Windows 2003 and VPC2004

ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
that would solve the problem.

At the end of installation (each and every time I have
attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to install
and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
that every time but still only get the local, none and
NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
physical emulation option ( virtual switch )

I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:

" Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
Services driver. "

then it says that access to external networks will be
unavailable then:

" to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
or reinstall Virtual PC "

after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as well
as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
(by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only have
3 options on the first network adapter (being local, none
and the shared NAT options)

I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a " Realtek
RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
fine

I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC is
to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!

thanks in advance for your help

Hesham

Try re-installing VPC. Do any other guests work?

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"Hesham" <> wrote in message
news:076f01c3af00$2fc86970$...
> ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
> 2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
> that would solve the problem.
>
> At the end of installation (each and every time I have
> attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
> Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to install
> and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
> that every time but still only get the local, none and
> NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
> physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>
> I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>
> " Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
> Services driver. "
>
> then it says that access to external networks will be
> unavailable then:
>
> " to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
> Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
> or reinstall Virtual PC "
>
> after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as well
> as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
> (by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
> folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
> above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only have
> 3 options on the first network adapter (being local, none
> and the shared NAT options)
>
> I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a " Realtek
> RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
> fine
>
> I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
> frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC is
> to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>
> thanks in advance for your help
>
> Hesham

make sure that you're not running terminal services, that will prevent
VPC from installing correctly.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:49:43 -0800, "Hesham"
<> wrote:

>ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
>2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
>that would solve the problem.
>
>At the end of installation (each and every time I have
>attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
>Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to install
>and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
>that every time but still only get the local, none and
>NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
>physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>
>I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>
>" Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
>Services driver. "
>
>then it says that access to external networks will be
>unavailable then:
>
>" to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
>Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
>or reinstall Virtual PC "
>
>after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as well
>as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
>(by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
>folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
>above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only have
>3 options on the first network adapter (being local, none
>and the shared NAT options)
>
>I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a " Realtek
>RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
>fine
>
>I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
>frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC is
>to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>
>thanks in advance for your help
>
>Hesham

Thanks for the reply

Yes I have already tried re-installing VPC many times,
the problem arises before actually installing any guests,
as described in original post, the network settings are
limited to only 3 that dont include the NIC emulation (
virtual switch) option, and the message that the "Virtual
Machine Network Services driver" wasnt installed properly
pops up as soon as VPC is run !!

Hesham

>-----Original Message-----
>Try re-installing VPC. Do any other guests work?
>
>--
>--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
>http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual,
step-by-step
>tutorial site :-)
>Only reply by newsgroup. Any emails I have not
authorized are deleted
>before I see them.
>
>
>"Hesham" <> wrote in
message
>news:076f01c3af00$2fc86970$...
>> ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
>> 2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
>> that would solve the problem.
>>
>> At the end of installation (each and every time I have
>> attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
>> Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to
install
>> and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
>> that every time but still only get the local, none and
>> NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
>> physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>>
>> I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>>
>> " Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
>> Services driver. "
>>
>> then it says that access to external networks will be
>> unavailable then:
>>
>> " to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
>> Network Services driver on one or more ethernet
adapters
>> or reinstall Virtual PC "
>>
>> after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as
well
>> as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
>> (by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
>> folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
>> above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only
have
>> 3 options on the first network adapter (being local,
none
>> and the shared NAT options)
>>
>> I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a "
Realtek
>> RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
>> fine
>>
>> I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
>> frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC
is
>> to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>>
>> thanks in advance for your help
>>
>> Hesham
>
>
>.
>

Yeah, I get the same thing.
Reinstallations or whatever or running install.bat
or hacking the batch file to force it to register the
network drivers have no effect so don't
waste any more time on it.

When I go ahead and try to install win2003 or win xp
as virtual machines, the installation will randomly lock my entire pc. hit
reset.

After 7 attempts to get each working
I've had enough.

Virtual PC is a good idea gone bad.
It's clear that it just will not work with certain hardware configurations.
My pc is winxp pro

hardware:

athlonxp 1700
1 gb ddr 2100 ran
radeon 8500 video
network card is attached to a cable modem
for broadband.

and yes I've tried the network plugged into the modem,
unplugged, firewall on and off, norton av on and off.
same result.

There are no error logs for any of this, the help
file is a joke and the support is trivial.

Get the idea?

I'm going back to vmware. No problems with any of this in vmware.

Hey, how about testing VPC with real world hardware?
Or having better support before you release a clearly flawed product?


