Windows 7 Network Sharing and/or HomeGroups

[jackbusch]

Hi,

I'm running OS X 10.4.11 on my Macbook 2,1 with Windows 7 Professional as a guest OS. Meanwhile, I'm running Windows 7 Professional on my ASUS EEE PC 1005HAB.

I'm trying to write a tutorial on home media sharing via Windows Media Player 12. I'm having trouble getting the two machines to see each other over the wireless network.

My EEE PC can see both my OS X host machine and the Windows 7 VM. My Win7 VM, on the other hand, cannot see any of the machines in the Networks pane.

Also, when I click on my OS X host or the Win7 VM from my EEE PC, it says

Windows cannot access \\VIRTUAL-PC

Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network...

I've followed recommendations to create similar logins and passwords as well as adjusted the Local Security Policy as suggested in other forums.

I'm at wits end here, not sure what else to do. I feel like I'd have better luck if I could run a Windows 7 host on my Macbook (which I can't even install it because I broke my internal LCD on my Macbook) or if I could virtualize Windows 7 on my EEE PC (which you can't right? because of hardware issues?).

Is there a way to get my Windows 7 VM hosted by my Macbook to network with my EEE PC?

[Perryg]

Do you have a router?
Do you have the network set to bridged mode in the guest?

[jackbusch]

Ah, thanks! That helped. I followed the instructions on this thread ---> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=1787
and now I can see the other machines and attempt to join the HomeGroup. But still not able to actually join it. It says that it "encountered an error" when I try to have my EEE Pc join my virtual computer's homegroup or vice versa. Also, when I try to just explore the networked computer, it says incorrect password. Over at this tutorial ---> http://www.7tutorials.com/homegroup-fea ... w-it-works they mentioned that this was a bug having to do with the date and time but that doesn't seem to be the problem with me (time and date are identical on both machines).

Any ideas?

[jackbusch]

FYI - It magically works now. I don't know why. Just came back and tried it again and it worked.