Using a real USB bluetooth device in Virtual PC 2007

By Jay at March 25, 2008 20:03
Filed Under: Misc

This is one of the biggest missing features of VPC 2007, the lack of USB passthrough support. The lack of a proper snapshot feature is annoying too, even though it is possible to move Undo Disks to simulate snapshots. But I still prefer VPC 2007 over VMWare, mainly because I find the latter to be too intrusive and unstable...

Anyway, I was looking for any update to VPC 2007 for the support of USB devices, in one form or another, maybe with a beta VPC 2008 or 2009. This is still not happening but, I came across this software, Usb over Network, which does exactly what I need to do.

This software is particularly easy to install, and it works right after being installed. I'm able to "export" my integrated USB Bluetooth dongle to the VPC, and it works like a charm ! I'm able to run both bluetooth stacks in controlled environments, without crippling my main OS with multiple stacks.

A really nice software, not free, but really useful if you're depending on USB hardware and you want to test it in a virtual environment.

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7/30/2008 12:50:14 PM #

You could do that, or you could try Sun's VirtualBox, which is free, and supports USB passthrough to the guest OS.

cds.sun.com/.../ViewProductDetail-Start@CDS-CDS_SMI

Jim Vernon United States

10/3/2009 3:59:28 AM #

The "Windows Virtual PC" is in Beta and does support USB devices.

Read this if you want to know more,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Virtual_PC

Big Bubba United States

10/3/2009 8:45:27 AM #

@Big Bubba: Actually, it's been out of beta today Smile

This post was written a long time ago, and it was not available at that time.

Jerome Canada

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My name is Jerome Laban, I am a Software developer and .NET enthustiast from Montréal, QC. You will find my blog on this site, where I'm adding my thoughts on current events, or the things I'm working on, such as the Bluetooth Remote Control Software for Windows Mobile.