Hello, I am setting up a new computer for a user with Windows 7 (rather than the XP we were using previously) but we are running an XP Mode VM in VMWare Player so he can access older 16-bit programs we still use in the office. The program requires a parallel security dongle, and we had to install a parallel card to use one. However, after setting up the parallel card in the VM BIOS (currently using LPT2) I cannot actually connect it to the VM. When I do I receive the message "The 'LPT2' device is used by another program. Failed to connect virtual device parallel0."
I have read a multitude of other articles on the subject, but no prior fixes seem to be helping. On the Windows 7 side the card registers LPT1 and LPT3 while the VM uses LPT2.