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Have you installed the Integeration Tools from the cdrom yet?
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Have you installed the Integeration Tools from the cdrom yet?

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Just to add some info to the post above. Without the integration services some virtual devices do not work/are not recognized. These &quot;Integration Services&quot; are needed for non Hyper-V aware Operating Systems (such as Server 2003). Server 2008 on the other hand knows when it is running on Hyper-V (when using as a guest OS). The latter is also called an &quot;enlightened&quot; VM.<br />
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Thus, to solve your issue you should install the integration services as hanccocka said, or you could opt to use a legacy network adapter (recognized natively by Server 2003).<br />
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Hope this explained a bit.<br />
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Michael
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Just to add some info to the post above. Without the integration services some virtual devices do not work/are not recognized. These "Integration Services" are needed for non Hyper-V aware Operating Systems (such as Server 2003). Server 2008 on the other hand knows when it is running on Hyper-V (when using as a guest OS). The latter is also called an "enlightened" VM.

Thus, to solve your issue you should install the integration services as hanccocka said, or you could opt to use a legacy network adapter (recognized natively by Server 2003).

Hope this explained a bit.

Michael

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I just added a new VM to my existing Hyper-V server. &nbsp;The new VM is a Windows 2003 R2. &nbsp;In the Hyper-V settings for this server I assigned a NIC card. &nbsp;However, when I'm logged on to the new VM it is not seing a NIC. &nbsp;How do I add it.
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I just added a new VM to my existing Hyper-V server.  The new VM is a Windows 2003 R2.  In the Hyper-V settings for this server I assigned a NIC card.  However, when I'm logged on to the new VM it is not seing a NIC.  How do I add it.

New VM not recognizing NIC

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