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If you start the VM from this point you will most likely see the following error: This will allow you to check the appropriate checkbox as seen in the following screenshot: You can enable this by opening the Settings for the VM you would like to connect your WP7 to, and selecting the USB tab on the left side.

The reason this has failed is because by default, VirtualBox does not enable USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller.

You can open Device Manager to view the driver which should now be labeled USB Composite Device. This should be enough to auto-start the Windows device driver installation which will most likely fail. Go ahead and select the device so that it now displays a checkbox next to the device. Most likely, your device will be displayed as an Unknown Device. Therefore, to use a USB device (such as WP7), you need to enable it from the VirtualBox Devices drop down (Devices > USB Devices > Unknown Device). USB devices can only be used by either the host or a client VM at any one time. There are several articles on the Internet which discuss how VirtualBox and USB devices work, but here is the cliff-notes version: With all of this being said, there are a few things that can drive you crazy namely, Windows Phone 7 and Zune. Additionally, I can run dedicated servers as VM’s to test enterprise applications without involving our internal networking resources until we’re ready to deploy to a test/staging environment. My virtual machines perform extremely well on the excess RAM (4 to 8 gigs) per VM and I readily create snapshots whenever installing new software or backing up my system(s). Ubuntu runs around 400 megs of RAM for the host, which compared to Windows 7 is insanely low it’s quick, light, and stable. You may thinks it is a bit crazy but it has some real advantages if you have the patience to work through some of the nuances.

I run Ubuntu as my host environment, and run development and office work off of virtual machines through VirtualBox with Windows 7. I have a fairly unique machine I develop on.

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