Blank black screen when putting VMware Workstation into Full Screen
When you try to put your VMware virtual image into full screen on Windows 7 you may find that you get a blank black screen. Even if you change the screen resolution on the guest OS, to match that of your host OS you still get a blank screen.
The issue is that the VMware display drive has not been configured for Accelerated 3D Graphics. To resolve this issue, shut down the VM, then under VM > Virtual Machine Settings > Display check the Accelerate 3D Graphics check box and select OK. You should now be able to restart your VM and go into full screen mode.
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