How to enable USB access for Virtualbox guest OS

How to enable USB access for Virtualbox guest OS

Virtualization is one of the IN thing this year and Linux is no stranger to the technology. As companies provide various virtualization solutions, all their products attempt to provide the most interface to the underlying hardware. One of the issues is how to give the guest OS access to USB devices. In the two solutions that I have tried, namely Parallels Desktop and VMWare, both provide easy access to USB devices. However, as this hack will illustrate, not all solutions are without problems and investing in an internet security suite is essential for all users. So, follow ArsGeek in hacking your way to getting USB to work on virtualbox.


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8 Responses to “How to enable USB access for Virtualbox guest OS”

  1. wat Says:

    how about some actual information on the page not just say hey we’ll show you how to do this and then stop there.. idiots.

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  3. pwned Says:

    Indeed, this is a very useless post.
    10 stars

  4. Annoyed Says:

    This is certainly an empty post… were you outta your….?

    I wish I can have this deleted, other than causing confusions online!

  5. tombola bingo Says:

    Can you explain a little more as I am still not having an end to your thought.

  6. poquer Says:

    I am trying to figure out the actual thing the way you have described and shared your thought is not enough a little bit of more will be a great job, this will help to get out of the confusion that creates after reading this post.

  7. Raees Says:
  8. Fredrick Says:

    Click the link named “hack” in the paragraph.

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