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VMnetDHCP

VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 running XP PRO SP2 on XP PRO SP2

The VMnetDHCP service keeps stopping on me and cause my VM's to loose network connectivity. When I check the events log if find:

"Can't backup lease database C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\vmnetdhcp.leases to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\vmnetdhcp.leases~: No error"

I've checked permissions on the dir and files. System has full rights.

I had the beta 6 installed for a while and this is the same reason I went back to 5. Can't say if it was working correctly before because we were using bridged connects until we tried the beta... This is so much easier to setup, I'd prefer not to have to go back.

Any idea's???

Mark E. Sims

Wabash Valley Power Assn., Inc.

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Peter_vm
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Can you post:

dir "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware" /Q[/code]

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C:\>dir "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware" /Q

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is 0460-1F67

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware

03/05/2007 08:29 PM

BUILTIN\Administrators .
03/05/2007 08:29 PM

BUILTIN\Administrators ..
02/21/2007 12:19 PM 1,733 BUILTIN\Administrators vmnetdhcp.conf
03/05/2007 08:29 PM 2,338 BUILTIN\Administrators vmnetdhcp.leases
02/28/2007 03:56 PM 19 BUILTIN\Administrators vmnetnat-mac.txt
02/21/2007 12:19 PM 2,309 BUILTIN\Administrators vmnetnat.conf
02/23/2007 11:41 AM

BUILTIN\Administrators VMware Workstation
4 File(s) 6,399 bytes
3 Dir(s) 188,363,628,544 bytes free

C:\>

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