Vista - RE: File sharing among Host and Guest

05-01-2009

Quote:

> Sorry about that: it's not a really new topic ...
> I want to use (R/W) Host files in the Guest environment.
> The first suggestion would be to use the "Shared Folders" feature.
> Unfortunately this feature is still very unreliable: when one explores the
> Guest file system, if the depth of the tree being explored is deeper that 3,
> Windows Explorer becomes unresponsive and unstable.
> That is most of the times it crashes.
> Even worse: if I succeed in opening a ("deep") file, I'm not sure that that
> file, once modified, can be successfully saved (many times the application
> crashes, and so my modifications remain unsaved).
> A really very poor feature !
> It should be possible to share files through the network.
> Unfortunately this approach works only if I'm attached to some network. It
> doesn't work if I'm working on a train ...
> It should be possible to use the Loopback Adapter as a network support.
> I tried to do that in many ways, but I never succeded !
> Help me please !
> The host system is (now) Windows Server 2008 EE/64bit, the guest system is
> Windows Server 2003/R2/32bit.
> Many thanks
> --
> Teodoro

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05-01-2009	#1 (permalink)
Liive n/a posts	RE: File sharing among Host and Guest Quote: > Sorry about that: it's not a really new topic ... > I want to use (R/W) Host files in the Guest environment. > The first suggestion would be to use the "Shared Folders" feature. > Unfortunately this feature is still very unreliable: when one explores the > Guest file system, if the depth of the tree being explored is deeper that 3, > Windows Explorer becomes unresponsive and unstable. > That is most of the times it crashes. > Even worse: if I succeed in opening a ("deep") file, I'm not sure that that > file, once modified, can be successfully saved (many times the application > crashes, and so my modifications remain unsaved). > A really very poor feature ! > It should be possible to share files through the network. > Unfortunately this approach works only if I'm attached to some network. It > doesn't work if I'm working on a train ... > It should be possible to use the Loopback Adapter as a network support. > I tried to do that in many ways, but I never succeded ! > Help me please ! > The host system is (now) Windows Server 2008 EE/64bit, the guest system is > Windows Server 2003/R2/32bit. > Many thanks > -- > Teodoro Hi, I found your site using Liive, does your site support google chrome? Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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