A normal user with no admin rights try to connect to a GSX server VM. The person signs on the GSX server via remote console and tries to view a VM. Only a black screen is shown. If I try the same action with a user that has admin rights, no problem.
Interestingly, I found that this problem occurs on older hardware. For example, If I where to try the same with lets say an Pentium 4 IBM ThinkCentre PC, I get no problems. If I try it on an older Gateway Pentium II, I get this issue.
Here is the log file:
Feb 09 20:41:00: vmui| Log for VMware Console pid=1188 version=3.2.0 build=build-14497 option=Release.3.2.0
Feb 09 20:41:00: vmui| PopulateHardDisks: CreateFile
.\PhysicalDrive0 failed: Access is denied
Feb 09 20:41:00: vmui| HOSTINFO: Seeing Intel CPU, numCoresPerCPU 1 numThreadsPerCore 1.
Feb 09 20:41:00: vmui| HOSTINFO: This machine has 1 physical CPUS, 1 total cores, and 1 logical CPUs.
Feb 09 20:41:00: vmui| Fail to RegQueryValueEx() in HostGetCPUDesc(). The system cannot find the file specified
Feb 09 20:41:01: vmui| VmdbCtxGet: Failed to get /host2/#82719240efb5c213/productinfo/name/ (Not found)
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui| Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: Failed to launch the MKS client: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui|
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui| Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: Failed to launch the MKS client: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui|
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui| Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: Failed to launch the MKS client: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui|
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui| Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: Failed to launch the MKS client: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui|
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui| Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: Failed to launch the MKS client: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui|
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui| Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: Failed to launch the MKS client: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 09 20:41:04: vmui|