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OK guys, I set up an XP home install in a VM (VMWare) on my Win 7 pro rig. Works great. Question is, how can I get the VM, and thus XP, to see my network and my server? One of the reasons I set up XP was to be able to use an older version of Nero to burn DVD's, and the files I need to burn are on the server. Help!

atr

There really could be a variety of things to you could do based on how you set things up and since you're not offer much detail as to what you did, I'm going to think you just need to setup your adapter for bridged networking.

Tell me what detailed info you need and I will give it to you. This is my first time installing a copy of Windows inside a VM, so I don't rally know what is going to be needed to troubleshoot it. I have several folding VMs, but I didn't configure the network for them...

How about starting with which version of VMware you loaded...

OK. It's VMWare Player version 3.0.1 build 227600. The host OS shows as Windows 7 Professional 64 bit (build 7600) 6.1.7600. The OS inside the VM is Win XP Home, and I updated it to SP3 with all security updates.

So what's your device manager in XP Home look like? Anything in there regarding a network card?

ATRDRIVER, I want to direct you to some resources we have on XP mode and networking. To learn more about Windows XP Mode, you can visit bit.ly/winxpmode. You can also go to http://bit.ly/XPModeVideos to see videos on Windows XP Mode. There's a feature called Windows Connect Now in Windows 7 Professional that walks you through connecting to a network--there's video about it at http://bit.ly/Win7ProConnectNetwork. More info about how it works is at http://bit.ly/ConnectNow. There's also a way to share printers and libraries of files with other machines on a home network with HomeGroup in Windows 7 Professional. The video at http://bit.ly/Win7ProNetworking has more info, and there's a FAQ at http://bit.ly/HmGFAQ. If you're having trouble viewing computers or shared files in your HomeGroup the page at http://bit.ly/HGTrbl explains how to open the HomeGroup troubleshooter, to help make sure your machine's network services are running OK (and that your computer actually is a member of a homegroup). If you want a detailed explanation of how HomeGroup works, there's a good video at http://bit.ly/HGShare. Hope this helps. Andrea H. Windows 7 Professional Outreach Team @Win7ProSB