I am having an issue with a smart card and, after trial and error, realized that the issue is with my VMWare Workstation 15 not having exclusive control of the smart card reader. I finally figur...
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I am having an issue with a smart card and, after trial and error, realized that the issue is with my VMWare Workstation 15 not having exclusive control of the smart card reader. I finally figured this out as after I updated my VMWare Tools, my entries for my non-shared Smart Card reader drivers no longer showed up. Before, I had both shared and "static" entries that I would use and the cards worked fine. I verified that the cards in question are working as I have ActiveClient on my host as well as on a separate machine and both show the correct information when querying the card. I didn't really think about it being a VMWare issue until I realized that it was common in both my Win 10 Pro and Centos 7 VM's. SO... What do I need to do to get this non-shared status back on one of my readers in my Workstation 15 setup? I have the drivers for the readers and have installed them on both the host and the VM's, but I still don't see them as it was before. Thanks in advance! -Sam