Hi all,

When I change the general properties of a VM so it will run under a user
account, the virtual adapter in the VM shows as "cable disconnected".

What permissions do you need to grant the user account?

Any is appreciated.

ED.

For those interested or facing the same problem, I solved it by granting
permissions to the Virtual Network Share folder, which is a different folder
than the one where the VM files are stored.

ED.


"ED" <nospam@thankyou.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

When I change the general properties of a VM so it will run under a user
account, the virtual adapter in the VM shows as "cable disconnected".

What permissions do you need to grant the user account?

Any is appreciated.

ED.

Is this the only permission you granted this domain user? - have you tested
that it will automatically start the virtual server etc.?

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.?