Win7 Host, Win XP VM - problem with USB

[baxter5]

I created a VM with Converter, then was running it with Workstation 6.5. I then uninstalled Workstation and tried Player 3.0.

The problem I am having is that the Win XP VM does not see the USB devices. I end up with a device in Device Manager in my VM called "VMware Virtual USB Hub" and no driver is loaded for it.

I have the VMware Tools installed on the guest OS.

The device ID for this is

USB\VID_0E0F&PID_0002\5&CD6272B&0&2

How do I load a driver for this device? I can't find the right one.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

[baxter5]

This issue doesn't occur with other VMs that I had. So there is something wrong with the guest OS installation.

Any ideas?

[continuum]

read USB related stuff here

http://sanbarrow.com/workstation-faq.html

maybe this applies to you ... did this used to work with other VMs in WS7 or WS 6.5 ?




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[baxter5]

I had another Win XP VM which just worked fine with Player 3.

I checked the USB controller drivers - all Microsoft, and no UpperFilter in the register on the USB class.

I used to have VMWare Workstation installed on the guest OS (it used to be my host OS!)

Maybe something did not uninstall correctly.

[continuum]

run the install-cleaner from kb 1308 then




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[baxter5]

I found the solution to this issue.

The Win XP was missing usb.inf which should be in C:\WINDOWS\INF. I copied it and usb.pnf from a working Win XP VM and it was able to load the right drivers for the vmware usb hub.