"Hesham" <> wrote in message
news:076f01c3af00$2fc86970$...
> ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
> 2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
> that would solve the problem.
>
> At the end of installation (each and every time I have
> attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
> Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to install
> and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
> that every time but still only get the local, none and
> NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
> physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>
> I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>
> " Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
> Services driver. "
>
> then it says that access to external networks will be
> unavailable then:
>
> " to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
> Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
> or reinstall Virtual PC "
>
> after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as well
> as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
> (by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
> folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
> above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only have
> 3 options on the first network adapter (being local, none
> and the shared NAT options)
>
> I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a " Realtek
> RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
> fine
>
> I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
> frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC is
> to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>
> thanks in advance for your help
>
> Hesham

Thanks for the reply

OK I am not running any terminal services, I even tried
re-enabling the virtual network drives (REMOVE.BAT then
INSTALL.BAT from Utility folder)with windows in
diagonstic startup with no services loaded at all !!

it appears I am not alone either (see reply to my
original post by Mr. Kevin Condor)

Is there anything else that can be tried? as I am
seriously disappointed with Virtual PC 2004 and now
thinking of going with vmware

thanks for your help

Hesham
>-----Original Message-----
>make sure that you're not running terminal services,
that will prevent
>VPC from installing correctly.
>
>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:49:43 -0800, "Hesham"
><> wrote:
>
>>ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
>>2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
>>that would solve the problem.
>>
>>At the end of installation (each and every time I have
>>attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
>>Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to
install
>>and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
>>that every time but still only get the local, none and
>>NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
>>physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>>
>>I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>>
>>" Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
>>Services driver. "
>>
>>then it says that access to external networks will be
>>unavailable then:
>>
>>" to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
>>Network Services driver on one or more ethernet
adapters
>>or reinstall Virtual PC "
>>
>>after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as
well
>>as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
>>(by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
>>folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
>>above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only
have
>>3 options on the first network adapter (being local,
none
>>and the shared NAT options)
>>
>>I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a "
Realtek
>>RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
>>fine
>>
>>I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
>>frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC
is
>>to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>>
>>thanks in advance for your help
>>
>>Hesham
>
>.
>

Try installing the Loopback adapter
(http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q236/8/69.ASP) and see if
that helps, if not then try, once again, re-installing VPC and see if it
does the proper configuring

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. Any emails I have not authorized are deleted
before I see them.


"Hesham" <> wrote in message
news:05c001c3af10$512ac1c0$...
> Thanks for the reply
>
> Yes I have already tried re-installing VPC many times,
> the problem arises before actually installing any guests,
> as described in original post, the network settings are
> limited to only 3 that dont include the NIC emulation (
> virtual switch) option, and the message that the "Virtual
> Machine Network Services driver" wasnt installed properly
> pops up as soon as VPC is run !!
>
> Hesham
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Try re-installing VPC. Do any other guests work?
> >
> >--
> >--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
> >http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual,
> step-by-step
> >tutorial site :-)
> >Only reply by newsgroup. Any emails I have not
> authorized are deleted
> >before I see them.
> >
> >
> >"Hesham" <> wrote in
> message
> >news:076f01c3af00$2fc86970$...
> >> ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
> >> 2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
> >> that would solve the problem.
> >>
> >> At the end of installation (each and every time I have
> >> attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
> >> Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to
> install
> >> and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
> >> that every time but still only get the local, none and
> >> NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
> >> physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
> >>
> >> I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
> >>
> >> " Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
> >> Services driver. "
> >>
> >> then it says that access to external networks will be
> >> unavailable then:
> >>
> >> " to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
> >> Network Services driver on one or more ethernet
> adapters
> >> or reinstall Virtual PC "
> >>
> >> after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as
> well
> >> as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
> >> (by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
> >> folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
> >> above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only
> have
> >> 3 options on the first network adapter (being local,
> none
> >> and the shared NAT options)
> >>
> >> I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a "
> Realtek
> >> RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
> >> fine
> >>
> >> I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
> >> frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC
> is
> >> to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
> >>
> >> thanks in advance for your help
> >>
> >> Hesham
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Try installing the Loopback adapter
(http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q236/8/69.ASP) and see if
that helps. Not sure about the PC-freezing though

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. Any emails I have not authorized are deleted
before I see them.


