virual pc 2004 hepl needed

[blacky]

i have pc-4 with 256 ram . n on it i have winxp .i insatalled virtual pc 2004 n on virtual pc i installed win2003server. but i m not able to communicate with both pc i.e real one n virtual pc .can any1 tell me how i makew my xp as a client of domain of my virtual win2003 server

[Littlebr00k]

First of all, has the virtual W2K3 server had its virtual network card installed and is it functioning correctly?

Second, if both network cards are working, ensure both your pc and the virtual pc are using ip's in the same range and subset.

Third, I wouldn't suggest that you run a domain on the virtual server as with only 256mb of ram between the two pc's response will be terrible. Instead make them both a member of the same workgroup.

Fourth, It would be better in workgroup mode as the server will not be up and running when you first start your pc, therefore your pc will have no domain to find and will not spend a few seconds extra on login searching for the server everytime.