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Nimral201110141
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VMWare Workstation 12 & USB Problems

Hi all,

I have an OS in a VM which works perfectly on my main machine. On my laptop, to be exact it is a "Mobile Workstation" with almost the same muscle as my desktop, the very same VM (copied over) does not boot, the OS hangs right at the beginning of the boot process (when the manfacturer logo is displayed). If I remove the USB device from the VM configuration, the OS boots, but I am stuck at the login screen, because the OS mouse and keyboard both seem to rely on the USB driver. I have already tried to change USB settings, e.g. from USB 3.0 to 2.0 or 1.1, but the effect persists.

Is there anything else I can do, some additional settings somewhere to play with, so there is a chance I get the VM run on my laptop with the USB device active?

Host OS on the Laptop is Windows 7 x64, on the Desktop it is Windows 10, VMWare Workstation ist V12.5.7 (latest, AFAIK).

Thanks, Armin.

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parmarr
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Try KB https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/774

Sincerely, Rahul Parmar VMware Support Moderator
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