I recently did a P2V conversion on a Dell 630 Laptop running windows vista business 32-bit edition. The conversion completed successfully, however after I powered it up and install the VMWare tools, the network card auto-detect failed with an error saying it couldn't find the file. I added another E1000 network card from settings and it failed as well. Is there something I need to do to manually point the computer to the driver? Or can I delete the driver that is on there so it will require a reinstall?
Thanks
Make sure in the vm edit settings for the network adapter, that the checkbox for connected is checked. The vmware tools service will install the proper drivers for you.
-KjB
VMware vExpert
I wonder if UAC is keeping the driver from loading. Is UAC enabled? Can you disable it? Uninstall, reboot, reinstall the vmware tools, then re-enable uac if you wish?
-KjB
VMware vExpert
UAC was never enabled in this scenario.
It is enabled by default. Did you turn it off before starting this?
-KjB
VMware vExpert
Yes, I always disable it when installing Vista.