Unable to RDP after install VMware 8.0

[devgela]

I have installed VMware8.0 on my Windows 7 machine, but now I'm not able to connect to my Win7 machine using Remote Desktop Connection. I have checked the firewall configurations and there is nothing wrong. Can anyone please suggest a solution to this problem.

[Virtualinfra]

Welcome to the community

Are you able to ping the virtual windows machine?

Did you enable RDP on the virtual windows machine?.

[adelisa]

Hi devgela,

Welcome to the comunity.

Before installing vmware 8 are you abel to take control of w7 machine?

Plase make sure in w7 user should have password and add on RDP group.

" Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."

[devgela]

I'm unable RDP on the virtual windows machine as well. Also i tried to disable the VM NIC on control panel, but still cannot be RDP. Please help.

[devgela]

Hi adelisa,

Before install the vmware 8, I can RDP to my machine from internal & external network, after install it I can't do it anymore. When i uninstall the VM 8, i can RDP to my machine again. Pls help

[RDPetruska]

Thread moved from General Issues to VMware Workstation.

[devgela]

I can't ping the virtural windows since i using the router, but i can ping the virtural windows from my real windows.

I did enable the RDP on virtual windows but can' be use the RDP and get the error message as below.

Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer for one of these reason:

1) Remote access to the server is not enabled

2) The remote computer is turned off

3) The remote computer is not available onthe network

Mark sure the remote computer is turned on and connected to the network, and that remote access is enable.

BTW, when i RDP to my home machine, i won't get any error message.

[Virtualinfra]

Please confirm if the below understanding is correct.

1.Your desktop - windows 7  on physical Machine.

2. You installed Vmware workstation on that windows 7 and create virtual Machine.

What is the OS On the virtual machine.

[devgela]

1. My physical Machine using Win7 64Bit

2. I had installed Vmware workstation on that windows 7 and create virtual Machine.

3. I had create 2 virtual machine first one is using Win2K8 the other one is WinXP.

[Virtualinfra]

First we will try to Make communication between Windows 7 and Virtual machine  win2k8

Open Vmware workstation.

Right click on the win2k8 VM

click on settings

click on Network Adapter

click on Host-Only: Private network shared with the host.

Click Ok

Log in to virtual Machine win2k8

go to network adapter configure the below IP.

192.168.2.10

255.255.255.0

Now come to windows 7

go to Network adapter

you will see VMnet1 and VMnet8

Disable VMnet8

Enable VMnet1

Right CLick properties of VMnet1 and configure IP address as follows

192.168.2.11

255.255.255.0

Now try pinging between windows 7 and win2k8 , viceversa

Now logon to win2k8, make sure you have turned on Network discovery and enabled RDP, reboot the WIN2k8 VM

now from windows 7 try to RDP to WIN2k8 it should work.

[devgela]

thank you so much for your help, i had tried to made communication between Windows 7 and Virtual machine win2k8 as your procedure.

But i can't ping each other with timeout message......

[Virtualinfra]

Log ON to WIN2k8 VM

Have you Turn OFF Firewall

have you enabled TURN ON Network discovery

Have you truned OFF FIrewall on Windows.

If not do the above and see if that ping, Make sure when you turn ON Network discovery you have to reboot the win2k8 VM to take effect.

Then try pinging it should work,..

[omf]

I had the same problem.  Try disabling the VMware Authorization service in Windows 7, then reboot and see if you can RDP to the host.

In my case, this prevented VMware from working, but it allowed me to RDP to the machine.

[Microassist01]

I have a similar problem, i have a host running windows 7 and i installed VMware workstation 8. I have installed windows xp on the vm machine and both host and guest have internet connectivity. But i cant RDP form the Host running w7 to the vm running xp. I get the same error message as mentioned by dev.

I have checked the network addapters and noteted that VMnet adaptors are running on a diff ip range as my internal network. Could this be fixed by giving it a static ip in the range as my internal network? And if i change the network network type to a diff setting.?

Any adivice would be appreciated.

Regards

[continuum]

> I have checked the network addapters and noteted that VMnet adaptors are running on a diff ip range as my internal network.

Exactly - thats correct- it would not work with the same IP-range

[Microassist01]

Ok cool i have tried that tho, what happens is that the VMnet becomes limited or no connectivity. A work friend suggested we set it to static but using the Open DNS as the dns ip e.g.     208.67.222.222

                                 208.67.220.220

Not sure if this will work tho.