Hi!
In VmWare Workstation, a VmWare machine can be given sole/direct access to USB-connected SmartCard readers.
For built-in SmartCard readers, is there any way of giving the VmWare machine sole/direct access to the built-in SmartCard reader?
Note: I work for a large tech company with many employees interested in this question.
Background information: When sharing a SmartCard reader between the physical machine and VmWare, the smartcard software being used 'freeze' in the vmware, causing a delay up to 10 minutes before the inserted smartcard can be read. The same behaviour was noted when connecting an external USB-connected SmartCard reader in shared mode. However, if VmWare was given sole access to the USB-connected SmartCard reader, the freeze disappeard. If VmWare can be given sole access to an internal SmartCard reader, it would solve the problem without using an external SmartCard reader for all affected users.
/Arne
