Sent: 11/22/2005
From: Wayne Leishman
Message:Thanks Bob. Didn't realize that....obviously :) It seems like for most of
the VPC guest settings the guest has to be shutdown.
--
Regards,
Wayne
"Robert Comer" wrote:
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> > 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings from
> > the
> > VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
>
> The guest needs to be running to get access to the shared folders function.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
>
>
>
> "Wayne Leishman" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Hi. I have searched through the VPC forum for my answer but can't find
> > it...or missed it. Anyway, here's my problem, and what I did to get to
> > this
> > point:
> >
> > Problem: "Shared Folders" within my settings for my Windows XP Pro Guest
> > O/S
> > says "Not installed".
> >
> > At this point you are probably thinking "ah ha! you didn't install Virtual
> > Machine Additions !" but I did. Here's my host/guest configuration and
> > what
> > I installed.
> >
> > Host: Dell Precision M60, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro SP2
> >
> > 1. On this host I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 followed by VPC SP1
> > (downloaded from here:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx)
> > 2. I then setup a new VPC Win XP Pro (SP1) guest
> > 3. After that I installed SP2 for Microsoft XP on the guest
> > 4. I then installed Virtual Machine Additions, so that I could access
> > folders on my host (the install seemed to work ok)
> > 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings from
> > the
> > VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
> >
> > Any ideas how to get shared folders working ? I tried removing and
> > reinstalling Virtual Machine Additions but nothing has changed. It
> > appears
> > that installing MS XP SP2 causes a few headaches (for VPC) including
> > performance issues (found the posts on how to mitigate those issues but
> > I'd
> > like to get the shared folders working first). Should I just uninstall the
> > XP
> > SP2 from my guest?
> >
> > Any ideas are welcome.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wayne
>
>
>
Sent: 11/22/2005
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:To change the settings, yes.
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Wayne Leishman" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
> Thanks Bob. Didn't realize that....obviously :) It seems like for most
> of
> the VPC guest settings the guest has to be shutdown.
> --
> Regards,
>
> Wayne
>
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>> > 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings
>> > from
>> > the
>> > VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
>>
>> The guest needs to be running to get access to the shared folders
>> function.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wayne Leishman" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in
>> message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > Hi. I have searched through the VPC forum for my answer but can't find
>> > it...or missed it. Anyway, here's my problem, and what I did to get to
>> > this
>> > point:
>> >
>> > Problem: "Shared Folders" within my settings for my Windows XP Pro
>> > Guest
>> > O/S
>> > says "Not installed".
>> >
>> > At this point you are probably thinking "ah ha! you didn't install
>> > Virtual
>> > Machine Additions !" but I did. Here's my host/guest configuration and
>> > what
>> > I installed.
>> >
>> > Host: Dell Precision M60, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro SP2
>> >
>> > 1. On this host I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 followed by VPC
>> > SP1
>> > (downloaded from here:
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx)
>> > 2. I then setup a new VPC Win XP Pro (SP1) guest
>> > 3. After that I installed SP2 for Microsoft XP on the guest
>> > 4. I then installed Virtual Machine Additions, so that I could access
>> > folders on my host (the install seemed to work ok)
>> > 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings
>> > from
>> > the
>> > VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
>> >
>> > Any ideas how to get shared folders working ? I tried removing and
>> > reinstalling Virtual Machine Additions but nothing has changed. It
>> > appears
>> > that installing MS XP SP2 causes a few headaches (for VPC) including
>> > performance issues (found the posts on how to mitigate those issues but
>> > I'd
>> > like to get the shared folders working first). Should I just uninstall
>> > the
>> > XP
>> > SP2 from my guest?
>> >
>> > Any ideas are welcome.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Wayne
>>
>>
>>
Sent: 11/22/2005
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:> 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings from
The guest needs to be running to get access to the shared folders function.
--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
"Wayne Leishman" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
> the
> VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
> Hi. I have searched through the VPC forum for my answer but can't find
> it...or missed it. Anyway, here's my problem, and what I did to get to
> this
> point:
>
> Problem: "Shared Folders" within my settings for my Windows XP Pro Guest
> O/S
> says "Not installed".
>
> At this point you are probably thinking "ah ha! you didn't install Virtual
> Machine Additions !" but I did. Here's my host/guest configuration and
> what
> I installed.
>
> Host: Dell Precision M60, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro SP2
>
> 1. On this host I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 followed by VPC SP1
> (downloaded from here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx)
> 2. I then setup a new VPC Win XP Pro (SP1) guest
> 3. After that I installed SP2 for Microsoft XP on the guest
> 4. I then installed Virtual Machine Additions, so that I could access
> folders on my host (the install seemed to work ok)
> 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings from
> the
> VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
>
> Any ideas how to get shared folders working ? I tried removing and
> reinstalling Virtual Machine Additions but nothing has changed. It
> appears
> that installing MS XP SP2 causes a few headaches (for VPC) including
> performance issues (found the posts on how to mitigate those issues but
> I'd
> like to get the shared folders working first). Should I just uninstall the
> XP
> SP2 from my guest?
>
> Any ideas are welcome.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Wayne
Sent: 11/22/2005
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:You're welcome!
Very true, it's not that intuitive
--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
"Wayne Leishman" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
>It seems like for most of
> the VPC guest settings the guest has to be shutdown.
> Thanks Bob. Didn't realize that....obviously :) It seems like for most
> of
> the VPC guest settings the guest has to be shutdown.
> --
> Regards,
>
> Wayne
>
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>> > 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings
>> > from
>> > the
>> > VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
>>
>> The guest needs to be running to get access to the shared folders
>> function.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wayne Leishman" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in
>> message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > Hi. I have searched through the VPC forum for my answer but can't find
>> > it...or missed it. Anyway, here's my problem, and what I did to get to
>> > this
>> > point:
>> >
>> > Problem: "Shared Folders" within my settings for my Windows XP Pro
>> > Guest
>> > O/S
>> > says "Not installed".
>> >
>> > At this point you are probably thinking "ah ha! you didn't install
>> > Virtual
>> > Machine Additions !" but I did. Here's my host/guest configuration and
>> > what
>> > I installed.
>> >
>> > Host: Dell Precision M60, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro SP2
>> >
>> > 1. On this host I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 followed by VPC
>> > SP1
>> > (downloaded from here:
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx)
>> > 2. I then setup a new VPC Win XP Pro (SP1) guest
>> > 3. After that I installed SP2 for Microsoft XP on the guest
>> > 4. I then installed Virtual Machine Additions, so that I could access
>> > folders on my host (the install seemed to work ok)
>> > 5. After shutting down the guest O/S and viewing the guest Settings
>> > from
>> > the
>> > VPC PC Console, the "Shared Folders" setting is "Not installed".
>> >
>> > Any ideas how to get shared folders working ? I tried removing and
>> > reinstalling Virtual Machine Additions but nothing has changed. It
>> > appears
>> > that installing MS XP SP2 causes a few headaches (for VPC) including
>> > performance issues (found the posts on how to mitigate those issues but
>> > I'd
>> > like to get the shared folders working first). Should I just uninstall
>> > the
>> > XP
>> > SP2 from my guest?
>> >
>> > Any ideas are welcome.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Wayne
>>
>>
>>
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