Yeah, dongles can be a bit of a PITA. Here's the official word from VMWare for the record:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015 Jeff On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... parallel port dongle for licensing ... > > ... I've scored a USB-parallel cable ... > > Be warned, parallel port dongles and USB adapters don't always play > nice. Much of that sort of software expects to talk to a genuine > IBM-PC parallel port, which was basically just an extension of the ISA > bus. You could twiddle lines however you liked, even if it was > nothing like IEEE-1294. USB adapters don't always support the kind of > ab(use) they want. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
