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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / October 2008Can't install printer
Host: Vista Premium 64-bit with HP printer with USB connection Guest: XP Pro 32-bit I am trying to get the printer to run on the guest. I thought all I would need to do is to install the printer software, but I am getting this error: "This computer does not have the necessary USB oftware support to allow completion of a USB installation......" It is my understanding from reading some posts here that VPCs can't recognize USB devices. True? I also saw the other posts that say the only way to print from a VPC is to set the two computers up on a network so they can share the printer. I have never set up a network. Would someone be so kind as to point me to some URLs with instructions to get me going in the right direction? Thanks! >It is my understanding from reading some posts here that VPCs can't >recognize USB devices. True? Yes, this is the most blatant shortcoming of both VPC2007 and VS2005. USB is so widely used in today's computing that not having any emulation of USB in virtualization cripples the systems greatly. You can test VMWare Player if you need USB, but you have to go to independent websites to be able to create a guest since Player in itself does not have the capability to create the guests. Of course if you are willing to support the virtualization company by *buying* their product you can buy VMWare WorkStation and get all the benefits.  SignatureBo Berglund (Sweden) so what about putting both host and guest on a network? Would that allow me to share the printer that the host can access? > >It is my understanding from reading some posts here that VPCs can't > >recognize USB devices. True? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > *buying* their product you can buy VMWare WorkStation and get all the > benefits. >> >It is my understanding from reading some posts here that VPCs can't >> >recognize USB devices. True? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> *buying* their product you can buy VMWare WorkStation and get all the >> benefits. >so what about putting both host and guest on a network? Would that allow me >to share the printer that the host can access? Having the host and guest on the same network is the *default* setting when you install a guest in VPC2007. Both will use the same physical network card on the host but with different MAC addresses and both will get a DHCP assigned address from your DHCP server or DSL router or whatever you have to assign automatic addresses on your physical network. And bot will be able to communicate with each other providing firewalls on host and guest are configured appropiately. Then the guest can use the printer on the host if you share it on the network from the host and if you create printer connection in the guest towards the host printer. It is done *exactly* as you would do it for any printer sharing you do otherwise. VPC itself does not come into the picture. However, this is the end of the USB street with VPC2007. You are out of luck if you try to run dongle protected software on your guest since that software cannot see any dongle. SignatureBo Berglund (Sweden) I'm afraid you are talking over my head. I've never had any home computer on a network before. Is there a URL with instructions/tutorial you might be able to point me to? Thanks. > >> >It is my understanding from reading some posts here that VPCs can't > >> >recognize USB devices. True? [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > You are out of luck if you try to run dongle protected software on > your guest since that software cannot see any dongle. A search on microsoft.com on "how to set up a home network in Vista" yields hits like this: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/76174f4a-7522-425a-9424-324d d299265e1033.mspx Practice using the search engine on microsoft.com to find the help articles. Basically, just put the same question in the search box that you ask here and you get surprisingly good hits. > I'm afraid you are talking over my head. I've never had any home computer > on [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> You are out of luck if you try to run dongle protected software on >> your guest since that software cannot see any dongle. Yes. > so what about putting both host and guest on a network? Would that allow > me [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> *buying* their product you can buy VMWare WorkStation and get all the >> benefits. > Host: Vista Premium 64-bit with HP printer with USB connection > Guest: XP Pro 32-bit [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > with instructions to get me going in the right direction? > Thanks! by the way, if you have a network printer like me, and HPs crippled Vista driver won't work, and you are trying virtual PC as your last hope, you are f*cked as well: Even though the HP driver is NOT USING USB, it won't install the driver if it can't detect USB :-((( |
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