Jesper,

My host is Win2003 R2 SP2, but I'm not using active directory. I don't think
it matters.
The user I created is not a member of any group, not even the USER group.

Just grant permissions on the host to the default folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Machines
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Networks

If the VM files are in a different folder, grant permission to them as well.

Yes, VM does start automatically when the host is shutdown and restarted.
Tested with "save state" and with "shutdown guest OS". Note/Hint: I opted to
"shutdown guest OS" as the mapped com ports did not re-initialize with "save
state".

Hope this s,

ED

"Jesper Arnecke" <JesperArnecke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is this the only permission you granted this domain user? - have you tested
that it will automatically start the virtual server etc.?