Isolating USB devices in VMWare Player

[Drenlin]

So I'm trying to work two people in on one computer. The idea is to full screen a VM on a second monitor, and isolate a USB mouse and keyboard onto it. I can't seem to find the setting anywhere...am I missing it, or is this only on Workstation?

This worked fine in VirtualBox, but I have to use VMWare because VBox doesn't support hardware acceleration well enough....

 

[yinan]

This seems like a really bad idea, considering how cheap you can get a machine for.

 

[Drenlin]

"Cheap" is a relative term. I don't have the money for another computer, much less one with a GPU powerful enough for this.

Besides, it's a fun project.

 

[yinan]

I think to be able to edit the config you would have to pay or use the eval of Workstation.

 

[Nothinman]

I'm actually surprised it even worked in Virtual Box.

 

[Drenlin]

It worked absolutely perfectly in virtualbox. If it had better support for Direct3D, I'd be gaming on it with my bro right now.

So I'll have to shell out the $$ for Workstation to do this?

 

[Nothinman]

With Linux you wouldn't even need VM software, you could just configure 2 copies of X and roll. But you don't have that kind of flexibility with Windows.