Ok, here is what I have going. My home computer is a 32 bit system running Windows 7 Pro 32(86). I created a virtual machine using VMware Player, and it is running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I was trying to figure out how to copy files from the physical host to the VM, and figured connecting them to the same network would be the way to go, so I attempted to connect them to a Home group. I was trying to create the Homegroup on the physicla host and then connect the VM to it, but I got it backwards, anyway so the Homegroup was create on the VM and I have the password. I then attempted to connect the physical host to the Homegroup but got an error saying it is connected to multiple networks, a Homegroup and an unknown Public Network. I then tried to delete the unknown public network, but I can't because it says it is in use. So, I need to know how to disconnect from, and delete the Public network without severing my internet connection. I should then be able to connect up my homegroup. Gracis.

If you really want an answer to your situation, then you need to go to the VMware forums and post there. You are not dealing with a normal networking situation. You are dealing with virtual machine configuration. You must have your VM properly configured to comunnicate with the host. VMware has forums for just this type of problem.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

battlFrog wrote: Ok, here is what I have going.  My home computer is a 32 bit system running Windows 7 Pro 32(86).  I created a virtual machine using VMware Player, and it is running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.  I was trying to figure out how to copy files from the physical host to the VM, and figured connecting them to the same network would be the way to go, so I attempted to connect them to a Home group.  I was trying to create the Homegroup on the physicla host and then connect the VM to it, but I got it backwards, anyway so the Homegroup was create on the VM and I have the password.  I then attempted to connect the physical host to the Homegroup but got an error saying it is connected to multiple networks, a Homegroup and an unknown Public Network.  I then tried to delete the unknown public network, but I can't because it says it is in use. So, I need to know how to disconnect from, and delete the Public network without severing my internet connection.  I should then be able to connect up my homegroup. Gracis. Depends on your external physical connection to the network. If you have a wired connection you can use this connection (bridged) to connect between host and guest, too. If it is a wireless connection it is much better to use an internal network (private network between host and guests) to connect host and guest. If it is the latter you have a multi homed host and guest system, that means forget homegroup, home network, etc. but set your network to a workgroup network and configure it like you would do with Win XP . Furthermore you have to setup your virtual machine adapters in a special way to work nicely with Win7 (there is a Vmware KB article about that - which I don't know by heart at the moment). BTW it would be a much better idea to install Win7 64 as host and Win7 32 as guest, that way you can use much more memory for better VM performance and that (more than 4GB memory) is the only compelling reason for using a 64 bit OS. Wolfgang

battlFrog wrote: Ok, here is what I have going.  My home computer is a 32 bit system running Windows 7 Pro 32(86).  I created a virtual machine using VMware Player, and it is running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.  I was trying to figure out how to copy files from the physical host to the VM, and figured connecting them to the same network would be the way to go, so I attempted to connect them to a Home group.  I was trying to create the Homegroup on the physicla host and then connect the VM to it, but I got it backwards, anyway so the Homegroup was create on the VM and I have the password.  I then attempted to connect the physical host to the Homegroup but got an error saying it is connected to multiple networks, a Homegroup and an unknown Public Network.  I then tried to delete the unknown public network, but I can't because it says it is in use. So, I need to know how to disconnect from, and delete the Public network without severing my internet connection.  I should then be able to connect up my homegroup. Gracis. Depends on your external physical connection to the network. If you have a wired connection you can use this connection (bridged) to connect between host and guest, too. If it is a wireless connection it is much better to use an internal network (private network between host and guests) to connect host and guest. If it is the latter you have a multi homed host and guest system, that means forget homegroup, home network, etc. but set your network to a workgroup network and configure it like you would do with Win XP . Furthermore you have to setup your virtual machine adapters in a special way to work nicely with Win7 (there is a Vmware KB article about that - which I don't know by heart at the moment). BTW it would be a much better idea to install Win7 64 as host and Win7 32 as guest, that way you can use much more memory for better VM performance and that (more than 4GB memory) is the only compelling reason for using a 64 bit OS. Wolfgang

battlFrog wrote: Ok, here is what I have going.  My home computer is a 32 bit system running Windows 7 Pro 32(86).  I created a virtual machine using VMware Player, and it is running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.  I was trying to figure out how to copy files from the physical host to the VM, and figured connecting them to the same network would be the way to go, so I attempted to connect them to a Home group.  I was trying to create the Homegroup on the physicla host and then connect the VM to it, but I got it backwards, anyway so the Homegroup was create on the VM and I have the password.  I then attempted to connect the physical host to the Homegroup but got an error saying it is connected to multiple networks, a Homegroup and an unknown Public Network.  I then tried to delete the unknown public network, but I can't because it says it is in use. So, I need to know how to disconnect from, and delete the Public network without severing my internet connection.  I should then be able to connect up my homegroup. Gracis. Depends on your external physical connection to the network. If you have a wired connection you can use this connection (bridged) to connect between host and guest, too. If it is a wireless connection it is much better to use an internal network (private network between host and guests) to connect host and guest. If it is the latter you have a multi homed host and guest system, that means forget homegroup, home network, etc. but set your network to a workgroup network and configure it like you would do with Win XP . Furthermore you have to setup your virtual machine adapters in a special way to work nicely with Win7 (there is a Vmware KB article about that - which I don't know by heart at the moment). BTW it would be a much better idea to install Win7 64 as host and Win7 32 as guest, that way you can use much more memory for better VM performance and that (more than 4GB memory) is the only compelling reason for using a 64 bit OS. Wolfgang