Fake USB connectivity for a virtual machine?
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00:00 Fake Usb Connectivity For A Virtual Machine?
00:56 Accepted Answer Score 3
01:20 Answer 2 Score 1
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 3
Try to install Windows and the HP printer software in some other virtualization software that has USB passthrough support, like VirtualBox or VMware, and then import the disk image into Hyper-V.
Due to differences in the emulated hardware you might need to install some additional drivers before the import and reactivate Windows again after.
Also, the USB/IP project's Windows client driver might do what you need.
ANSWER 2
Score 1
What I ended up doing was this:
Installing a 30-day trial of VMWare Workstation (although the free VMWare Player can now create virtual machines; back then it couldn't; that's probably a better solution). VMWare Workstation has USB pass-through which is why I chose it.
Installed Windows XP and the HP Printer software in the VMWare virtual machine
Used System Center Virtual Machine Manager to do a Virtual-to-Virtual (well, it thought it was a P2V, but the end effect was the same) of the VMWare machine into our Hyper-V cluster
It's been working fine for the last 12 months (almost exactly 12 months at the time of writing, actually).