I have 2 windows 8.1 PCs.
On one of these (an Acer desktop), I have installed VMware Player and successfully create and use windows XP virtual machines.
On the other (an Asus laptop), after I create a virtual machine and start it, all the VMware Player ever shows is a black screen. The little hard drive symbol in the upper right corner which seems to buzz when VMware runs on other installs, appears dead.
I have successfully installed and used VirtualBox, but as a longtime user of VMware, I would rather get it working.
By the way, on this laptop where VMware has not worked - I have tried to create a VM from scratch, I have copied a VM from another computer where VMware was working fine, and I have exported/imported the VM from VirtualBox - all of them are the same when I try and run - black screen that seems inactive - cannot even power on/off because the virtual buttons are unavailable.
For your assistance in this matter, thank you very, very much (Vmware log is attached)
Have a wonderful day!