Hi,
indeed I found Intel Utility which has been seemingly installed on the physical host.
I removed this software, but the NIC issue could not be resolved.
I'm getting the same drive error (Code 39) regardless of NIC type. I tested it with E1000, VMXNET 2, VMXNET 3.
The mouse control issue could be resolved. I uninstalled the mouse driver from VMWare tools package and the mouse works now.
But...
What can I do in addition in order to fix the NIC problem? It's very strange.
Regards
Mariusz