Vmware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -lifetim... May 2026

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

Arjun did the only thing he could. He uninstalled VMware Workstation Pro. Deleted every registry key. Flashed his BIOS. Reinstalled Windows. VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -Lifetim...

Arjun had been a virtualization architect for twenty years. He’d seen VMware Workstation evolve from a quirky hobbyist tool into the backbone of enterprise testing. But tonight, something was different. Source: VMware Workstation — Event ID: 23775571 —

He spun up a new VM: Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, stripped down to 2 vCPUs and 4 GB of RAM. Nothing special. But before booting, he clicked the Advanced tab and typed a strange boot parameter he’d found in a decade-old forum post: Deleted every registry key

lifetime.entity.present = "TRUE" lifetime.entity.name = "Ariadne"

He’d close the laptop and pretend he didn’t see it.

He never installed 17.5.2.23775571 again.