emulated Win2K USB issues

[GutterClown]

Honestly, the last time I worked on a Mac was about four years ago, so anything you tell me here will mean collectivly fuck-all. But, it's not for me.

A guy I know who uses a Mac for school stuff (he's a teacher) asked me about a problem he has with HP Printers and his Mac. Any time he uses VM to throw up Win2K, and plugs in his printer (USB) it gives him a BSOD (on the emulator)

He's tried reinstalling Win2K, and the VM software, nothing works.


Any ideas? Is this a common thing?

[WinterMuteAu]

He would be better off installing the HP printers under the Mac (OS/X I'd assume) and then share them via 'network' to the virtual machine. That'd be the easiest thing to do, cause I don't think emulators share USB ports well.

[GutterClown]

Roger