I have set my W2003 guest in VS2005 to autostart with the host system
(a WinXP-Pro SP2 box).
It simply will not work....

I Use VMRCPlus for my admin chores.

I set the account to use (=my own) and I enter the password in the box
and click Apply (at which time the password box is cleared).

In the Startup/Shutdown tab I have tried this:

Action when Virtual Server stops: Save State or Shut down guest
(tried both but see no difference)

Checked "Run this guest with specified account"
Username = my own account name
Password = my own password
Action = Always autostart guest
Startup delay = 60 s

If I restart my XP-Pro host (for example after Windows Update has done
its thing like yesterday) the system comes back up, but my server
guest remains non-running. :-(

Can someone say *exactly* how one must configure this?

In the account box for example, do I enter just a user account name or
a Domain\account pair?

Must the domain controller be reachable for this to work? (My PC is
attached to a domain that is not on my home network, I have to connect
using VPN to reach the domain network).

Can I use a local account and if so must I enter it as
Computer\account?

It seems like I am not the only one having trouble with this autostart
thing, so maybe someone can direct us to a full HOWTO on the subject?


Bo Berglund

Yes, you can use the local account. There's no need to use COMPUTER\user
type. Just type the name of the local user and it's password.

Cheers!

--
augusto alvarez | it pro | southworks
http://staff.southworks.net/aalvarez

"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@home.se> wrote in message
news:eqsbr39v6j1to8rkj2ip1ehphldhtj6fse@4ax.com...
>I have set my W2003 guest in VS2005 to autostart with the host system
> (a WinXP-Pro SP2 box).
> It simply will not work....
>
> I Use VMRCPlus for my admin chores.
>
> I set the account to use (=my own) and I enter the password in the box
> and click Apply (at which time the password box is cleared).
>
> In the Startup/Shutdown tab I have tried this:
>
> Action when Virtual Server stops: Save State or Shut down guest
> (tried both but see no difference)
>
> Checked "Run this guest with specified account"
> Username = my own account name
> Password = my own password
> Action = Always autostart guest
> Startup delay = 60 s
>
> If I restart my XP-Pro host (for example after Windows Update has done
> its thing like yesterday) the system comes back up, but my server
> guest remains non-running. :-(
>
> Can someone say *exactly* how one must configure this?
>
> In the account box for example, do I enter just a user account name or
> a Domain\account pair?
>
> Must the domain controller be reachable for this to work? (My PC is
> attached to a domain that is not on my home network, I have to connect
> using VPN to reach the domain network).
>
> Can I use a local account and if so must I enter it as
> Computer\account?
>
> It seems like I am not the only one having trouble with this autostart
> thing, so maybe someone can direct us to a full HOWTO on the subject?
>
>
> Bo Berglund

Take a look at my post on 2/13/2008 titled "Network Adapter disconnected".
ED


"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@home.se> wrote in message
news:eqsbr39v6j1to8rkj2ip1ehphldhtj6fse@4ax.com...
I have set my W2003 guest in VS2005 to autostart with the host system
(a WinXP-Pro SP2 box).
It simply will not work....

I Use VMRCPlus for my admin chores.

I set the account to use (=my own) and I enter the password in the box
and click Apply (at which time the password box is cleared).

In the Startup/Shutdown tab I have tried this:

Action when Virtual Server stops: Save State or Shut down guest
(tried both but see no difference)

Checked "Run this guest with specified account"
Username = my own account name
Password = my own password
Action = Always autostart guest
Startup delay = 60 s

If I restart my XP-Pro host (for example after Windows Update has done
its thing like yesterday) the system comes back up, but my server
guest remains non-running. :-(

Can someone say *exactly* how one must configure this?

In the account box for example, do I enter just a user account name or
a Domain\account pair?

Must the domain controller be reachable for this to work? (My PC is
attached to a domain that is not on my home network, I have to connect
using VPN to reach the domain network).

Can I use a local account and if so must I enter it as
Computer\account?

It seems like I am not the only one having trouble with this autostart
thing, so maybe someone can direct us to a full HOWTO on the subject?


Bo Berglund