Lower your Chrome instances inside Task Manager
Purpose: To improve VMWare performance, and help lower your CPU usage inside of your VM.
Step 1: Open Task Manager by either searching for it in the start menu, or holding Ctrl+Alt+Delete on your keyboard and selecting Task Manager
Step 2: Click More Details to see a more detailed breakdown of applications and background processes running on your machine.
Step 3: Click the Details tab to see all instances. Scroll down until you see your Chrome instances.
Step 4: Click on the first one to select/highlight the instance. Right click the instance and go to “Set priority”, a second options area will appear. Click “Low”
Step 5: A box will appear asking if you are sure you’d like to change the priority. Select “Change Priority”.
Step 6: Repeat this step for each Chrome instance until all are set to a low priority. You can apply these steps to any browser you currently have open.