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Fix for this problem

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:22:40 -0800

Paste the following into a file called vmnet.reg. Double click it to import it into the Windows Registry. This should fix this problem in most instances.


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetuserif]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,\
  44,00,4f,00,57,00,53,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,\
  00,5c,00,64,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,76,00,6d,00,6e,00,\
  65,00,74,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,69,00,66,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,00,\
  00
"DisplayName"="VMware Network Application Interface"
"Description"="Allows VMware applications to use virtual networks."
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetuserif\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\
  00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
  05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\
  20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,\
  00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetuserif\Enum]
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_VMNETUSERIF\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetAdapter]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000003
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Tag"=dword:00000040
"ImagePath"=hex(2):73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,\
  52,00,49,00,56,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,5c,00,76,00,6d,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,61,\
  00,64,00,61,00,70,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,00,00
"DisplayName"="VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter Driver"
"Group"="NDIS"
"Description"="Driver for VMware's Virtual Ethernet Adapters Ver. 2"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetAdapter\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\
  00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
  05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\
  20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,\
  00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetAdapter\Enum]
"0"="ROOT\\VMWARE\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

no luck. well, sort of

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:23:17 -0800

The good news is that it started running, but a few seconds after the WinXP desktop was up and running the VMWare player crashed. I was able to run-up the Ubuntu desktop but it failed to get a network connection (pointing back to the NAT issue) It does however appear to be working okay on another host machine... just not my primary machine :( Random Thoughts

Another way to recover.

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:24:25 -0800

This is a hard error we've been trying to reproduce reliably. Since none of your efforts so far to recover seem to work, try installing VMware Player 1.0.2 directly on the host machine and then run our software. If this works, you can then remove VMware Player, and our software should still work. For some reason, their installer is able to recover out of situations that we are not able to yet.

more info....

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:39:32 -0800

USB install (on an iPod) Happens when I start trying to run any of the LivePCs I've created on the device Upgrade (and subsequent re-install) didn't generate any errors. I'm in transit at the moment so hard to get access to another machine to see if I can run it up there, but I'll see what I can do (to eliminate the current host machine from the equation) Random Thoughts

happened after install, as

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:55:46 -0800

happened after install, as soon as I try to run a LivePC (local) that was working (in Beta5) before the upgrade Installed to an iPod Random Thoughts

Can you provide more

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:37:21 -0800

Can you provide more details? Is it a host install or usb install? Did the failure happen during the installation or during the LivePC engine invocation?

reinstall - didn't help!

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:05:25 -0800

ah well, it was worth a try. Random Thoughts

VMWare Player nat host adapter install failed. Please reboot...

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:48:01 -0800

My Moka5 was workng fine with beta5. Upgraded to Beta6 and now I can't get past this error message (see title) Sucks! I'm going to try uninstalling and re-installing. Hopefully I won't look my LivePCs that I've spent time and effort configuring!