Hi,
Many moons ago, I installed a copy of Windows 10 under Virtual Box so
that I could access the Satnav that I had at the time. My latest Satnav
is connected to the WiFi network and doesn't need a third-party OS, so I
stopped using Windows.
My wife received a Loklik Craft Cutter for Christmas, which is supposed
to be accessible from iOS, Android, MacOS or Windows. Neither of the
Mobile Apps work because (I believe) of a parsing error in the code to
register the supplied Idea Studio Software. This was last updated just
before Christmas, and I suspect that's where the bug was introduced.
I therefore resurrected my old Windows installation in Vbox and
successfully installed and the registered the software. However, I
can't get it to work, I think because the image that is being used dates
back to 2021 and so is missing a lot of updates. When I try to update
it, the machine locks up and when I suppress the updates, it still
doesn't work because I can't get the Bluetooth connection to show up in
the guest.
My next thought was to start again from scratch and install a brand new
VM using the original Windows installation media. However, before I do
that, I'd like to consider alternatives to Virtual Box. I originally
used VMWare (many moons ago), but moved over to Virtual Box when
(K)Ubuntu started packaging in their repositories. However, both of
these tools have always given me grief with USB support, and it has been
necessary to install 'Guest Additions' packs to get this to work. Even
then it's a pain
Can anyone recommend an alternative?
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Terry Coles
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