After Windows update - The logon dialog is not present

Hi all,

I haven't used my Windows partition for over a year or so - I'm currently running VMware Fusion version 8.5.10

after launching it (finally) and allowing Windows to perform all updates the logon dialog is not present nor is the menu

bar. Just a pretty picture - when I send the ctl-alt-del - I can't type in a password.

Mac OSX version is: 10.14.1

I'm thinking this version of VMware needs to be updated to the current version - thought I'd toss this out to the community before I spend the 80 bucks.

Thanks for any thoughts