Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri Jan 24 00:54:21 CST 2014
Problem solved! Actually abandoned - I went around it. Got VM Ware Player. In <2 hours I installed it, created an XP VM, a W7 VM, found a doc on the web that told me how to clone the W7 VM, made 2 copies, installed Office 2010 on one and Office 2013 on the other. Easy-peasy, simple plug 'n' play, it just works. My comp specs weren't really the issue, not Access - I can make Access dance and sing - it was the unfriendliness of Virtual Box and its inability to connect itself up properly so I could get some work done. I'll hold your rain check, though. :) Thanks Rocky -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:20 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] VirtualBox Hi Rocky: Well now that you have retired you have that choice. I like tinkering around with various flavours of Linux on odd piece of hardware so everything can be new and a bit of a challenge. (Linux stuff lately has been of no challenge...it seems to work better than the latest flavours of Windows...but that is just a personal observation.) OTOH, you have been working with resolving problems with an MS Access DB for years (get Access to behaviour, with all it various unfixed land-mines, is always been similar to getting a home made plane running) so you would think your capability of deduction would still be pretty sharp. I do not have any similar errors with the product (VB) and I have it running on three of my machines and probably on a half dozen clients...keeping old XP and NTVDM running. ;-) The machines on which they run are all PCs with the following systems; Windows 2008 Server (64bit), Windows7 (32bit) and Linux (32bit) and mine have extra network adapters... So what is your computer? Send me the specs and I may be able to at least isolate the problem. Like motherboard, network adapter chip set and OS... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:45:39 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] VirtualBox I guess after 40 years of challenges the novelty has finally worn off. I don't get any pleasure any more from struggling to figure out why computers don't work and making them work. Frankly I'm not as technically competent as most when it comes to issues like this. And flailing about at random trying one thing and another until the damn thing finally yields is just a PITA. Guess I retired just in time. R -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 6:37 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] VirtualBox Hi Rocky: Sorry about your problem. I always enjoy challenges but can just not guess what it could be as I have never seen or had to resolve this situation before. Doug seemed to find some reference to the supplied IP address but there may be some solutions along with the issues...I suspect an unusual piece of NIC hardware...what type of computer is it? Other than that, good luck. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 6:14:13 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] VirtualBox I guess I have no patience anymore for fooling around with software that's 'just supposed to work'. I'm going to switch to VM Ware and see if it's more plug 'n' play than the Virtual Box. R -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 5:37 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] VirtualBox Hi Rocky: I thought you had resolved the problem as soon as you had a legitimate IP address. From then on it should be just easy to modify your required address. An IP address would not have appeared if it did not find the network card. The IP address appeared to be the address of your ISP, taken from your router. If you want a new address, I would just goes into OS network setting change it, reboot and/or at the command prompt enter something like: ipconfig /release & ipconfig /renew Or are there more issues? Have you ask your son yet? ;-)... If I run into problems I may pose it to one of my daughters or SiL. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> To: "List" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>, "Off Topic" <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>, "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:43:52 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] VirtualBox OK - I'm frustrated with Virtual Box. Any opinions on VM Ware or Windows Virtual PC as an alternative? TIA Rocky' _____ From: Rocky Smolin [mailto:rockysmolin at bchacc.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:54 PM To: List (dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com); 'Off Topic' Subject: VirtualBox Dear List: I need to set up two virtual machines - one Office 2010 pro, one Office 2013 pro, for testing. I used Oracle's VM Virtual Box to create a 2007 machine. But I cannot remember how I got it to 'see' the DVD drive on my comp - the host. Obviously, I did it because I set up a virtual machine with Office 2007, but dipped if I can remember how and get it done for 2010 and 2013. Can someone give me a lead on this? 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