XP VM under Windows 8 shows network cable unplugged

Dalexx

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I'm not much of a VM expert. I have a couple of win7 systems running a WinXP VM that I installed manually, in all those cases, the virtual network has always just booted up and worked. Under Win8 Pro-RTM, I did a XP VM that I loaded myself (versus an XP mode) and it loads the virtual network adapter but it reports that the cable is unplugged

I'm not clear on what this means. Obviously, it's a VM so there is no cable to plug in. I'm guessing I'm suppose to match that Virtual Nic to the regular (aka Host's) NIC but I'm not see any options to do so.

On the same system I run windows 7 Ult and a XP install and the network loads up on boot.

Any guesses here?

Thanks

Dale
 

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Hi there

There are too many possibilities here because we don't know what VM program you're using:
Virtual PC, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMPlayer/Wokstation, Parallels, others?...

Thanks

Hopachi
 

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Hi there

There are too many possibilities here because we don't know what VM program you're using:
Virtual PC, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMPlayer/Wokstation, Parallels, others?...

Thanks

Hopachi

Oh Sorry, I'm using the Windows 8 Hyper-V that comes with Windows 8
 

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    MSI P67a-65GD (B3)
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    8GB Gskill Ripsaw
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    Gigabyte 780GTX - nVidia
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    SoundBlaster Z
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    Asus 24"
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Ok thanks for the info.

In Win7, where your VM's have network, there is no HYPER-V only Win8 has it.
So I suppose you're talking about Virtual PC in Win7 and Hyper-V in Win8? They are not the same and hyper-V is more advanced.

I've also heard other people having problems configuring the network in Hyper-V (it's not really like in Virtual PC).

I'm also no expert in Hyper-V but that network should be fixable for people like us.

Have yo looked at these tutorials?
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5078-hyper-v-create-linux-virtual-machine-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2493-hyper-v-how-use-windows-8-a.html

It seems not all OSes support the virtual network driver.
That cable unplugged thing means the virtual cable (yes there is one:) but it's not physically there) and doesn't look like a serious problem.
If you go with the machine online (and maybe says cable plugged), try to see if you can browse the internet and then there is no problem at all.

Regards
Hopachi
 
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    HP Envy DV6 7250
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    Intel i7-3630QM
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    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
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    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.

Thanks! :D It was that link that got me going on the right track. I have a windows 2008R2 box I had loaded Hyper V on it and it automatically configures the Virtual Network during the initial setup and so I didn't realize I needed to manually set that up under windows 8

After I got it installed, the problem I had next, was it allowed the VM to access the net, but the host machine could not longer access anything. I tried a few reboots and un-installed and re-installing of Hyper-V and then just for giggles, I did a complete power off and when it booted up, it worked has expected. I kind of expected the process to be even easier than windows 7 (which is pretty darn easy), but for some reason they opted to make it a little more difficult.

I'm not sure if that's normal\somewhat expected or not. Guess we'll see if a patch comes out for it after the official release.

Thanks for the help. Now on to the next problem!
 

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    MSI P67a-65GD (B3)
    Memory
    8GB Gskill Ripsaw
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    Gigabyte 780GTX - nVidia
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    SoundBlaster Z
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    Asus 24"
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    1920x1080
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    Antec 1200W
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    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19
    Mouse
    Logitech MX518
    Internet Speed
    30/3
    Antivirus
    Norton
I have ran into this a few times. For me it has always been after I added a new wireless adapter and removed the old one. I fire up a VM and the network adapter in the VM is listed as "unplugged"

The fix is simple.

Open Hyper-v manager on the host machine (win8) under 'actions' (the panel on the right) location Virtual Switch Manager. Change the external binding to use the new network adapter or the adapter it should have been using.

If your VM is configured to use that adapter you are good to go..> I should note that you will need to shut down all of the VM's before making this change to the System wide Virtual Switch Manger otherwise you will get an error and it will not save the changes.

Hope this helps you or someone else.
 

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