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I'm an old guy, and computing doesn't come easily for me, so be gentle. I've read the terms of this forum and have used "site:forums.VirtualBox.org" in Google to help search this site. Three times, I have followed Sam and Mike's tutorial, paying special attention to where I think I'm missing something. I have also read the networking tutorial here. But, as you can guess by my presence with this, my first post here, I'm still stuck.

My host is Win XP. I had only a little trouble building my VirtualBox, but that's done, as is installing Windows 7 in the VM. I have also gotten so far with the guest additions that I don't have to keep hitting the right Ctrl key to navigate between XP and 7. I don't select the 3D button, and don't install in safe mode. Problem seems to be in either in my settings, or in some part of the procedure I'm missing to install the drivers; in either case, I keep getting this error message:

Windows could not find driver software for your device

If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit it's website and check the
support section for driver software.

Here's an image of my settings:



This sent me on a wild goose chase. What struck me as very odd was that under Storage, it lists as my secondary master the iso for VBox Guest Additions. Windows 7 works flawlessly. That might lead me to wonder if I had really installed the VM, but when I was setting it up, I allocated 20 GB of space to it, and when I later installed Windows into it, Win 7 displayed only 1 partition, the one with 20 GB. I searched my drive for .iso files. No others but the copy of Guest Additions exist. It took quite a while to find this one, but there is no iso for the box itself which has me all confused and befuddled at the moment.

My objectives are to figure out that wild goose chase question and to fix it if it's broken or needs to be fixed, to get my networking and audio drivers properly installed, and maybe, to get my shared folders working. I'm hoping this is all part of the same issue. If some kind soul could help steer me in the right direction, I'd be much obliged.

Mally ?

The audio should be set to Intel HD audio
The network adapter should be set to Intel Pro1000/MT Desktop
(These settings would have been properly set had you selected to install Windows 7 instead of Windows XP)
Finally you can remove the virtual CD/DVD from the drive once you have the guest running, but ejecting it from the system or by clicking the device tab at the top and setting it to remove from CD/DVD.

Thank you, Perry! That got me sound as soon as I booted Windows 7, and I have heard them! ? That part was easy because after I changed my operating system from XP to 7, Intel HD Audio immediately displayed under controller when the host driver was set to Windows DirectSound. I haven't had so much luck with networking yet. No matter what option I pick from the Attached To drop down, the adapter type is always PCnet-FAST III (AM79C973). The drop down next to name varies.

• Not Attached_________null
  NAT________________null
  Bridged Adapter_______Realtek RTL8168/8111PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
  Internal Network_______intnet
  Host-only Adapter_____VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
  Generic Driver________null

While these drop downs all have the gizmo at the right end suggesting they have alternate choices, none of them do. Promiscuous mode, available as a selection only in the 3 names that are not null, is currently set to Allow All.

Mally ?

To change the adapter type, you need to expand the advanced settings. Then the drop down box will show you the adapters. Use the one I suggested above.

Days of searching the internet, reading and re-reading, but in 2 short posts, you solved the biggest of my issues. Thank you very, very much, Perry. I'm gonna play around some today. No more work. But I'm sure I'll be back with more questions soon enough.

Mally ?