Comments on: Solved: Cannot find network card in Windows XP guest on VMware ESX

By: BusterDBK

BusterDBK — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:26:40 +0000

I’ve had this issue with an XP install on ESXi. I didn’t find any other option except “Flexible”. Changing the config (in my case the extension was .vmx) from ssh worked perfectly. It was indeed “e1000″ and when changed to “Flexible” it worked.

Thanks a lot, you saved me a lot of time .

By: William

William — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:14:22 +0000

For those who want a GUI way of fixing this XP specific problem, here’s how:

Shutdown XP guest.
Then, use vSphere client to edit Guest settings
remove e1000 Ethernet adapter.
add a new Ethernet adapter
In listbox, change adapter type from default of “e1000″ to “Flexible”
Boot XP guest. It should detect the new adapter and have an onboard driver for it.

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