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  VID & PID is respective ID of the device that can be seen in the properties of the Device Manager "Device Instance path".

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  Recently, I tried to add a USB controller to a virtual computer and received the following error:

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  Not very good grammar, but I guess I need to buy a license of some sort.  Does anyone know what license it takes and/or about how much it costs?  Otherwise, anyone know who I should ask?

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  Either by the way, the root account can do all these things, but no other account can - not even a game as an administrator account.

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  Of course, if I left something, or if someone has a question, please ask.  I want to get this resolved as soon as I can.

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