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Virtual machine displays a blue screen after using VMware Converter (2015424)

After converting a machine using VMware Converter you may experience these symptoms:

Virtual machine shows the login prompt, but after logging in you see a blue screen.
Windows Explorer fails to launch.
If you boot the virtual machine in safe mode, you experience the same issue.
You are able to send the virtual machine Ctrl+Alt+Delete and launch Task Manager.
The registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell shows the value:

C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmware_guestcust\loginblocker.exe

This occurs when the guest customization script does not properly update the registry key.

To resolve this issue:

Open a console to the virtual machine.
Click VM > Guest > Send Ctrl+Alt+Del and start Task Manager.
On Task Manager, click File > New Task, type regedit and click OK.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell and change the value to explorer.exe
Reboot the virtual machine.

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