John,

Thanks, I will try that! I believe Jeppesen's driver downloads firmware to
the unit each time it is used. Device manager in MS Vista would cycle
showing it as present, and then not present every 1/2 second. So I never
got a chance to try the driver. Jeppesen's JSUM software for Skybound does
install. It just can't do anything with the Skybound USB adapter
afterwards. It lets me login and I would guess download an update when it
becomes available. It is correctly showing the status of my previous cycle
downloads.

I have read that VMware's virtual manager supports USB also, but it requires
between $100-$200 to buy depending on which version you get.

MS's Virtual PC seems to have good support for XP Pro except for USB. I
have been able to download all of their security fixes and install
anti-virus. It even processes login scripts to the network.

For now, if the GRC doc doesn't fix it, I will delay upgrading my work PC
until Jeppesen fixes it

I'm not sure how soon I will get support from Garmin on their USB data card
programmer. I think they have had a better track record. For now it just
means I can't change the Street maps regions in the Auto Kit memory card. I
guess I could take that to work also. Even though MapSource is copy
protected to your Garmin GPS unit #, it did let me locate my unlock file
from my old hard drive and it functions fine.

AOPA flight planner works fine also.

Thanks,

Ron


"john smith" wrote in message
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Ron A. wrote:

grc.com/securitynow.htm

Download the program notes from the virtualization programs.
I do not recall whichvirtual software program this was noted in, but there
was a specific reference to how to turn on support for USB in the virtual
software. It is off by default.