[BUG] - 100% CPU usage by one of two processes "vmtoolsd.exe" in Windows Task Manager in Windows XP SP0 (x86) on VMware Workstation #502
Description
Verification
- I have checked if the issue exists in One-Core-API-Canary
- I have checked the existing Issues
Issue Existence in Canary
- The problem exists in the Canary build.
Concise Problem Description
100% CPU usage by one of two processes vmtoolsd.exe in Windows Task Manager in Windows XP SP0 (x86) on VMware Workstation.
System Type
Virtual Machine
Windows OS Edition
Russian version of Windows XP Professional SP0 Retail (x86). SHA-1 of ISO image: 39369a0eecf6c655d0c19c3e577cf5728ed70666
Post-SP Updates Installed?
No
If 'Yes', specify if updates were installed...
Before
Installed Software
- VMware Tools v10.0.12 (released in 2016): http://downgradefiles.pdp-11.ru/download.php?file=c1474404edbeeb6870db45001a04729f
- 7-Zip v25.01 (released in 2025): http://downgradefiles.pdp-11.ru/download.php?file=d0201ec650dde2944a8015e7560867da
- Dependency Walker v2.2 (released in 2006): http://downgradefiles.pdp-11.ru/download.php?file=675ca981ddf557eb7d4550624157dbe5
- Windows XP/2003 Crack v3.5.0 (released in 2008): http://downgradefiles.pdp-11.ru/download.php?file=f01583d7a0bdec5e036e5fd6ecb3f317
Hardware Specifications
- Host system: MSI Katana GF76 B12UCR-821XRU laptop (manufactured in 2023), 8-core 12-threaded Intel Core i5-12450H CPU (Alder Lake), 16 GB RAM (DDR5), Intel UHD Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (4 GB), 512 GB SSD (NVMe), Windows 10 LTSC 2021 OptimaMod by m0nkrus.
- Virtual machine: VMware Workstation v15.5.7 (released in 2020), 1 CPU core, 3 GB RAM, 32 GB HDD, IDE mode.
Steps to reproduce the error
- Install One Core API v4.0.4-Hotfix: https://github.com/shorthorn-project/One-Core-API-Binaries/releases/tag/4.0.4-hotfix
- Reboot virtual machine.
- Launch Windows Task Manager.
- See 100% CPU usage by one of two processes vmtoolsd.exe.
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