стоп, а разве не BCDEdit /set PAE forcedisable?

P.S. Хотя ни то, ни другое не помогает

P.S.S Вот что говорит VMWare

The host operating system is using the Physical Address Extension (PAE) processor option. VMware Workstation currently cannot run on a PAE-enabled host. Please disable PAE in the host operating system and restart VMware Workstation.