window 7 with xp mode

Even Autologon didn't work? You mean the XP OS password, right? What else did you install besides qbasic and Office? If you installed .NET, that can interfere with the XP login.

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i'll check the vm's nic address tomorrow.

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It's not the NIC address. I said "In the VM properties, check the network adapter. Change it from Shared (NAT) to your actual NIC." You want to set the VM to use a NIC so that it gets its own IP on the network like a regular client system. You shouldn't be getting IPv6 addresses from ping.

To recap the situation. You want to run qbasic in the XP VM. In order to print via LPT1 port, you're going to map it to a shared printer on the Win7 host. To do that, you need to establish a network connection between the VM and the Win7 host.

I thought I had another workaround, but you wouldn't be able to re-share a printer that is installed as a network printer.

Open a command prompt on the Win7vm. Run the following:
ipconfig > C:\ipconfig.txt

Open C:\ipconfig.txt with notepad and then copy/paste into this thread.

After you change the XPVM to the NIC setting, do the same thing on the XPVM.

The IPv4 Address on Win7 should be in the same subnet as the XPVM's.
Ex. Win7 IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.10
XPVM IP Address: 192.168.1.11

here is the ipconfig results:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b8bb:d672:eb42:1965%10
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.192
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1

Tunnel adapter isatap.{380F2114-B122-42A6-8406-F3F63BF2A0B0}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:953c:3c41:8df:f5fe:f53f
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c41:8df:f5fe:f53f%12
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

i'm sorry, i've been running around like a headless chicken this morning (our NAS died overnight) and forgot how to change NIC settings on the xpvm.

i installed qbasic and word on the xpvm. tried to put synctoy there also but xp balked about needing .net. i did see a windows update go by that installed .net or part of it. but even with that, synctoy would not work. should i uninstall the net updates?

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i'm sorry, i've been running around like a headless chicken this morning (our NAS died overnight) and forgot how to change NIC settings on the xpvm.

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Go to post #51. I posted links on how to change the setting.

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.192
Interesting that you are on a 10.x network. When you test the XPVM, it should also have a 10.1.10.x number.

You can leave .NET. Try deleting the ASP.NET machine account and see if you can login without a password.
http://marksxp.mvps.org/WindowsXP/aspdot.php

thanks midnyte.

on the PLUS side, i did get a chance just now to install PRINTFIL from the link you gave me. IT WORKS GREAT. solves the LPT printer problem. YAY.

on the down side ...

there is no ASP.NET machine account and there are no NET installs under installed programs.

i changed the addresses on the xpvm to be the same as the 7. still not able to see 7's printers.

i do have a USB connected injet that i'd like to be able to access from xpvm. no LPT printing to it. just merged printing from word. it's shared and everything. i'm going back over the earlier posts to see about adding it.

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i changed the addresses on the xpvm to be the same as the 7. still not able to see 7's printers.

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So you entered a static IP? What IPs did you use? If you did it right, you should be able to ping the Win7host via IP.

ping 10.1.10.192

I didn't mean to recommended PRINTFIL, but that's your call. My point was for you to change the VM to NIC instead of NAT. The NET USE command should have worked to forward your printing. The problem is your XP doesn't see the shared printer.

Hmm. Not sure why else you would be required to enter a password if you didn't set one. control userpasswords2 has worked for me. Are you sure you did it correctly?
http://www.mydigitallife.info/enable...to-windows-xp/

i used the following on the xpvm:

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.192
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1

oh, i did some googling and discovered that the USB menu in the xpvm will allow me to switch the inkjet printer from 7 to xp. i did. it works.

oh, i'm sorry. i thought you had recommended PRINTFIL. is it dangerous? it seems to work.

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i used the following on the xpvm:

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.192
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1

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You cannot use the same IP for two systems. That's like having a 2 houses with the same address. You should change the XPVM's IP to one that is not currently being used. Did you try just letting it use DHCP instead of setting a Static IP?

PRINTFIL is not a free product. It might work, but I don't use it. If I wanted you to use PRINTFIL, I would have said so.

ok. i let dhcp do it. i now have the following for the xpvm:

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.125
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1

For now, you can try switching from 10.1.10.192 to 10.1.10.200.

DHCP means it would obtain an IP automatically from the router.

Sorry, I realize a lot of this networking stuff is going over your head. A lot of these are networking basics, so you are getting the crash course.

Ah, I see you've edited your last post.

Now you should be able to ping the Win7host:

Open a command prompt and type:
ping 10.1.10.192 (you should get the 4 replys)
ping ZESZUT (you should see 4 replys from 10.1.10.192)

If those are successful, check if you can see ZESZUT on the network.

ok. it's been changed. i used the ipconfig command to check.

yesssssssssssss. i can see zeszut as well as all the other pc's on the network.

and am able to see both the laserjet and inkjet printers on zeszut.

Ok good. Like I mentioned, using the NIC setting allows the VM to have its own IP like a regular PC.

See if you can connect to the shared printer now. You can connect as a network printer just to test it out first.
\\ZESZUT\ZESZUTLASERJET

If that works, add another printer on the XPVM as local using the LPT1 port. Open a command prompt and run the NET USE command to forward LPT1 to the shared printer.
NET USE LPT1: \\ZESZUT\ZESZUTLASERJET /persistent:yes

sorry haven't had a chance to follow up on this. i'll get on it first thing monday.

again, thanks a lot midknyte.