> Thanks Ben,
>
> What a shame!
>
> Ok...let's try something else...I found a web page in Google from someone
> who said they had heard it might be possible to turn of the synchronization
> by disabling a service in the guest pc without affecting the other things
> installed with VPC additions. Do you know if this is possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adrian
>
> "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>>Hi DocA,
>>
>>I beleive that Andy may have been mistaken when he said that this worked
>>for Virtual PC. It definitely works for Virtual Server but my
>>investigation has shown that this is not the case for Virtual PC.
>>--
>>Cheers,
>>Benjamin Armstrong
>>===============================
>>Virtual machine Program Manager
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>
> rights.
>
>>You assume all risk for your use.
>>
>>DocA wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Has anyone managed to follow Andy Nicholas" instructions for disabling
>
> the
>
>>>time synchronization between guest and host without removing the VPC
>>>Additions? They didn't work for me. Any idea where I could be going
>
> wrong? I
>
>>>am using VPC 2004 build 582.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Adrian
>>>
>>>"Andy Nicholas [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>>news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes.
>>>>
>>>>You will need to edit the .vmc file for your virtual machine. The file
>>>>uses standard XML, so you can edit it with notepad.
>>>>
>>>>In the .vmc file you need to add the following boolean key and set it to
>>>>"false". The key below is in XPath format:
>>>>
>>>>integration/microsoft/components/host_time_sync/enabled
>>>>
>>>>So, under the existing <integration> tree you need to make sure the
>>>>following XML tags exist:
>>>>
>>>><preferences>
>>>> <integration>
>>>> <microsoft>
>>>> <components>
>>>> <host_time_sync>
>>>> <enabled type="boolean">false</enabled>
>>>></host_time_sync>
>>>> </components>
>>>> </microsoft>
>>>> </integration>
>>>></preferences>
>>>>
>>>>Do NOT add this as a new, separate XML tree. Most likely you've already
>>>>got everything up until the "components" XML tag, so you would just
>>>>paste this into your .vmc file underneath the <microsoft> tag IF you
>>>>don't have a <components> tag already:
>>>>
>>>> <components>
>>>> <host_time_sync>
>>>> <enabled type="boolean">false</enabled>
>>>></host_time_sync>
>>>> </components>
>>>>
>>>>This works for Virtual Server 2005 also. For VS2005, there is a COM
>>>>interface which you can use to change this value (just changes the value
>>>>in the XML file for you).
>>>>
>>>>andy
>>>>--
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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