VirtualBox USB capture issue (Windows 7 host/guest)

The solution (in this case) can be found on the VirtualBox forum thread . There is also a slightly expanded version of the same steps in the replies to this post . This issue was first discovered in 2009 VirtualBox Defect #5343 .

Proceed as follows:

1. Edit your registry

   • Open the Windows Registry by clicking Start>, Runthen typing .regedit
   • navigationHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
   • In the right panel, delete the entry if it UpperFiltersexists

2. Manually install the VirtualBox USB driver

   • go to folderC:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\drivers\USB\filter
   • right clickVboxUSBMon.inf
   • clickInstall

3. reboot the host

4. Unplug your USB device (I did this before rebooting)

5. Open VirtualBox and close it (remove the USB device from the VM's capture list)

6. Plug in your USB device

7. Open VirtualBox and run the virtual machine.

8. Right-click the USB icon in the virtual machine's status bar and select the USB device you want to attach to the virtual machine (or select from the Devices> USBlist )

The post in the VirtualBox forum also contains a warning about not connecting a USB device without first capturing the USB bridge. I have successfully used a device connected via an external USB hub without capturing any other devices, but please note that this may be an issue.