I installed VMWare player on Windows 7, but my guest OS could not see the domain, while it could actually ping the Domain Controller.
I might try Workstation and see if that is any better at network issues.
I can tell you workstation does not have any issues, was using it myself earlier.
The player however I have had small issues with. For me it was mostly running the Virtual Machines, had a hard time just booting one up. =|
Trying workstaion and have the same issue. Can see the network. e.g. ping, and nslookup but when it comes to browsing the internet from withing the host no luck.
I can do a lookup on microsoft.com an also internal addresses.
The fact that I can ping my domain controller ... confirms I have a network and can use the DNS to do external lookup.
I have both Windows firewalls turned off
Change the Network settings from NAT to Bridged solved this problem
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