File Sharing with a win XP VM

[CoreyCoop]

I am trying to move slowly into Windows 7, as I have to keep Windows XP around for Visual Studio 6.0 (legacy issues).  I have dual booted my old Win XP Pro (32 bit) system, with Win 7 Pro (64 bit), but now want to make XP a VM under Win 7. 

The problem I'm having is that although I can see the internet from my VM, "My Network Places" only sees the Host and itself.  Even when I look under "Microsoft Windows Network" and my workgroup name. and even when I turn off all firewalls.  I can see the other computers from the Windows 7 machine, and from the XP machine I made into a VM, but not the Win XP VM.

I would also like to be able to make the VM visible on the network, that does not seem to be working either.

Any help would be apprecated.

[a_p_]

If I understand your issue correctly, it may be caused by the virtual machines network properties. In the VM's properties in VMware Player you have 3 options.

• "Host Only" which limits the network connection from to Host<->VMs
• "NAT" which - in addidion to Host<->VMs - allows network access from the VM to other systems and e.g. the Internet
• "Bridged" which bridges network traffic to your physical network (VMs<-> "World")

André

[CoreyCoop]

I have it in NAT configuration, I couldn't see the internet with either of the other two setups (although I didnt' try turning off the firewall in either of the other two configurations).  Under the Local Area Network connections TCP/IP properties I have everything set to Automatic.  When I try and run IPCONFIG, it just returns to the command prompt with no info displayed, even when I use the /all parameter.  And now, when I try and get to the TCP/IP properties, it will not open the window.

Is this right or normal?  Or is my original and now virtual machine so messed up that I'm going to have problems all the time?

     C.

[pavel-a]

This is not normal. Either the VM configuration is screwed up  (definition of network interfaces), or there's a problem with WinXP installed as the guest.

Anyway, to connect host and guest, just use shared folders. No network - no problem. Enjoy VMware.

- pa

[a_p_]

This is definitely not as it should be. I'd suggest you open the Device Manager, delete the network adapter and then let Windows re-discover the hardware.

André

[milton123]

Please make sure that you have configure IP address in you guest OS and using any of three service ( Host Only network, NAT, Bridge) enable.

Cheers, Yours Udin

[pavel-a]

Why do you want a real network connection at all?

Have you tried shared folders between guest and host (a.k.a. HGFS)? Drag and drop? All this works great between Windows systems.

--pa