VMware Workstation throws internal error when powering on VM

I was surprised to get this error every time I made an attempt to power on a vm in my VMware Workstation 10. Well it is not much of a big issue, so just thought to post a solution for it.

Reason:
This happens because the VMware Workstation services has not been started.

Solution:
Start the required services for VMware Workstation using the steps below

Open the run prompt and run the services.msc as shown below

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The Services window will come on screen. Look out for VMware Workstation Server from the list of services

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Click on Start the service

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Verify if the service is started

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Also make sure the service starts automatically from next time to avoid these steps in future. Right click the service and open the properties dialog box

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Select Automatic from the drop down option and also verify the service is started as shown below and click on OK to apply the setting

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I hope I made my self clear.

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