How to access Host-Machine on a Virtual Machine - XP Compatibility Mode - Windows-7
OK - Terms I'll use:
Outer machine: This is the real machine. The Virtual Machine runs "inside" it.
Inner machine: This is the Virtual Machine - the XP Compatibility program.
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Environment Window 7 64-bit
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I am running an app in the XP Compatibility mode. It works FINE.
However, for reasons I won't go into (trust me) we need the DATA that the app uses to be in the "Outer" machine.
We get errors accessing the data in the Outer machine. We have turned off the Outer machine's firewalls.
We have made the Inner machine join the Outer machine's Workgroup.
Thank you
Outer machine: This is the real machine. The Virtual Machine runs "inside" it.
Inner machine: This is the Virtual Machine - the XP Compatibility program.
--------------------------
Environment Window 7 64-bit
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I am running an app in the XP Compatibility mode. It works FINE.
However, for reasons I won't go into (trust me) we need the DATA that the app uses to be in the "Outer" machine.
We get errors accessing the data in the Outer machine. We have turned off the Outer machine's firewalls.
We have made the Inner machine join the Outer machine's Workgroup.
Thank you
EnriquePhoenix
In the Settings for your XP Mode virtual machine, change the Networking setting from Shared Networking (NAT) to the entry for your physical network adapter. This makes your virtual machine just like any other machine on your network. The same rules of networking and file sharing apply to virtual machines as physical machines. You can map a drive or create
On my Windows 7 with XP mode, the drives on my Win7 system just show up in the XP mode VM under My Computer as "C on XXXXXX", "D on XXXXXX", etc.
Check to see that the user that is set up on the XP mode VM is the same name and password as the one on the Windows 7 system, and you may need to disable simple file sharing.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874
Check to see that the user that is set up on the XP mode VM is the same name and password as the one on the Windows 7 system, and you may need to disable simple file sharing.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874
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