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Doug - 10 May 2008 12:47 GMT

I am trying to run XP in Virtual PC on a Vista PC.
From the XP I cannot see any other network items or computers. From the
Vista host I can map a drive to the XP, but not the otherway round. I cannot
map from XP to any shared folder on any PC.

I need to map a USB flash drive within XP in virtual PC, but I can't as XP
won't see anything outside XP. IP address is OK, as is workgroup.

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 10 May 2008 12:59 GMT

> I am trying to run XP in Virtual PC on a Vista PC.
> From the XP I cannot see any other network items or computers. From the
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> I need to map a USB flash drive within XP in virtual PC, but I can't as XP
> won't see anything outside XP. IP address is OK, as is workgroup.

Have you forgotten to enable Network Discovery on your Vista machine...?

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Doug - 11 May 2008 06:30 GMT

No, Network Discovery is ON. The Vista sees all computers on the network and
the other computers also see all PCs including the Vista.

The XP in VPC, when I click "My Network Places", shows only Shared Docs on
the virtual PC.
If I then click "View workgroup computers" I get "Workgroup is nat
accessible. You might not have permission...".
All computers are in WORKGROUP workgroup.

I have used setup a home network on the virtual PC. I have also turned off
Windows Firewall but it makes no difference.

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> > I am trying to run XP in Virtual PC on a Vista PC.
> > From the XP I cannot see any other network items or computers. From the
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>
> Have you forgotten to enable Network Discovery on your Vista machine...?

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Steve Jain - 11 May 2008 06:35 GMT

>No, Network Discovery is ON. The Vista sees all computers on the network and
>the other computers also see all PCs including the Vista.
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>I have used setup a home network on the virtual PC. I have also turned off
>Windows Firewall but it makes no difference.

Are you using the host PC's NIC or Shared Networking on your VM? You
need to select the host's NIC for host-guest communication.
Have you verified that the VM is getting the correct IP info?

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Bill Grant - 11 May 2008 08:33 GMT

>>No, Network Discovery is ON. The Vista sees all computers on the network
>>and
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> need to select the host's NIC for host-guest communication.
> Have you verified that the VM is getting the correct IP info?

It is probably also worth running the network setup wizard on the XP
machine.

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