windows 8 - no network drive access - virtual box 4.1.20
Posted: 19. Sep 2012, 13:38
Hello,
I use Oracle Virtual Box version 4.1.20 on my desktop pc with windows 7 enterprise 64 bit and I have created several virtual PCs with Windows XP, Windows 7 32 Bit and Windows 7 64 Bit.
And they work, everything okay. All of them are in the domain and get their network drives correctly.
Now I created a new Windows 8 virtual machine. However, I get no network drive mapping.
The new virtual pc is in the domain like all other virtual machines.
And even if I try to connect manually, I always get "no access or access denied".
And some network drives can be seen, but when opening the first directory in the root directory it
says no access (but I really have access to those drives, I mean it works on the windows 7 virtual machines)
I researched several points here:
deactivate UAC (user access control)
windows firefall service deactivated
And I tried to logon with domain user, administrator, standard user,
no user gets the mappings and could access directories on the network drives.
On the windows 7 virtual pcs the network devices are visible at the start of the operating system,
when the "Logon.bat" works correctly.
But with the Windows 8 installation the logon.bat seems not to work,
even if a manually start the Logon.bat again, it does not work.
the windows 8 pc is integrated in the windows domain like the other virtual pcs, but with no success in the network drives.
a general internet connection is possible and the file server can be pinged.
so my question is: why is the windows 8 virutal machine not working in contrast to the windows 7 machines ?
I think the problem seems to bw windows 8, isn't it ?
I have seen, that there is a new oracle virtual version 4.2 available.
Maybe I should upgrade from 4.1.20 to 4.2 ? should i deinstall first or can I just install the new version and it deletes the older one,
but hopefully not the installed virtual machines.
I looked in several forums and noticed that some said it must be a microsoft problem for windows 8.
Do you kno a solution or a workaround ?
Thanks in advance !
Tobias
I use Oracle Virtual Box version 4.1.20 on my desktop pc with windows 7 enterprise 64 bit and I have created several virtual PCs with Windows XP, Windows 7 32 Bit and Windows 7 64 Bit.
And they work, everything okay. All of them are in the domain and get their network drives correctly.
Now I created a new Windows 8 virtual machine. However, I get no network drive mapping.
The new virtual pc is in the domain like all other virtual machines.
And even if I try to connect manually, I always get "no access or access denied".
And some network drives can be seen, but when opening the first directory in the root directory it
says no access (but I really have access to those drives, I mean it works on the windows 7 virtual machines)
I researched several points here:
deactivate UAC (user access control)
windows firefall service deactivated
And I tried to logon with domain user, administrator, standard user,
no user gets the mappings and could access directories on the network drives.
On the windows 7 virtual pcs the network devices are visible at the start of the operating system,
when the "Logon.bat" works correctly.
But with the Windows 8 installation the logon.bat seems not to work,
even if a manually start the Logon.bat again, it does not work.
the windows 8 pc is integrated in the windows domain like the other virtual pcs, but with no success in the network drives.
a general internet connection is possible and the file server can be pinged.
so my question is: why is the windows 8 virutal machine not working in contrast to the windows 7 machines ?
I think the problem seems to bw windows 8, isn't it ?
I have seen, that there is a new oracle virtual version 4.2 available.
Maybe I should upgrade from 4.1.20 to 4.2 ? should i deinstall first or can I just install the new version and it deletes the older one,
but hopefully not the installed virtual machines.
I looked in several forums and noticed that some said it must be a microsoft problem for windows 8.
Do you kno a solution or a workaround ?
Thanks in advance !
Tobias