[LBo] USB not recognized on XP guest under VMware?

[Sam Morgan]

Tim wrote:

> I had the same problem with virtualbox, and after
> reading way too much and trying way too many things
> the key was to not have any usb devices plugged in
> when starting virtualbox.  I'm sure you tried that,
> but if not, you might.
>
unfortunately this is not virtual box I'm talking about this time
it's vmware

and yes I tried it with the usb flash drive not plugged in when the virtual 
machine boots up

if what you say is true I just might have to go back and retry this on virtual box
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