parpfor error on virtual machine (MCR 2013b)

I get the following error when my parfor is running or returning:

Error using distcompdeserialize
    Bad version or endian-key

The machine is a virtual (VMware) Winodws 2008 Server 64bit, 8GB RAM, 4 cores.

I do not get this error on my development machine (when running inside Matalab or as an executable).

Has anyone seen this error and know of a solution?

The code used to create parpool and run a parfor:

    parclust = parcluster;
    disp(parclust);
    parp = parpool(parclust.NumWorkers);
    disp(parp);
    [...]
NumWorkers = parp.NumWorkers;
parfor labindex = 1:NumWorkers
[...]
end

output/log:

Local Cluster

    Properties:

                          Profile: local
                         Modified: false
                             Host: sbwna176d
                       NumWorkers: 4

               JobStorageLocation: C:\Users\EXTRAD~1\AppData\Local\Temp\2\extradiologics\mcrCache8.2\hard_w0\local_cluster_jobs\R2013b
 RequiresMathWorksHostedLicensing: false

    Associated Jobs:

                   Number Pending: 0
                    Number Queued: 0
                   Number Running: 0
                  Number Finished: 0
Starting parallel pool (parpool) using the 'local' profile ... connected to 4 workers.
 Pool with properties:

            Connected: true
           NumWorkers: 4
              Cluster: local
        AttachedFiles: {}
          IdleTimeout: Inf (no automatic shut down)
          SpmdEnabled: true

number of workers: 4

Error using algunit (line 443)
Bad version or endian-key
Error in hard_worf_integ (line 61)

Caused by:
    Error using distcompdeserialize
    Bad version or endian-key

Thanks, Adi