Hi Jon, It's been a long time, since I don't really use my vm for much other than testing, but I think it showed up last year when I upgraded from fusion one to fusion 2. This month I upgraded to fusion three and installed the new vmware tools, but that hasn't fixed the problem. It's also worth noting that my vinux 3 machine works just fine. No complaints at all.
Installing the bootcamp drivers isn't strictly necessary, but I found that once I did install them my vm performed much better. When I upgraded to snowleopard I upgraded the drivers in my virtual machine as well, so there shouldn't be a driver issue. Another interesting aside to this. I went in to do a network diagnostic and got the error, "xpnetdiag.exe could not be found. Make sure you typed the location correctly." So, I went off and tried to download the patch for network diagnostics yesterday and discovered that you can only download the patch using a validated windows machine. Bummer for me since I'm using mac. Honestly, I wish I could just ditch windows. I remember when these problems used to fascinate me and how proud I was when I could fiddle some driver into working or fix some spurious error or patch a virus without damaging the operating system... Well and truly gone are the days. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-17, at 3:21 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Eric, > > Did this ever work for you? If not, then put your Snow Leopard installation > disk into the computer when the VM is running. There should be a set of > drivers to install. I didn't think these were needed when using a VM, though > they are certainly needed in a boot camp version of XP. > > If you snapshot that VM before doing the install, then you won't be any worse > for wear, since you could always revert back. > > Jon > > > > On 17 November 2010 13:56, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: > Arg, I'm irritated. > > I've got rid of the ODSAgent unable to locate componant error. Apparently it > was caused by apple cd and dvd sharing, because when I uninstalled that thing > it went away. > > unfortunately I haven't got dns resolution back. I downloaded Itunes for > windows figuring that it would have all the latest cd and dvd sharing drivers > and guessing it would probably have the latest bonjour stuff too. Well, it > installed a tank load of stuff, but I still don't have dns resolution. I've > gone in and checked the huge list of services and it seems that everything to > do with networking, internet, DHCP, DNS and so on is checked. > > So, any other thoughts? I'd love to go in and do apple software updates, > only I can't get to the update server because it's name isn't resolving. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person, > 1-888-255-5194 > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2010-11-11, at 4:22 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > > Hmm, DNSD almost sounds like dynamic DNS which is a Apple name for > > the functionality that allows the macintosh to find printers and Apple > > disk shares on the network. Sorta a standards based netbios if I > > understand netbios correctly. Searching my think pad right now... > > > > > > On 11/11/2010, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: > >> Hi guys, my windows xp virtual machine is throwing up this spurious > >> error. > >> > >> DNSAgent.exe failed to load component. > >> The application failed to start because DNSSD.dll could not be found. > >> > >> Has any one encountered this? > >> I'm running vmFusion 3 with the current vmware tools installed. My guest > >> OS > >> is windows xp pro sp3. > >> > >> I've tried re-installing the network driver. That didn't work. I've tried > >> re-installing vmware tools, nothing doing. I've tried crying but this > >> computer never has been known for a sympathetic bent. I've tried google > >> searching, and it seems that ODSAgent is some apple cd and dvd sharing > >> business. Unfortunately that was the most useful thing I got. Everything > >> else was registry cleaners and dll download sites, most of which looked > >> even > >> sketchier than trying to muddle along without dns support on windows. > >> > >> Just to see what would happen, I pinged google on the mack side and got the > >> current IP address for www.google.com. When I put the ip address into > >> firefox in my windows vm it gives me the google homepage, so I have > >> internet > >> access, but apparently DNSSD.dll is part of something windows uses to > >> resolve dns and so as long as I have the website's IP address I can > >> connect, > >> but if I just type in a www, it doesn't go. > >> > >> If any one has suggestions on how to fix this, my appreciation would know > >> no > >> bounds. > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Erik Burggraaf > >> User support consultant, > >> One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in > >> person, > >> 1-888-255-5194 > >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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