit
:_Stop

Sc config VMAuthdService start= demand > Nul
Sc config VMUSBArbService start= demand > Nul
Sc config VMnetDHCP start= demand > Nul
Sc config "VMware NAT Service" start= demand > Nul
Sc config VMwareHostd start= demand > Nul
Sc stop VMwareHostd 
Sc stop VMAuthdService 
Sc stop VMUSBArbService
Sc stop VMnetDHCP
Sc stop "VMware NAT Service"

Hi folks
shouldn't be a problem --if there are no VM's running then nobody can logon to them, and cause problems --the services are usually kept enabled as you might want to stop and start VM's without having to restart all the required services each time. I believe a previous post in this thread has made a script you can run if you are paranoid,

IMO the best way to check for intrusions etc is to look at your ROUTER logs -- often a good indication of system security and a much underused resource. You can also inhibit logon to a VM by Mac address if you are desperately paranoid.

I think most people would be bored to tears if they actually got to logon to one of my VM's -- there's not much they could glean off them anyway. Also if people were to troll through emails they wouldn't find anything exciting (90% of the text would have to be translated from icelandic -- not one of the world's most commonest languages) and be about as interesting as an experience I had in London recently where an incredibly loud mouthed woman (an old time Army Drill sgt would have died for a voice at that volume) was screaming on a Mobile phone in a reasonably full train carriage and yapping to the person at the other end all about her bowel problems and doctors appointments schedules.

Cheers
jimbo