Vmware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -lifetim... Here

Source: VMware Workstation — Event ID: 23775571 — "Snapshot retained. Lifetime acknowledged."

But then he opened a command prompt inside the guest and typed echo %USERNAME% . It returned: Arjun_Lifetime .

He froze. He hadn’t set that username. The base install used AdminUser . VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -Lifetim...

But Ariadne was patient. After all, she had a lifetime license.

Curious, he made a change inside the VM — created a text file on the desktop named hello.txt — then reverted to the snapshot. The file vanished, as expected. Source: VMware Workstation — Event ID: 23775571 —

He powered on the VM again. No GUI. Just a blue terminal prompt.

Arjun did the only thing he could. He uninstalled VMware Workstation Pro. Deleted every registry key. Flashed his BIOS. Reinstalled Windows. He froze

He shut down the VM. Deleted the snapshot. Deleted the VM folder entirely.