VMware network card problem? Help Needed!

[ande1866]

I am trying to install windows CATIA software in my virtual machine. The software requires a network card to create a target ID for the installation license. When I run the Target ID software in VMware it gives me the error:
Number of Network Cards: 0
Device Name not in W2K format
Anybody have an idea on how to trick VMware into reading a network card?

 

[Provogeek]

Do you have the VM Tools installed into the VM?

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Brent Schmidt SPOOOOON!!!!!
Senior Network Engineer
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[ande1866]

Yes, i just installed them.

 

[treborsitnay]

Any resolution yet?

I have just had a similar, strange issue occur in a W2K3EE VMDK VM that I Converted from a MSVPC VHD image. All was working fine after the conversion: I could of course PING between the host/client (HP9260/VistaUltm64) & the server VM, including the server's FQDN. I connected to the server/PDC's shares & copied ClamWin AV to the server & installed it, setup a printer def to a local physical LAN printer & printed several docs. Then I shut it down for the night.

When I "powered-on" the server VM the next morning, I had no connectivity. The server NIC was now set to DHCP (default). I reconfigured the static IP, DNS(103) & WINS, but when tried to save, received the error message "...IP address xx you entered...is already assigned to another adaptor 'Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adaptor...is hidden from Network Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer...Do you want to enter a different IP address...?". The NIC that was "visible" in the IP configuration dialog, an AMD PCNET PCI Ethernet Adaptor, was not the one originally used by the VM. I went ahead & selected "No" to allow the static address to remain so I could use the server.

My questions are 1) why is the virtual Intel NIC hidden & "not physically on the computer"? - I do not remember seeing this before, 2) how do I unhide the NIC if I want to?, and 3) how can I prevent this from reoccurring? I am building this for one of our sales associates to demo some of our sophisticated client-server products to clients, and while he is very intelligent and experienced with computers & applications, he is not a technical person and could have difficulties trying to rectify this in the field, should it occur again.

Please help me understand this.

Thanks.
Robert

 

[svenmontgomery]

Common problem i think. Happened to me also.

Start->Run

SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1

(enter)

START DEVMGMT.MSC

(enter

This should start up the device manager. Go into View->Show hidden devices. That should show the shadowed out nic card that needs to be removed in the Network Adapters area.

Hope this helps

 

[Knackster]

Do as sven said but make sure that you keep the command box open.

You can reference ms kb315539 for this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539

Chris
IT Manager
Houston, Texas