Virtualization

Cannot login to Windows machine on vmware snapshot

June 6, 2013

In setting up a new SQL Server 2008 server in VMWare I created a baseline snapshot of the machine as it was before installing SQL Server. This way I could practice installing SQL Server refining the process with each installation. Today, I reverted back to my baseline snapshot and suddenly could not log in to the server using Remote Desktop. The Widows 7 Remote Desktop client was less than helpful about what could be the cause. Checking the Event Log on the […]

Restore VMware Network Access

July 5, 2009

Problem: VMware Server running on Windows XP Pro desktop PC. Suddenly cannot access VM from network and VM cannot access network (no ping, no Internet, no nothin’). Fix: Bind network adapter for VM to correct nic on PC.