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Works like a champ. I am not working for that employer anymore, but the solution worked for many years without a single hiccup. I was really skeptical at first, but it's a rock solid solution for things like licensing dongles. Maybe not so much for real-time data originating on a serial interface, but who knows? Might work great. On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Melvin Backus <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you provide details on the setup on this? I’ve got a handful of PCs > that we have setting in an office running just to handle people remoting in > but they require a dongle. That would be really great to make them go away > and go back to virtual machines. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall > *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2016 12:14 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > Use a USB to serial device on the physical PC and USB over network > software to connect it to the VM? Never done this with a serial cable, but > have with licensing dongles many times. > > > > On Aug 26, 2016 11:21 AM, "Carol Fee" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do now – thanks – and thanks for the link. Sadly, didn’t work. > > > > It seems as though the only way to do this is using named pipes, and I > don’t know how to do that. > > > > *CFee* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Wittersheim > *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 2:55 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > Carol, > > > > That's from W2k12 R2, that setting comes straight out of the CIS > benchmarks for W2K12 R2. Here's the link to the PDF. Do you have the > updated templates in your central store? > > > > https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/tools2/windows/CIS_ > Microsoft_Windows_Server_2012_R2_Benchmark_v2.2.0.pdf > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Carol Fee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Eric, > > > > Sorry to sound dumb, but what version of Group Policy Manager are you > using ? I don’t have anything like that path in either W2K8 R2 or W2K12 R2. > > > > *CFee* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Wittersheim > *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 12:30 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > Carol, > > > > Did you see this setting? > > > > Computer Configuration > > \Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop > Services\Remote Desktop Session Host > > \Device and Resource Redirection\Do not allow COM port redirection Impact: > If you enable this policy setting, users > > cannot redirect server data to the local COM port. > > > > Eric > > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Gordon Pegue <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m wondering if SecureCRT might solve your issue. > > According to a thread on one of their forums, it appears to support > named-pipe com port connections: > > https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=8534 > > > > > > G > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Carol Fee > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:41 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > Correct and simply enabling the port in the properties of the RDP > connection doesn’t get the job done. > > > > In both Hyper-V Manager and SCVMM, you can set the properties of a VM’s > COM port, but you have to use a named pipe, and I can’t for the life of me > get that configured correctly > > > > *CFee* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *David > McSpadden > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 9:59 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > So you are wanting your com port on your w7 machine to be accessible to > the vm w7 machine through RDP. > > Pretty sure I understand now and I don’t have an answer for that. > > Enabling the comm port on the rdp session in other options would be my > only response and I know that has been stated so. > > I am not sure how to make that work for you. > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Carol Fee > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 9:47 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > W7 VM on W2012 R2 host > > W7 workstation with COM 1 in use using RDP to connect to the VM > > > > *CFee* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *David > McSpadden > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:46 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > Is the W7 the host or the vm on the 2012 server? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Carol Fee > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:36 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > The port I need access to is on a W7 computer > > Not > > The host > > > > *CFee* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *David > McSpadden > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > In my VMWare environment I needed a USB to be accessed physically from the > host. > > This is done the vCenter and on the Host wear the VM will have to reside. > (No vMotion for that VM) > > This I allowed access to the Host USB port (Specific to the USB port not > generic.) > > This unfortunately allows all VM’s on that host to also access the USB > port that is being passed through to the VM from the Host. > > I think you are wanted a similar type of access for your VM. > > Now I do know my application that requires the access to the VM USB port > will not allow RDP sessions to access the USB port. > > It knows that it is a RDP session and no matter what I do it laughes at > me. It also know if I am trying to access it with something like VNC. > > It laughes even louder at me. > > So, being the thin skinned admin that I am. I access the VM through the > vCenter Console and I ROFLMAO at the app while it gives me the access to > the USB port as required of a physical box. > > It has no idea I have it VM’d and I am accessing the host USB instead of a > physical box’s USB. > > So that being said I think you want to enable the COM port on the Host and > allow access through the Host to the VM. > > There the VM application so access the port as you are needing. > > That is if I understand the situation you have described. > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Carol Fee > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 7:46 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > I’m not mapping it to the port on the host – to a port on a W7 RD client. > > > > So …. W7 computer has something connected to COM 1 (serial connection for > a card reader) > > Card reader software is installed on W7 VM (hosted on W2012R2 Hyper-V) > > I need to access the card reader software using Remote Desktop from the W7 > computer and have it see the connection to the hardware > > > > I keep finding references to mapping com ports using named pipes, but I > can’t figure out exactly how to do that > > > > *CFee* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Andrew S. > Baker > *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 11:18 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows 7 Hyper-V VM Com Port > > > > Not supported, last I checked: > > > > > > *2012 Datacenter redirecting com ports to my VM > <https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/24414de8-505b-4573-9bcb-f6018aaa09c5/2012-datacenter-redirecting-com-ports-to-my-vm?forum=winserverhyperv>* > > It's not an official piece of software, it's not recommended or supported, > and by using this you might put your Hyper-V server in an unsupported > state. > <https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/24414de8-505b-4573-9bcb-f6018aaa09c5/2012-datacenter-redirecting-com-ports-to-my-vm?forum=winserverhyperv> > > social.technet.microsoft.com > <https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/24414de8-505b-4573-9bcb-f6018aaa09c5/2012-datacenter-redirecting-com-ports-to-my-vm?forum=winserverhyperv> > > [image: Mixmax] <https://mixmax.com/r/WMB47Rd39yDNPFfWo> > > > > > > > > Regards, > > *ASB* > *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > > *Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market…* > > * GPG: *1AF3 EEC3 7C3C E88E B0EF 4319 8F28 A483 A182 EF3A > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 10:59 AM, Carol Fee [email protected] wrote: > > I have a W7 vm on a W2K12R2 host. 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