> With assistance from the good folks at the
> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general newsgroup, I installed VPC on my
> notebook. Installing it was straightforward and intuitive enough for me
> to
> do it with nothing more than a few directions to a question on the
> newsgroup. I am up and ready to go but I have a couple of issues issues I
> need to address:
>
> 1) the sound breaks up and sputters;
>
> 2) when I insert a flash drive into a USB port, it does not
> show
> up in Windows Explorer.
>
> 1.. The Sounds and Audio Devices Properties only shows a playback device
> for Sound Blaster 16. I noticed on my PC manufacturer's website that the
> preloaded sound driver (Realtek High-Definition Audio Driver) on my
> notebook
> is for Vista only so I looked for a Windows XP driver using the notebook's
> manufacturer's website. No Windows XP driver is found for my sound
> card for use with my specific notebook model. I found a Win XP driver and
> installed it but it had no effect on the sound quality. I deleted the
> driver for Sound Blaster 16 and reinstalled the Realtek driver. Upon a
> reboot, WinXP found new hardware and reloaded the Sound Blaster 16 driver.
>
> I don't know what else to try to resolve the sound problem.
>
> 2.. The USB flash drives are plug and play and as far as I know, they do
> not require any special drivers.
>
> I don't know what to do to get the flash drives to work.
>
>

> "VistaNewbie" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> VPC does not support usb. Only a usb keyboard or mouse is usable by a vm
> but that is because they are presented to the vm as PS/2 devices. You can
> use a shared folder to access files on any attached storage but you cannot
> directly access the device itself from the vm.
>
> A vm uses a fixed set of emulated devices. Except for the cpu which is
> virtualized, the devices on the host are unknown to the vm. The soundcard
> is an SB16 in the vm regardless of the Realtek. Only the SB16 driver
> installed in the vm will work. Installing the SB driver on the host is
> pointless since the vm cannot see the host's soundcard. The host and
> guest are two different computers.
>
> I suggest that you update the virtual machine additions by using the
> Action menu on the running virtual machine's window to correct any
> unintended changes.
>

> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:45:09 +0200, Anonymous Remailer
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>In article <(email address - cut out)>
>>"VistaNewbie" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>>
>>> With assistance from the good folks at the
>>> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general newsgroup, I installed VPC on my
>>> notebook. Installing it was straightforward and intuitive enough for me
>>> to
>>> do it with nothing more than a few directions to a question on the
>>> newsgroup. I am up and ready to go but I have a couple of issues issues
>>> I
>>> need to address:
>>>
>>> 1) the sound breaks up and sputters;
>>
>>That's fairly normal for VPC.
>>
>>>
>>> 2) when I insert a flash drive into a USB port, it does not
>>> show
>>> up in Windows Explorer.
>>>
>>
>>You need to use shared folders and then the VPC will see the drive.
>
> But only if the USB flash drive was attached *before* the VPC2007
> application was started up. It looks like the "shared folders" config
> dialogs are populated from a drive list at the launch of VPC2007 and
> then never updated...
>
> Alternatively use normal network folder sharing instead. Then the
> flash drive can be dynamically shared to the guest. It is also much
> better because of the many issues with the VPC shared folder feature
> that does not allow full sharing of files (number of
> files/folders/sizes etc)
>
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)

>
> With assistance from the good folks at the
> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general newsgroup, I installed VPC on my
> notebook. Installing it was straightforward and intuitive enough for me to
> do it with nothing more than a few directions to a question on the
> newsgroup. I am up and ready to go but I have a couple of issues issues I
> need to address:
>
> 1) the sound breaks up and sputters;
>
> 2) when I insert a flash drive into a USB port, it does not show
> up in Windows Explorer.
>

>In article <(email address - cut out)>
>"VistaNewbie" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>> With assistance from the good folks at the
>> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general newsgroup, I installed VPC on my
>> notebook. Installing it was straightforward and intuitive enough for me to
>> do it with nothing more than a few directions to a question on the
>> newsgroup. I am up and ready to go but I have a couple of issues issues I
>> need to address:
>>
>> 1) the sound breaks up and sputters;
>
>That's fairly normal for VPC.
>
>>
>> 2) when I insert a flash drive into a USB port, it does not show
>> up in Windows Explorer.
>>
>
>You need to use shared folders and then the VPC will see the drive.

> Most importantly, I can see the other physical computers connected to my
> router and the Cisco VPN client is doing its job and allowing me to
> connect to my agency's network drives and Exchange Server! :)
>
>

>
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:45:09 +0200, Anonymous Remailer
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >In article <(email address - cut out)>
> >"VistaNewbie" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >>
> >> With assistance from the good folks at the
> >> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general newsgroup, I installed VPC on my
> >> notebook. Installing it was straightforward and intuitive enough for me to
> >> do it with nothing more than a few directions to a question on the
> >> newsgroup. I am up and ready to go but I have a couple of issues issues I
> >> need to address:
> >>
> >> 1) the sound breaks up and sputters;
> >
> >That's fairly normal for VPC.
> >
> >>
> >> 2) when I insert a flash drive into a USB port, it does not show
> >> up in Windows Explorer.
> >>
> >
> >You need to use shared folders and then the VPC will see the drive.
>
> But only if the USB flash drive was attached *before* the VPC2007
> application was started up. It looks like the "shared folders" config
> dialogs are populated from a drive list at the launch of VPC2007 and
> then never updated...
>
> Alternatively use normal network folder sharing instead. Then the
> flash drive can be dynamically shared to the guest. It is also much
> better because of the many issues with the VPC shared folder feature
> that does not allow full sharing of files (number of
> files/folders/sizes etc)
>

> The only business related issue I have remaining is synchronizing my phone
> to my calendar and contacts in Outlook. My phone synchronizes to Outlook
> with either a USB connection or a Bluetooth connection. I'm in a Catch-22
> with the USB driver installation. The driver software (Motorola only has a
> 32-bit driver on its website) will only install if the phone is powered on
> and connected to a USB port. If I connect it before I start the VPC, as
> required, the virtual machine does not recognize it, apparently because no
> driver for it was found. When I try install the driver, the installation
> aborts because no device is detected.
>
> Motorola sells a Bluetooth Data Suite that will sync the phone to Outlook
> but it appears that VPC does not recognize Bluetooth devices (Device Manager
> doesn't show any Bluetooth radios). So... on my virtual machine, I can't
> install the required USB cable and Bluetooth is not an option... stuck
> between the proverbial rock and a hard place.