Thanks - I'll check the firewall settings. I can connect through the VMWare console, but our Iowa user does not have VMWare mangement tools for connecting to the console.
If you're familiar with the console, it is extremely painful to try to do any "work" (ie, toxicology consultant) through it. I keep forgetting that VMWare might have things like forums and perhaps even special kits so that XP Setup will recognize and use a virutal disk. Thanks again! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® tout thereof. Cameron <[email protected]> wrote on 04/15/2010 03:54:23 PM: > Can you connect with the console <you didn't say how you were trying > to connect> and check the status of the VM? <assuming VMWare>. I've > created XP boxes from scratch and have had no issues doing so. If it > is VMWare then their forums are pretty good. > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected] > > wrote: > And firewall? > > I?ve seen them ?revert? to setting on occasion? I?ve always > suspected it to be tied to a hotfix/update install, but it?s happen > infrequently enough that I?ve never delved in to it? > > -sc > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:41 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Broken VM... > > What does the eventlog say? > > Also, I expect that this is some sort of VMWare host? > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...will not accept remote connection requests. The dialog box just > sort-of sits on the user's screen for about a minute before clunking > out with a "This computer cannot connect to the remote computer" message. > > The VM is XP Professional, SP3. It was built by doing a P2V from a > new Dell, and all had been working well until about a month ago. We > had this same issue then. I got it working by setting it back a > week in System Restore. > > It's broken again, and a reboot, a file system check, and 3 system > restore attempts cannot get it back up. > > Unfortunately, making a new XP VM is not an option (without finding > an available machine wiping it, and doing another P2V anyway). I > have simply never gotten any of the tricks you folks suggested way > back in January to get the XP setup to recognize the virtual disk. > (I guess we could set everything up on Win2003 Server...?) > > Any ideas as to how to fix remote connections on any machine, especially a VM? > > Thanks... > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
