VMware XP home host folder sharing

[waynezo]

Hello,

I installed ubuntu 8.04 as a virtual machine on xp home. When I try to share folders sometimes it lets me and sometimes it prompts me for password over and over again.

Does any one know a fix?

My host system,
Athlon XP2400 cpu
Gigabyte GA-7vaxp Rev 1.1 mb with promise onboard raid controller Bios Award F8
Serial No. : 010471933173101421sn0240904160
Kingston value ram 1536mb DDR pc3200 400mhz
Dual 80gig maxtor hd's 7200rpm ata 133 raid 0
Seagate 500GB and 250GB external hard drives
Artec 16X DVD-ROM
Cyberdrive 40X16X48 CDRW
Verbatim 2.4X DVD+RW/R
Liteon Superallwrite lightscribe 16/48 DVD/CDRW
ATI all in wonder 8500dv AGP primary video card
Radeon 9250 256MB PCI Secondary video card
2 HANNS-G 28" High Def LCD Monitor HG281
2 Hyundai 19" LCD Imagequest Monitors L90D+
Antec 430 watt true power ps
Ahanix platinum xp steel case
Windows XP Home sp2
PC Tools antivirus
Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall 4.3
Westell Versalink 327 WDK DSL Gateway
Bellsouth DSL running @ 3 Mbps
VMware running Ubuntu 8.04

[Keymaker]

Is the folder or your user account on the host computer marked as private?


You can copy/paste files from the V-machine to the host too you know. Install the VMware Tools. Top | Vm

[waynezo]

my user account on windows is admin and the folders are marked share on network.

I can share folders sometimes, but then ubuntu starts asking me for password over and over.

[waynezo]

the VMware appliance came with VMware tools