"Kevin Conder" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yeah, I get the same thing.
> Reinstallations or whatever or running install.bat
> or hacking the batch file to force it to register the
> network drivers have no effect so don't
> waste any more time on it.
>
> When I go ahead and try to install win2003 or win xp
> as virtual machines, the installation will randomly lock my entire pc. hit
> reset.
>
> After 7 attempts to get each working
> I've had enough.
>
> Virtual PC is a good idea gone bad.
> It's clear that it just will not work with certain hardware
configurations.
> My pc is winxp pro
>
> hardware:
>
> athlonxp 1700
> 1 gb ddr 2100 ran
> radeon 8500 video
> network card is attached to a cable modem
> for broadband.
>
> and yes I've tried the network plugged into the modem,
> unplugged, firewall on and off, norton av on and off.
> same result.
>
> There are no error logs for any of this, the help
> file is a joke and the support is trivial.
>
> Get the idea?
>
> I'm going back to vmware. No problems with any of this in vmware.
>
> Hey, how about testing VPC with real world hardware?
> Or having better support before you release a clearly flawed product?
>
>
> "Hesham" <> wrote in message
> news:076f01c3af00$2fc86970$...
> > ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
> > 2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
> > that would solve the problem.
> >
> > At the end of installation (each and every time I have
> > attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
> > Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to install
> > and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
> > that every time but still only get the local, none and
> > NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
> > physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
> >
> > I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
> >
> > " Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
> > Services driver. "
> >
> > then it says that access to external networks will be
> > unavailable then:
> >
> > " to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
> > Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
> > or reinstall Virtual PC "
> >
> > after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as well
> > as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
> > (by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
> > folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
> > above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only have
> > 3 options on the first network adapter (being local, none
> > and the shared NAT options)
> >
> > I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a " Realtek
> > RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
> > fine
> >
> > I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
> > frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC is
> > to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
> >
> > thanks in advance for your help
> >
> > Hesham
>
>

Wow, your one experience and VPC is junk. You don't mention the NIC,
do you have VM Ware Workstation already installed? Have you updated
your NICs drivers?

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:52:38 -0800, "Kevin Conder"
<> wrote:

>Yeah, I get the same thing.
>Reinstallations or whatever or running install.bat
>or hacking the batch file to force it to register the
>network drivers have no effect so don't
>waste any more time on it.
>
>When I go ahead and try to install win2003 or win xp
>as virtual machines, the installation will randomly lock my entire pc. hit
>reset.
>
>After 7 attempts to get each working
>I've had enough.
>
>Virtual PC is a good idea gone bad.
>It's clear that it just will not work with certain hardware configurations.
>My pc is winxp pro
>
>hardware:
>
>athlonxp 1700
>1 gb ddr 2100 ran
>radeon 8500 video
>network card is attached to a cable modem
>for broadband.
>
>and yes I've tried the network plugged into the modem,
>unplugged, firewall on and off, norton av on and off.
>same result.
>
>There are no error logs for any of this, the help
>file is a joke and the support is trivial.
>
>Get the idea?
>
>I'm going back to vmware. No problems with any of this in vmware.
>
>Hey, how about testing VPC with real world hardware?
>Or having better support before you release a clearly flawed product?
>
>
>"Hesham" <> wrote in message
>news:076f01c3af00$2fc86970$...
>> ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
>> 2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
>> that would solve the problem.
>>
>> At the end of installation (each and every time I have
>> attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
>> Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to install
>> and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
>> that every time but still only get the local, none and
>> NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
>> physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>>
>> I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>>
>> " Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
>> Services driver. "
>>
>> then it says that access to external networks will be
>> unavailable then:
>>
>> " to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
>> Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
>> or reinstall Virtual PC "
>>
>> after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as well
>> as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
>> (by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
>> folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
>> above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only have
>> 3 options on the first network adapter (being local, none
>> and the shared NAT options)
>>
>> I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a " Realtek
>> RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
>> fine
>>
>> I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
>> frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC is
>> to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>>
>> thanks in advance for your help
>>
>> Hesham
>

Its works! I have 2 instances running. 1 Domain
Controller and a Sharepoint Server.


>-----Original Message-----
>ok after having no luck with getting a windows server
>2003 working on VPC 5.2 I upgraded to VPC2004 in hope
>that would solve the problem.
>
>At the end of installation (each and every time I have
>attempted it) I am given a message saying that the
>Virtual Machine Network services driver failed to
install
>and that I should run INSTALL.BAT after rebooting, I do
>that every time but still only get the local, none and
>NAT options in the network settings !! when I need the
>physical emulation option ( virtual switch )
>
>I get the following message when I first open VPC2004:
>
>" Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network
>Services driver. "
>
>then it says that access to external networks will be
>unavailable then:
>
>" to fix this problem, re-enable the Virtual Machine
>Network Services driver on one or more ethernet adapters
>or reinstall Virtual PC "
>
>after MANY attempts of reinstalling the software, as
well
>as re-enabling Virtual Machine Network Services driver
>(by using the REMOVE.BAT and INSTALL.BAT in the Utility
>folder) I am still getting no luck and still getting
>above message each time I run VPC2004 and still only
have
>3 options on the first network adapter (being local,
none
>and the shared NAT options)
>
>I am running VPC on windows XP pro, my NIC is a "
Realtek
>RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC " and is working
>fine
>
>I would really appreciate any help as this is getting
>frustrating especially since the reason I am using VPC
is
>to test windows server 2003 across the local network !!
>
>thanks in advance for your help
>
>Hesham
>.
>