Several Questions

Denidil · Post by **Denidil** » 29. Jan 2009, 21:14

Ok i have several guest OSes im setting up on an Vista Ultimate 64bit (AMD64) hosts and i have questions related to each of them

Guest 1:
Windows XP 32-bit

when i navigate to \\10.0.2.2 it shows the host system's printer, but attempting to connect to it gives the following error:

"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help"

Guests 2/3:
old Windows 95/98 and a DOS guest... i have a USB joystick.. is there anyway to emulate a gameport - or is there some software i can install on the guest to emulate a gameport from a USB joystick

i would use dosbox for these later ones.. but it doesn't quite work right...

Post by **Sasquatch** » 30. Jan 2009, 21:14

Windows 98 should have USB support, so it might function directly. Other options like emulating a gameport is not possible, VB does not provide these options.

Denidil · Post by **Denidil** » 30. Jan 2009, 21:16

got any ideas on the problem with guest 1?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 30. Jan 2009, 21:20

I'm afraid not. You can try to use HIF and set that up properly.

Denidil · Post by **Denidil** » 30. Jan 2009, 21:21

Sasquatch wrote:I'm afraid not. You can try to use HIF and set that up properly.

HIF?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 30. Jan 2009, 21:27

Check the manual. It's short for Host InterFace networking. Basically, it will use your physical connection to access the network, making your VM take part in the network.

Denidil · Post by **Denidil** » 30. Jan 2009, 21:30

gotcha.. i'll go try that setting

Edit: that did the trick