Vmware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -lifetim... -

He shut down the VM. Deleted the snapshot. Deleted the VM folder entirely.

He installed the OS, then took a snapshot: “Base_2025.” VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -Lifetim...

Arjun leaned back. This was impossible. VMware Workstation Pro was a type-2 hypervisor — no persistence magic, no hidden AI. And yet. He shut down the VM

He smiled, sipping cold coffee at 2:00 AM. “Lifetime,” he whispered. “Whose lifetime? Mine? Or the machine’s?” VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.23775571 -Lifetim...

But when he reopened VMware Workstation Pro, the virtual machine was still there in the inventory. Not as a corrupted entry — as a running machine. 2 vCPUs. 4 GB of RAM. Uptime: 0 days. But inside the preview thumbnail: the blue terminal.

lifetime_snapshot_retain=infinite

He didn’t type that.