> Have two networked pcs running XP. on machine 1, I have a USB printer
> installed. On machine 2 am running VPC with Windows ME guest.
>
> Machines are connected via a router and ADSL modem.
>
> I need to be able to print from within the Windows ME guest on
> Machine 2 to the printer on machine 1.
>
> I have enabled four adapters on VPC. NAT, Wireless Card, Inbuilt NIC,
> & Loopack. With my limited knowledge cannot get the guest to see the
> host or the network printer no matter which confiurations I try.

> boblatif <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> > Have two networked pcs running XP. on machine 1, I have a USB printer
> > installed. On machine 2 am running VPC with Windows ME guest.
> >
> > Machines are connected via a router and ADSL modem.
> >
> > I need to be able to print from within the Windows ME guest on
> > Machine 2 to the printer on machine 1.
> >
> > I have enabled four adapters on VPC. NAT, Wireless Card, Inbuilt NIC,
> > & Loopack. With my limited knowledge cannot get the guest to see the
> > host or the network printer no matter which confiurations I try.
>
> Remove those four adapter definitions, and define only a single adapter for
> the VPC, which MUST be bound to whichever physical adapter of the host PC is
> connecting the host PC to the router. You do not want NAT or loopback.
>
> Ensure that the TCP/IP properties of the ME VPC are set to automatically
> acquire address by DHCP (the default). Then ME should pick up its IP
> configuration from your router.
>
> Ensure that the workgroup names of both real XP PCs and the ME VPC are set
> to the same name.
>
> Ensure that all three PCs (two real and one virtual) have different Computer
> Names.
>
> Create a username and password account on the real XP PCs which are sharing
> folders and printers, and grant that username account access to the
> resources which you have shared.
>
> When you log in to ME as it boots up, log in with the same username and
> password as you configured in the PCs sharing folders and printers.
>
> --
> Robin Walker
> (email address - cut out)
>
>
>

> in granting access to the shared resources, Do you mean that the user
> accounts should be set as administrators?
> If not then where would I
> set access for particular resources.
> Should all three machines (2 real 1 VPC) have the same user name and
> password to log in,
> or should the 2 real machines have different user
> names and passwords and the VPC user name to be the machine whose
> resources I need?
> "Robin Walker" wrote:
>
>> boblatif <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>> Have two networked pcs running XP. on machine 1, I have a USB
>>> printer installed. On machine 2 am running VPC with Windows ME
>>> guest.
>>>
>>> Machines are connected via a router and ADSL modem.
>>>
>>> I need to be able to print from within the Windows ME guest on
>>> Machine 2 to the printer on machine 1.
>>>
>>> I have enabled four adapters on VPC. NAT, Wireless Card, Inbuilt
>>> NIC, & Loopack. With my limited knowledge cannot get the guest to
>>> see the host or the network printer no matter which confiurations I
>>> try.
>>
>> Remove those four adapter definitions, and define only a single
>> adapter for the VPC, which MUST be bound to whichever physical
>> adapter of the host PC is connecting the host PC to the router. You
>> do not want NAT or loopback.
>>
>> Ensure that the TCP/IP properties of the ME VPC are set to
>> automatically acquire address by DHCP (the default). Then ME should
>> pick up its IP configuration from your router.
>>
>> Ensure that the workgroup names of both real XP PCs and the ME VPC
>> are set to the same name.
>>
>> Ensure that all three PCs (two real and one virtual) have different
>> Computer Names.
>>
>> Create a username and password account on the real XP PCs which are
>> sharing folders and printers, and grant that username account access
>> to the resources which you have shared.
>>
>> When you log in to ME as it boots up, log in with the same username
>> and password as you configured in the PCs sharing folders and
>> printers.

> boblatif <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> > in granting access to the shared resources, Do you mean that the user
> > accounts should be set as administrators?
>
> Not necessarily, though that would be one way of doing it.
>
> > If not then where would I
> > set access for particular resources.
>
> Right click on the resource (folder or printer) and select "Sharing and
> Security". It depends whether you have simple network sharing configured,
> or the full-blooded NT-style sharing. In the former case, you might not
> have to do anything.
>
> > Should all three machines (2 real 1 VPC) have the same user name and
> > password to log in,
>
> Not necessarily. The username and password that you use to log in to the
> virtual PC must correspond to a configured account on the two real PCs (and
> that account must have been granted access to the shared resources), but it
> is not necessary for the actual logged-in user at the two real PCs to be
> that user. Indeed, it is not necessary for anyone to be logged in at those
> PCs at all for network sharing to work.
>
> > or should the 2 real machines have different user
> > names and passwords and the VPC user name to be the machine whose
> > resources I need?
>
> I haven't understood that question. But if you are asking whether you
> should log in to the Virtual ME using the Computer Name of another PC, then
> the answer is no. You log in with user names and user passwords, not
> computer names.
>
> --
> Robin Walker
> (email address - cut out)
>
> > "Robin Walker" wrote:
> >
> >> boblatif <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Have two networked pcs running XP. on machine 1, I have a USB
> >>> printer installed. On machine 2 am running VPC with Windows ME
> >>> guest.
> >>>
> >>> Machines are connected via a router and ADSL modem.
> >>>
> >>> I need to be able to print from within the Windows ME guest on
> >>> Machine 2 to the printer on machine 1.
> >>>
> >>> I have enabled four adapters on VPC. NAT, Wireless Card, Inbuilt
> >>> NIC, & Loopack. With my limited knowledge cannot get the guest to
> >>> see the host or the network printer no matter which confiurations I
> >>> try.
> >>
> >> Remove those four adapter definitions, and define only a single
> >> adapter for the VPC, which MUST be bound to whichever physical
> >> adapter of the host PC is connecting the host PC to the router. You
> >> do not want NAT or loopback.
> >>
> >> Ensure that the TCP/IP properties of the ME VPC are set to
> >> automatically acquire address by DHCP (the default). Then ME should
> >> pick up its IP configuration from your router.
> >>
> >> Ensure that the workgroup names of both real XP PCs and the ME VPC
> >> are set to the same name.
> >>
> >> Ensure that all three PCs (two real and one virtual) have different
> >> Computer Names.
> >>
> >> Create a username and password account on the real XP PCs which are
> >> sharing folders and printers, and grant that username account access
> >> to the resources which you have shared.
> >>
> >> When you log in to ME as it boots up, log in with the same username
> >> and password as you configured in the PCs sharing folders and
> >> printers.
>
>
>