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Fake USB connectivity for a virtual machine?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20262958 views
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I am trying to install the network software for a HP printer inside a virtual machine that's running Windows XP Professional that has no USB connectivity - it doesn't even have USB drivers present. This is OK, because I'm trying to connect to the printer over the network. However, the HP installati…

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Fix for: Fake USB connectivity for a virtual machine?

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Try to install Windows and the HP printer software in some other virtualization software that has USB passthrough support, like VirtualBox or VMware, and then import the disk image into Hyper-V. Due to differences in the emulated hardware you might …

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