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On 01/21/2012 01:57 AM, Hossein HM wrote:
>      Hello all,
>
>      My problem is that if I start VirtualBox as root, in Windows XP-SP3
>  guest I can use USB devices with no problem at all, but I as a normal user
>  although the USB device icon is shown in icon tray, it is not visible in
>  'My Computer' window.

Howdy,

Ensure your Unix user is in the `vboxusers' group - see `/etc/group'

As an example, here's my entry:

$ grep vboxuser /etc/group
vboxusers:!:1000:pablo

          pablo@oreo:~
                    $

Cheers,
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