Transferring Unidentified Device to VM

[bearsomg]

I have the 32-bit version of the Windows 7 with VMware Player 3.00. I installed Player because I have a USB device with no driver for Windows 7, only XP and Vista. Because there is no driver installed, it shows up as 'Unidentified Device'. Is there a way to transfer it through VMware Player so that I can get at the device with the XP driver in my XP VM?

[TobiasKracht · Accepted solution]

No, but you probably can use XP`s driver in Win7

StarWind Software R&D

[bearsomg]

Actually, I got it to work. Well, I plugged in my device and started my XP VM in Player, and it shows 'Cypress USB Device' under 'Removable Devices' which is the device I need to connect. Also, I have tried to find the actual driver, but sadly, I found that it was stored in the installer for the software that came with it. It isn't just sitting in the CD somewhere, it is in the executable. When I installed the software, it automatically detects what system you are running and decides whether to install the driver or not. 7 was detected as Windows NT, which is unsupported.

Thanks for the help anyways!

-BearsOMG