Virtual PC SP1 Networking problems (address "00:00:00:00:00:00" failed to initialize)
There have been a number of people reporting that when they start a virtual machine - they get the following error:
The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine "...." failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
To fix this problem you should use REGEDIT to:
- Examine the key value at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\<nnnn>\DriverDesc to locate the desired host adapter where <nnnn> is a four digit number.
- Look at the GUID value for the NetCfgInstanceId key value.
- Add the DWORD key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VPCNetS2\Parameters\Adapters\<guid>\Flags and set the value to 0 where <guid> is the GUID found in step 2.
- Restart the computer.
If you want to see the details of this error see
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/01/17/354971.aspx
1 comment:
Worked like a champ. Thanks for the info.
If the directions sound a little confusing, just go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VPCNetS2\Parameters\Adapters\
and you will see all the GUIDs for your network adapters (I have 4 in my machine...)
Just right click on each one, select NEW-->DWORD and then type Flags
Repeat for the rest of your network adapters and then reboot.
Works awesome... Thanks again for the great post.
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