A symptom you might encounter is that the guest operating system does not shout down as intended when performed from the VMware Workstation Pro interface. The VMware Tools service runs in the background and is responsible for a variety of operations.
When you install VMware Tools version 10.0.0 on a FreeBSD 10.x virtual machine, the VMware Tools service, vmtoolsd, might not launch.
The following issues were resolved in this version of VMware Workstation Player. Use a USB headset designed to work with USB 3.0 controllers.Change the USB controller of the guest from USB 3.0 to USB 2.0.Use the workaround that is most appropriate for your needs.
Windows 10: Poor quality audio occurs in most or all situations.Windows 8: Poor quality audio occurs when used with audio conferencing software, such as Skype and Lync.Using USB headsets not designed for USB 3.0 controllers result in poor audio quality in the following situations:
USB headsets not designed for USB 3.0 controllers might not perform well with Windows 8 and later guests because Windows 8 and later guest operating systems use a USB 3.0 controller by default.
Workaround: Use either of the following workarounds, depending on which is most appropriate for your situation. After you reboot the system, an Ubuntu crash report might appear and one of the services in VMware Tools might stop working. On the Ubuntu 15.10 guest, when you replace open-vm-tools with the VMware Tools version bundled with VMware Workstation 12 Pro version 12.0.1, VMware Tools does not work as expected.
It is a free upgrade for all VMware Workstation 12 Player users. VMware Workstation 12 Player version 12.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues.