Vista - Hyper-v LPT

01-05-2009

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:29:40 -0500, Anthony N Malczanek
<anthony@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>Bo Berglund wrote:

Quote:

>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:03:00 -0800, "Charlie Russel - MVP"
>> <charlie@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>

Quote:

>>> No, he just needs a network connection to the printer. The days of needing
>>> LPT are long past us.
>>>
>>> For USB in Hyper-V, I use FabulaTech. Works very well indeed.

>>
>> LPT connected dongles for software protection use their own drivers
>> that cannot be bypassed as such. They go directly to the hardware I/O
>> instead of using the printer driver of Windows. So you cannot do
>> anything in terms of drivers to fix this problem.
>>
>> The only thing the OP can do is to get a different protection system
>> from his software vendor. Some will supply a "site license" where the
>> dongle sits on a different computer and is connected via the network.
>> That will work, but only if the OP can get such a system from his
>> software supplier....
>>
>> Of course an alternate route is to skip Hyper-V altogether and use
>> VirtualPC 2007 instead, which offers PLT pass-through usable by at
>> least SafeNet Sentinel dongles (I have tetsed). Or maybe even VMWare
>> Workstation or Player, which pass the LPT port over as well.
>>

>
>I recommend going USB since he mentioned the USB hardware device comes
>in USB form.

There are these variations if the virtualization software can be
changed from Hyper-V to something else:

Change to VPC2007 SP1:
----------------------
Now the LPT redirection is available and (with some extra effort) it
*can* be made to work with an LPT connected dongle.
USB is still not available so the USB dongle is out.
Network access to dongle only if the software provider offers this
possibility.

Change to VMWare WorkStation (purchased) or Player (free):
----------------------------------------------------------
Now both LPT and USB connections are possible and in this case I'd
recommend too to switch over from the printer port dongle to a USB
dongle because the LPT is still some work to get going (and is usually
a single connection too). USB is just a matter of forwarding the USB
port into the guest and installing whatever driver is needed inside
the guest.

One really wonders why Microsoft keeps on going without addressing the
USB issue at all, not even in the most recent virtualization software
they release....

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

01-05-2009	#11 (permalink)
Bo Berglund n/a posts	Re: Hyper-v LPT On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:29:40 -0500, Anthony N Malczanek <anthony@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: >> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:03:00 -0800, "Charlie Russel - MVP" >> <charlie@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Quote: >>> No, he just needs a network connection to the printer. The days of needing >>> LPT are long past us. >>> >>> For USB in Hyper-V, I use FabulaTech. Works very well indeed. >> >> LPT connected dongles for software protection use their own drivers >> that cannot be bypassed as such. They go directly to the hardware I/O >> instead of using the printer driver of Windows. So you cannot do >> anything in terms of drivers to fix this problem. >> >> The only thing the OP can do is to get a different protection system >> from his software vendor. Some will supply a "site license" where the >> dongle sits on a different computer and is connected via the network. >> That will work, but only if the OP can get such a system from his >> software supplier.... >> >> Of course an alternate route is to skip Hyper-V altogether and use >> VirtualPC 2007 instead, which offers PLT pass-through usable by at >> least SafeNet Sentinel dongles (I have tetsed). Or maybe even VMWare >> Workstation or Player, which pass the LPT port over as well. >> > >I recommend going USB since he mentioned the USB hardware device comes >in USB form. There are these variations if the virtualization software can be changed from Hyper-V to something else: Change to VPC2007 SP1: ---------------------- Now the LPT redirection is available and (with some extra effort) it can be made to work with an LPT connected dongle. USB is still not available so the USB dongle is out. Network access to dongle only if the software provider offers this possibility. Change to VMWare WorkStation (purchased) or Player (free): ---------------------------------------------------------- Now both LPT and USB connections are possible and in this case I'd recommend too to switch over from the printer port dongle to a USB dongle because the LPT is still some work to get going (and is usually a single connection too). USB is just a matter of forwarding the USB port into the guest and installing whatever driver is needed inside the guest. One really wonders why Microsoft keeps on going without addressing the USB issue at all, not even in the most recent virtualization software they release.... -- Bo Berglund (Sweden)
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