Greetings, I've poked around, and I've found similar situations, but none like my own.
I have VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build-126130, and using Ubuntu 8.10 with a 2.6.27-9-generic kernel as a host OS. My client OS is Windows XP SP3, and it's on a domain (gross, I know...).
The problem is this: when I first spin up my machine, it seems to be blissfully unaware of the network. Regardless of whether I start my machine in Bridged or NAT, it doesn't seem to be aware of what's going on. If I try to log in, it proudly tells me that my credentials are wrong, with "Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your comptuer account was not found. Please try again later (yea, right). If this message continues to appear, contact your system administrator for assistance." Well, I am the system administrator, and I can't provide assistance. If I mess with the network settings: disable the adapter, switch it to the other (NAT vs Bridged), re-enable it, it seems to help. But, I can't figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I may have to do that several times before it works, and it will authenticate in either Bridged or NAT, depending on how the planets are aligned.
This is REALLY annoying, and I'd appreciate some insight. Thanks!
