I have been patiently waiting for YEARS now for VMWare to add a feature into Workstation that lets us auto-start virtual machines when a computer is rebooted, WITHOUT requiring any user to login. This would fill the void in the VMWare product line from their discontinuing the VMWare Server product that ran under Windows. There are clearly cases when you have a simulated network of VMs and want to have those run 24x7 on a workstation. It is an unbelievable hassle to have to login and start them every time the computer is rebooted.
Does VMWare perceive some kind of conflict with VSphere or other server-based products if it allows this feature in Workstation? Honestly, why would VMWare care? We are paying money for workstation. As long as you get paid for the software why micromanage something so low level as why someone would want to autostart the virtual machine on a workstation?
Frustrated by this product.....