I am investigating a use of VMWare Server on a machine I am responsible for developing some device management related solutions for. I found out that the enable/disable script we use (which makes use of Microsoft's devcon) runs into problems when VMWare Server has been installed. In particular, it will not renable devices which have been disabled until a restart. Device manager claims this is because the drivers are already loaded (which is unlikely to be true, because the devices do not work). I tracked the culprit as apparently VMWare's hcmon.sys. Removing this driver seems to solve the problem I was having. However, I do not know whether doing such is recommended or the like. What happens if I remove this driver? What functionality do I lose? Is there a danger of VM instability? Are there other concerns?
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