Vista - network path not found

HI. I am using windows xp pro on my host achine and server 2003 on my vpc
when i try to join hst to the domain i get the error "network path not found"

It's not a good idea to join the host to a domain in VPC because when
you reboot the machine, the domain master wont be running, so you
can't log in properly.

It would be better to have a an XP VM to log into the domain instead.

As for the communications, that's hard to debug -- how do you have the
networking set up for the VM?

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:08:01 -0700, stu
<stu@xxxxxx> wrote:

i'm using nat networking


"Robert Comer" wrote:

That's the problem, you can't use NAT for logging in to a domain
unless you set up some stuff very specially. Unfortunately I cannot
find out just what to do, but maybe someone here will know. (Bill
Grant?)

NAT is a critical piece of the puzzle...

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:06 -0700, stu
<stu@xxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:06 -0700, stu
<stu@xxxxxx> wrote:
That won't work. Shared networking (NAT) does not allow host<-->guest
communication.
From VPC help: "A virtual machine configured to use Shared Networking
acts like a computer behind a Network Address Translation (NAT)
router. Shared networking does not support inbound port mapping.
External computers are unable to access a server running in the
virtual machine or any ports on the virtual machine. Shared networking
also does not support networking between virtual machines or from the
host operating system to the virtual machine."

You will need to specify the host NIC in the options or install and
use the MS Loopback adapter.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

"Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
news:hhps7454f66p5ua2gobdsmodfo8b1aildj@xxxxxxJust because you can create a server in a vm and promote it to be a DC
doesn't mean that it is a good idea! There are a number of things which you
can and can't do with a domain controller in a vm. (As Bob said, joining the
host to the domain is one of them)!

See my post in the thread "Can't join Virtual Vista to a Virtual 2008
Domain Server" from Golden Z .