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VirtualBoxs host-only adapter and "MSBROWSE"
Dear All,
I have a Win 7 install on my Desktop. This PC has some shares containing video files I watch on my TV using the WDTV Live media player. This worked until I installed VirtualBox on this Desktop. In that case, the shares are never visible to the WDTV Live. I then found this
Troubleshooting Windows File Sharing.... - Western Digital Community
thread about Windows networking and discovered that my desktop with the shares does not have the ..__MSBROWSE__. listed by the nbtstat -a <computerName> command. VirtualBox installs a host-only network adapater used for shared folders between host and Guest OS. Disabling this adapter fixes the issue:
Fix Slow Windows Networking Problems When VirtualBox is Installed | Scottie
Hope you are still following. What I would like is a working network and shared folders. Is there a way to "force" ..__MSBROWSE__.? What setting in the host-only adapter could affect this?