> MVP friends --
>
> As you can see from my signature block, I am an MPV (Microsoft Project)
> and work as a trainer and consultant on Microosft Project Server. My
> laptop is running the Windows Server 2003 operating system. I have
> Virtual Server 2005 R2 installed on my laptop with Project Server 2007
> installed in a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. I have created two
> Virtual Networks, one for my wireless card and one for my LAN connection.
> I have these Virtual Networks attached to my Project Server 2007 Virtual
> Machine. This provides me network connectivity and it works well.
>
> While using my Project Server 2007 virtual machine, I also need to access
> files on my laptop's C: drive from inside the Virtual Machine. To
> accomplish this, I created Network Places inside the Virtual Machine that
> point to the necessary folders on my laptop's C: drive. Again, this works
> great.
>
> My only problem is when I am traveling and am in a location where I do not
> have any Internet connectivity, such as at an airport or at a client site
> that does not allow me network connectivity. When I don't have network
> connectivity, I cannot access the folders on my laptop's C: drive from
> within the Virtual Machine. Is there any way to set up my system so that
> I can access the folders on my laptop's C: drive when I don't have network
> connectivity?
>
> Thanks in advance for your answer.
>
> --
> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
> "We wrote the book on Project Server"
>
>
>
>

> When a NIC is not connected, it is effectively "dead" so that the
> virtual machine network services cannot use the NIC to host a virtual
> network. (In the "bad old days" the NIC wasn't disabled when it wasn't
> connected. As a result, it you accidently tried to use it everything hung
> until it timed out!)
>
> The solution is to install a Microsoft Loopback Adapter in the host.
> You can then use the virtual network associated with the loopback adapter
> to link the host and guest machines.
>
> Bill Grant MVP Networking
>
> "Dale Howard [MVP]" <dale(dot)howard(at)msprojectexperts(dot)com> wrote in
> message news:(email address - cut out)...
>> MVP friends --
>>
>> As you can see from my signature block, I am an MPV (Microsoft Project)
>> and work as a trainer and consultant on Microosft Project Server. My
>> laptop is running the Windows Server 2003 operating system. I have
>> Virtual Server 2005 R2 installed on my laptop with Project Server 2007
>> installed in a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. I have created two
>> Virtual Networks, one for my wireless card and one for my LAN connection.
>> I have these Virtual Networks attached to my Project Server 2007 Virtual
>> Machine. This provides me network connectivity and it works well.
>>
>> While using my Project Server 2007 virtual machine, I also need to access
>> files on my laptop's C: drive from inside the Virtual Machine. To
>> accomplish this, I created Network Places inside the Virtual Machine that
>> point to the necessary folders on my laptop's C: drive. Again, this
>> works great.
>>
>> My only problem is when I am traveling and am in a location where I do
>> not have any Internet connectivity, such as at an airport or at a client
>> site that does not allow me network connectivity. When I don't have
>> network connectivity, I cannot access the folders on my laptop's C: drive
>> from within the Virtual Machine. Is there any way to set up my system so
>> that I can access the folders on my laptop's C: drive when I don't have
>> network connectivity?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your answer.
>>
>> --
>> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
>> Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
>> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
>> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
>> "We wrote the book on Project Server"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>