Workstation 8 : usb devices only for administrator...

Methraton · ‎12-02-2015

Hi to all,

I found a strange behaviour in workstation 8.0.6 build-1035888.

When i launch the application

-as a standard user there is no usb device under vm -> removable devices -> no-usb-device

-as an adminstrator the usb devices are present as usual under vm -> removable devices -> usb-device

From the host os (win7 -64bit) there is no problem accessing the usb devices.

Here is the log from C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware-XXX:

-as a regular user

2015-12-02T17:13:57.427+01:00| vmui| I120: REM-USB: Protocol version min:15 current:16. hostId:44 45 4c 4c 46 00 10 35-80 52 b7 c0 4f 54 33 4a

2015-12-02T17:13:57.427+01:00| vmui| I120: REM-USB: Initializing 'Generic' backend

2015-12-02T17:13:57.427+01:00| vmui| I120: USBGW: Failed to open pipe: Unknown error 5 (0x5) (5)

2015-12-02T17:13:57.427+01:00| vmui| I120: USBGW: USB arbitrator open failed:5

2015-12-02T17:13:57.427+01:00| vmui| I120: REM-USB: Unable to initialize 'Generic' backend

-as a administrator

2015-12-02T17:18:30.709+01:00| vmui| I120: REM-USB: Protocol version min:15 current:16. hostId:44 45 4c 4c 46 00 10 35-80 52 b7 c0 4f 54 33 4a

2015-12-02T17:18:30.709+01:00| vmui| I120: REM-USB: Initializing 'Generic' backend

2015-12-02T17:18:30.709+01:00| vmui| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:15 len:4

2015-12-02T17:18:30.709+01:00| vmui| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:0 len:4

2015-12-02T17:18:30.709+01:00| vmui| I120: USB: Unrecognized key(s) {instanceId, arbRuntimeKey} in UsbString

2015-12-02T17:18:30.709+01:00| vmui| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:13 len:13

2015-12-02T17:18:30.955+01:00| vmui| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:8 len:8

Until now i tried restarting the application, the usb arbitrator service, and even rebooting the whole system.

Can someone help?

Thaks.

Workstation 8 : usb devices only for administrator?