To Start The Change Tracking Driver - Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone Unable

She opened gpedit.msc and checked: System > Device Installation > Specify digital signature verification for device drivers. It was set to "Block." Even test-signed drivers were rejected.

She launched VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2, clicked "Convert Machine," entered the source credentials, and hit next. The pre-check screen looked good—enough disk space, network reachable, agent uploaded. Then she clicked "Finish." She opened gpedit

The logs were her only friend now. She navigated to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\Logs and opened converter-worker.log . Sarah ran bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off , disabled

Sarah ran bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off , disabled Hyper-V from Windows Features, removed Device Guard via registry, and rebooted twice (the second to finalize). That kernel-level driver used by Converter

Sarah sighed. Not this again. She opened her browser and started the late-night ritual. The VMware forums were full of similar stories—admins stranded at the same 5% wall. Change tracking. That kernel-level driver used by Converter, Backup APIs, and replication tools to monitor disk block modifications. Without it, no incremental sync, no hot cloning. Just failure.

A red error bubble popped up: "Unable to start the change tracking driver."

Same error.