> "Richard van Rijsbergen" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote in message news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> > My vista installation has internet access but when i start the virtual
> > machine it stops at the dhcp check. What is wrong.
>
> What operating system did you install on the virtual machine...?
>
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> My vista installation has internet access but when i start the virtual
> machine it stops at the dhcp check. What is wrong.

> I installed XP prof in de virtual machine

>Hi, mark,
>
>I installed XP prof in de virtual machine
>

> Hi,
>
> I have VPC 2007 installed on my vista laptop. I made a new machine in VPC
> and i added the mac adresses to my router firewall to access the internet.
> My vista installation has internet access but when i start the virtual
> machine it stops at the dhcp check. What is wrong.

>I am having the same problem. I have loaded VPC07 on vista home premium,
> i've seen cases where it works even tho its not supported. Im trying to
> install XP pro on my guest machine. However, i've gotten the entire
> machine
> set up & when i try to install my xp pro OS i'm getting the same dhcp
> error.
> titled
>
> pxe-e51 : no dhcp or proxydhcp offers received
>
> and it goes back to a message that says insert boot disc or install ISO.
> im
> at a loss, i've seen so many fixes & none work. i've turned off my
> firewall,
> i've disconnected my router & went str8 thru my modem, i've turned vpc to
> local network only (it was defaulting to my wireless nic) i've turned vpc
> to
> standalone machine no network thinking this would bypass my need for an IP
> addy, i've added my mac addy to my router, i've tried two different
> virtual
> machines, one on an external HD & one on the host pc's hd, i havent
> formatted
> the virtual disks like i saw someone say once, but i cant figure out how,
> fdisk doesnt recognize it as its own drive nor does computer management
> tools. ive turned off my other three pc's, thinking my isp limited my
> available ip's at any given time to 4. i'm at a loss as to how to get
> this
> OS installed on my virtual machine...i cant figure it out.
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> "Richard van Rijsbergen" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have VPC 2007 installed on my vista laptop. I made a new machine in VPC
>> and i added the mac adresses to my router firewall to access the
>> internet.
>> My vista installation has internet access but when i start the virtual
>> machine it stops at the dhcp check. What is wrong.