HyperV / installation software not detecting USB dongle

Submitted by PRD on #1

G'day!

I am trying to install a code-signing certificate on a HyperV machine.

I've plugged the USB dongle into the HyperV host, and installed both server and client versions of VirtualHere.  All good - the USB dongle displays like a regular USB device on the client HyperV machine (something that I couldn't achieve via regular HyperV functionality - so well done for VirtualHere!)

The issue is, the installation software for the code-signing certificate has a problem detecting the USB dongle.  It seems to recognize it initially during one step, then it seems to move to a secondary stage, where it cannot locate the USB dongle.

I'm running VirtualHere in application mode.

My question is...

Will running VirtualHere as a Windows service make a difference?  I cannot test this in the eval mode, as it won't connect to a demo version.

Does running it as a service change anything "under the hood", that may allow the code-signing installation software to detect it better?  I know you won't have insight into the mechanics of the code-signing software, but maybe know of a technical difference that might cause this?

Thanks,

Rod

 

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2023/08/07 - 13:12

#2

You should update your code-signing dongle drivers to the latest. E.g from safenet if that is your dongle type

Submitted by PRD on Mon, 2023/08/07 - 13:15

#3

Thanks for the quick reply - will do.

Is this done on the host machine where the dongle is plugged into, or the client?

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2023/08/07 - 13:21

#4

client

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2023/08/07 - 16:17

#6

Are you using Remote Desktop to connect to the client vm? If so try some other method e.g VNC as RDP will block some smartcards

Submitted by PRD on Tue, 2023/08/08 - 06:54

#7

Thanks Michael - that was a good suggestion that worked.  I used "vmconnect" from the Windows command line to connect to the VM instead of a regular remote desktop connection and everything works fine.

Thanks for your assistance. :-)

Nice work on your software.