I have VS2005 R2 SP1 running with no problems on a XP SP2 box and needed to
have it run on another XP SP2 box to test out performance. To my chagrin,
after installing it on the new machine I get the

"Could not connect to Virtual Server. Access was denied."

"You do not have permission to access the event viewer."
--- For the add (this computer) in Recent Events

in the Admin web management page.

Things tried:

1) Adjusted the COM settings to be wide open, no denials for all in
dcomcnfg.exe.
2) Accessing Account is in Administrators.
3) Tried accessing it in Firefox same message.
4) Researched in this newsgroup, and web, for "Access was denied" to no avail.
5) Turned off Norton Firewall/other security gotchas.

As mentioned I have this running on another computer....hence my confusion.
Here are the facts

1) Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
2) Win XP SP2
3) IIS 5

Please advise



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advTHANKSance

OmegaMan

Both machines must be in the same forest. There is no workgroup support.
Basically, messing with ACL's does not .
Join the machines to a domain and you are set.


"OmegaMan" wrote:

> I have VS2005 R2 SP1 running with no problems on a XP SP2 box and needed to
> have it run on another XP SP2 box to test out performance. To my chagrin,
> after installing it on the new machine I get the
>
> "Could not connect to Virtual Server. Access was denied."
>
> "You do not have permission to access the event viewer."
> --- For the add (this computer) in Recent Events
>
> in the Admin web management page.
>
> Things tried:
>
> 1) Adjusted the COM settings to be wide open, no denials for all in
> dcomcnfg.exe.
> 2) Accessing Account is in Administrators.
> 3) Tried accessing it in Firefox same message.
> 4) Researched in this newsgroup, and web, for "Access was denied" to no avail.
> 5) Turned off Norton Firewall/other security gotchas.
>
> As mentioned I have this running on another computer....hence my confusion.
> Here are the facts
>
> 1) Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
> 2) Win XP SP2
> 3) IIS 5
>
> Please advise
>
>
>
> --
> advTHANKSance
>
> OmegaMan

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:48:01 -0800, Matthijs ten Seldam [MSFT] wrote:

> Both machines must be in the same forest. There is no workgroup support.
> Basically, messing with ACL's does not .
> Join the machines to a domain and you are set.

Sorry but this is not correct. There's no requirement that Virtual Server
be run only on domain joined computers and I don't see why you'd suggest
otherwise nor why you'd make the comment that both machines need to be in
the same forest.

--
Paul Adare
MVP - Virtual Machines
http://www.identit.ca
Modem: A contraction. As in "Give me some modem ."

If that is not a requirement, then how should it be done to get it
'"working" in a workgroup situation?
(I have a similar problem with an app using the MS VM API)

dirk.

"Paul Adare" <pkadare@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:nlpxfro1ew7b.n9d68znl5qte$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:48:01 -0800, Matthijs ten Seldam [MSFT] wrote:
>
>> Both machines must be in the same forest. There is no workgroup support.
>> Basically, messing with ACL's does not .
>> Join the machines to a domain and you are set.
>
> Sorry but this is not correct. There's no requirement that Virtual Server
> be run only on domain joined computers and I don't see why you'd suggest
> otherwise nor why you'd make the comment that both machines need to be in
> the same forest.
>
> --
> Paul Adare
> MVP - Virtual Machines
> http://www.identit.ca
> Modem: A contraction. As in "Give me some modem ."

It is indeed not a requirement. Just very convenient from a logon perspective.
In a workgroup scenario, you can logon using credentials with appropriate
privileges on the remote host (VS host).

In the API scenario, it is a requirement unless you handle authentication
yourself in DCOM Security.

Matthijs

"Dirk B" wrote:

> If that is not a requirement, then how should it be done to get it
> '"working" in a workgroup situation?
> (I have a similar problem with an app using the MS VM API)
>
> dirk.
>
> "Paul Adare" <pkadare@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:nlpxfro1ew7b.n9d68znl5qte$.dlg@40tude.net...
> > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:48:01 -0800, Matthijs ten Seldam [MSFT] wrote:
> >
> >> Both machines must be in the same forest. There is no workgroup support.
> >> Basically, messing with ACL's does not .
> >> Join the machines to a domain and you are set.
> >
> > Sorry but this is not correct. There's no requirement that Virtual Server
> > be run only on domain joined computers and I don't see why you'd suggest
> > otherwise nor why you'd make the comment that both machines need to be in
> > the same forest.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Adare
> > MVP - Virtual Machines
> > http://www.identit.ca
> > Modem: A contraction. As in "Give me some modem ."
>
>
>

There is no copy between machines. I use the other machine as my benchmark to
get things running and that is all. When I try to access a fresh install of
Virtual Server, I get the access denied. I only mentioned the other box to
show that I am not a total newbie. :-)