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Hi

I am new to Virtual Box and have installed version 1.5.6 onto my XP pro SP3 laptop and I have created an XP pro SP2 guest virtual machine. I intend on adding this machine to my AD domain. I setup a VirtualBox host interface:

Network
Adapter 0
VirtualBox Host Interface 1

And now I have a new network adapter in my device manager on my host and an unistalled "Ethernet controller" in my guests device manager.

Firstly am I going about this the right way to achieve my goal of adding this guest to my AD domain (NAT didn't look like what I needed from reading the info)?

Secondly, what drivers do I use and where do I get them from for installing my mysterious "Ethernet controller" and my "Video controller" in my guest VB?

Thanks for any help

John

Video: Install the Guest Additions. It's described in the manual that you need that for better video support.

Network: XP should have the PCNet driver build in.

And please upgrade to a newer version. 1.5.6 is pretty old, almost a year. Install 2.0.6, which is the latest stable release.

Thanks for your help. I upgraded VirtualBox and installed guest additions. My graphics driver was installed automatically but I still have "Ethernet controller" as an unistalled device within my guest. I am guessing that this is because I enabled the host interface after XP was already installed!?

I can't seem to find a valid driver for it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Edit: typos

It shouldn't matter what attachment you choose in the VM settings, it's about the type of NIC. The PCNet driver should be supplied with XP, but there is also a copy on the GA ISO. If you use one of the Intel adapters, you have to download the driver from the intel site.

It shouldn't matter what attachment you choose in the VM settings, it's about the type of NIC. The PCNet driver should be supplied with XP, but there is also a copy on the GA ISO. If you use one of the Intel adapters, you have to download the driver from the intel site.

My host NIC is an intel but the drivers for that do not work in the VirtualBox guest. I have no idea what the GA iso is or where I can obtain it. Even re-installling XP on the guest VB's drive didn't cause the drivers to be installed automitically. I must be doing something wrong or someone must know what drivers the VB should install. I would have no idea which driver to download from Intels site as I have no idea what hardware the VB guest OS emulates. I thought it would have just installed generic drivers for me.

Now I'm really confused. VB installed fine on my friends vista host with XP SP2 guest. His network card in the guest installed as an AMD PCNet.

Please help!


EDIT: Got it working. I had a driver CD with loads of intel drivers on it and it managed to find a compatable driver on the CD. I also realised that GA iso must be the Guest Additions iso file that VB mounts (not only am I a noob but an idiot too). Sorry for not realising the obvious!

I also realised that GA iso must be the Guest Additions iso file that VB mounts (not only am I a noob but an idiot too). Sorry for not realising the obvious!

ROFL . You said it yourself .

The issue about the driver for the Intel NIC is that you used the wrong driver type. If you have an Intel/Pro100 NIC (running at max 100 Mbps) and you select the intel NIC in the VM settings, it's a different device. The type is noted in the description of the interface. The full name can be Intel/PRO1000 MT.

Good luck with VB and enjoy it.