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10-15-2008
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| | USB needed on Hyper-V People keep asking why usb is important. Here is an example: I do run a 64bit Hyper-V machine, because of the RAM limitation of 32 bit. I want to connect a printer to share it on the network. No luck, while being new the printer is also cheap and there are only 32 bit drivers for it. On the Hyper-V lives a Windows XP installation, on wich the printer drivers could reside if I could connect the printers usb port to the virtual XP machine. |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: USB needed on Hyper-V On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:18:04 -0700, Joop Siroop wrote: Quote: >People keep asking why usb is important. > >Here is an example: >I do run a 64bit Hyper-V machine, because of the RAM limitation of 32 bit. >I want to connect a printer to share it on the network. No luck, while being new the printer is also cheap and there are only 32 bit drivers for it. On the Hyper-V lives a Windows XP installation, on wich the printer drivers could reside if I could connect the printers usb port to the virtual XP machine. > -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: USB needed on Hyper-V Just a suggestion - buy yourself an inexpensive wired or wireless print server. They provide a great deal of platform indpendence. On a more direct Hyper-V note - there are 3rd party USB over IP solutions such as FabulaTech. See my blog for details. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Joop Siroop" wrote in message news:2008101516183joopsiroop2@xxxxxx Quote: > People keep asking why usb is important. > > Here is an example: > I do run a 64bit Hyper-V machine, because of the RAM limitation of 32 bit. > I want to connect a printer to share it on the network. No luck, while > being new the printer is also cheap and there are only 32 bit drivers for > it. On the Hyper-V lives a Windows XP installation, on wich the printer > drivers could reside if I could connect the printers usb port to the > virtual XP machine. > > |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: USB needed on Hyper-V On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:10:25 +0200, Bo Berglund <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:18:04 -0700, Joop Siroop wrote: > Quote: >>People keep asking why usb is important. >> >>Here is an example: >>I do run a 64bit Hyper-V machine, because of the RAM limitation of 32 bit. >>I want to connect a printer to share it on the network. No luck, while being new the printer is also cheap and there are only 32 bit drivers for it. On the Hyper-V lives a Windows XP installation, on wich the printer drivers could reside if I could connect the printers usb port to the virtual XP machine. >> either. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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10-16-2008
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| | Re: USB needed on Hyper-V Why can't you do what you need to over a network connection? USB is not (and probably won't be) supported in Hyper-V...there's little compelling reason to add this functionality. Hyper-V is targeted at the enterprise and enterprises aren't typically using XP workstations as Print Servers - USB or not. Hope this helps, --Ryan -- Ryan Sokolowski MVP - Clustering MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message news:3d4df4h8j5630ov6a322d8hggcd8tjjt8a@xxxxxx Quote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:10:25 +0200, Bo Berglund <boberglund@xxxxxx> > wrote: > Quote: >>On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:18:04 -0700, Joop Siroop wrote: >> Quote: >>>People keep asking why usb is important. >>> >>>Here is an example: >>>I do run a 64bit Hyper-V machine, because of the RAM limitation of 32 >>>bit. >>>I want to connect a printer to share it on the network. No luck, while >>>being new the printer is also cheap and there are only 32 bit drivers for >>>it. On the Hyper-V lives a Windows XP installation, on wich the printer >>>drivers could reside if I could connect the printers usb port to the >>>virtual XP machine. >>> > The comparable VM Ware product, ESX server, doesn't support USB > either. > > -- > Cheers, > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP > http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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