I have used VB on a WinXP host for a while to test/run a number of Linux distributions. Everything just worked so I never even looked at the manual.
I am now reversing it by installing (for the 1st time) VB 2.1.2 on a 100% up-to-date Ubuntu 8.10 host with WinXP as a guest. Again, just followed my nose and everything seemed OK except there were no interfaces in the XP Network Connections window - just a blank window. I checked the Device Manager and an active virtual network card was present.
I tried 3 virtual network cards (incl. downloading and installing the Intel MT Desktop 1000 drivers) with both NAT and Host Interface but still nothing. When I did the Intel one, Windows said it found the hardware and needed the drivers. I installed the drivers via a shared directory but still nothing in the "Network Connections" window.
I even ran the "Add New Connection" wizard but it returns no useful result. Am I missing something here or is there really a network issue with VB 2.1.2 ?
As it is a new installation, there are no oddities from pre-2.1.2 installations. The XP guest additions are successfully installed. Any ideas ?
The host is a Dell laptop which has real Intel network hardware.
Windows XP Guest - no "Local Area Connection"
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Is there an error in Device Manager for the NIC? It might need a certain service to be running which fails.
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Never thought of that but I found about 10 services marked as Automatic which were not running (incl. Event Viewer). C;\Windows\setuperr.log has lots of errors about a "Load Library Not Found Error 126".Sasquatch wrote:Is there an error in Device Manager for the NIC? It might need a certain service to be running which fails.
I manually re-started all the ones marked Automatic and zap, the network was live. There may be some other components that were broken in the install so I guess I will find them over time.
Thanks for the tip.