Re: Any VMware experts on a Vista site?
- From: "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 20:25:16 +0100
Gordon, when you open VMware you see the screen to power on the virtual machine. In the 'Devices' pane you have details of memory, hard disk, cd/dvd etc. Look at the network adapter. What does it say? NAT, Bridged, Host only? You may have to do a bit of tinkering. If it is set to NAT then change it to Bridged and see if you get a connection, If Bridged change to NAT. You do this by clicking on the 'edit virtual; machine settings' option which you will find just underneath the 'Power on this vitual machine option. When the virtual machine settings opens click on the Network adapter option and you will see a selection of option in the right hand pane. Once you have changed the option click OK.
As for USB there isn't actually an option to turn it off, if the USB Controller option has 'present' in the summary box then the VM is set up to run USB. Again you can check in the VM settings window to see if there is a tick in the following boxes. 'Enable high speed support for USB 2 devices' and 'automatically connect new USB devices.' If these boxes are not checked then I suggest you place a tick in each of the boxes.
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"Gordon Biggar" <colonel_biggs@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:#IOMHjtzJHA.4272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Before I go to VMware with questions, I thought that I would try the Vista experts here to see if there is a match-up of the two talents. I recently had someone load VMware Workstation 6 on my new Dell desktop, which uses a Vista 64-bit platform. I now have the capability to run a Vista 32-bit platform by clicking on a desktop icon (situated on the 64-bit platform). I need occasionally to run dBase III programs in a 32-bit environment, which obviously a 64-bit environment will not tolerate.
I connect to the Internet on a wireless basis, using a RangeMax Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter. This Internet connection works fine on the 64-bit platform. In the 32-bit environment, I am able to make a local network connection, but I am not able to connect to the Internet. When in Windows Explorer (32-bit platform), I do not see any USB ports enabled. The individual who installed the VMware said that I should not need a USB port in the 32-bit setup to connect to the Internet.
Has anyone had any experience using VMware and establishing Internet connections from other than the base platform?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions that may pertain to my frustration!
Gordon Biggar
Houston, Texas
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