Check Windows services to see if the ‘VMWare USB Arbitration Service’ is Running on the host machine. See if your USB device is listed, if it is listed make sure it shows as being connected.ģ. From the top menu options, select ‘VM’, then ‘Removable Devices’. If the ‘USB Controller’ Device is listed, check within the VMWare Player application to see if your USB Device is connected Select ‘Add…’ and add the ‘USB Controller’ optionĢ. If the ‘USB controller’ device is not present, Under the Hardware tab, look at the ‘Connections’ box and make sure the appropriate options are checked. If the ‘USB Controller’ device is present Under the Hardware tab, confirm the ‘USB Controller’ device option is listed and shows as ‘Present’ Make sure the ‘USB Controller’ device shows as ‘Present’ in the VMWare Player application These are the basic steps I took to get USB devices working within VMWare Playerġ. See the links section below for additional details and resolutions. This is also a known issue with VMWare Workstation. In each instance the VMWare USB Arbitration Service was not running on the system. Once on a Toshiba laptop, and once on an Acer laptop, both running Windows 7. I have seen this issue twice with VMWare Player 3.
In the Event Viewer System log you may see error Event ID 7023: “The VMWare USB Arbitration Service service terminated with the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning”
Please check the status of this service in the Microsoft Management Console.” The connection to the VMware USB Arbitration Service was unsuccessful. When first starting the VMWare Player application, you see the error: Issue: Unable to attach external USB devices, such as a flash drive, for use on guest machines within VMWare Player 3 or VMWare Workstation.
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It seems VMware may have resolved this issue in both VMWare Player and VMWare Workstation, It is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of VMWare Player or VMWare Workstation before using this workaround.
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