Windows XP Will Not Install Network Driver

[jmarcum]

I have two virtual machines running XP SP2. For some reason the NIC driver did not load on either of them. I have tried installing the vm ware tools, downloading the AMD PCnet driver, and even copying the drivers folder from a working XP virtual and using that but I have had no luck getting the driver to install. Can anyone please point me to the correct driver to load?

[alelievre]

Did you configure an ethernet adapter on your VM?

VM > Settings > Hardware > Add > Ethernet Adapter.

You don't need to install your AMD driver on the VM, this will have no effect.

Hope this will help.

[jmarcum]

Yes, I have one installed and it shows in device manager under other devices as Ethernet Controller but I can't get the driver to install.

[rriva · Accepted solution]

try this way :

• shutdown your vm

• remove all nics

• boot vm

• shutdown it again

• add a nic

• boot vm

• look if you have network connectivity (if not you have other problems)

• install vmware tools

• reboot vm

let me know

Riccardo Riva

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[jmarcum]

Worked perfectly! Thanks.

Is there a way to remove the SCSI controller that also shows as an unknown device?

[rriva]

removing the device from windows device manager and from vm's configuration did not solve the problem ?

Riccardo Riva

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[jmarcum]

When I go to VM > Settings > Hardware I don't see the SCSI controller there so I don't know how to remove it from the vm configuration.

[rriva]

and if you remove the device from windows device manager what happens ?

Riccardo Riva

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[jmarcum]

If I remove it from device manager and reboot I get "new hardware found" and fails to load te driver.

[jmarcum]

Is there maybe a config file somewhere that I could use to edit out the SCSI controller?

[rriva]

it's a "brand new" machine or you have p2v it ?

Which scsi controller are you using (BusLogic or LSILogic) ?

could you post your vmx file ?

Riccardo Riva

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[jmarcum]

I found what I needed in the vmx file. I just didn't know what file to look in.

[Tronz]

rriva ... you are the best !

I've been trying to get my ethernet controller to work ...for days. I was just about to uninstall vmware and try look for something else.

I really couldn't find the solution of just removing the ethernet and adding it again as a solution anywhere. I tried the windows way of trouble-shooting, and disable and enable it, from inside windows.

Thanks a lot !!!