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As an FYI for anyone who is dealing with a similar issue, your 5th option (after dosbox, vmware, vbox, virtualpc...) is booting from a USB stick into another OS. I've managed to boot from my usb stick into DOS and verify that the software does communicate with the dongle on the docking station. Only...

OK, well that is configurable in device manager as well but I have left it as LPT1. That being said the settings are correct and something else is amiss. I wish there was an easy way to test the parallel port in my Host OS but theres no way to test the dongle w/o the software and I don't have a para...

I am a bit confused, are you asking if its LPT1 or if the name is exactly "LPT1:"?

In device manager of the host the exact syntax of the name of the device is "ECP Printer Port (LPT1)". I'm not sure what else to go by.

Well reading that leaves one question, is the correct syntax "LPT1:" or LPT1, whenever issuing the VBoxManage modifyvm -lptmod1 command? I will go ahead and try both. Also, does anybody have experience with what are the best settings are in device manager of the Host for this to work corre...

No I have not, thanks for the direction. So much for doing my homework.

This may seem like an issue that's been wore out in the past, but it seems that I've done my homework and am still am not getting results... Anyways, as a bit of background I have successfully used this software with DosBOX and porttalk drivers and passed the hardware dongle through without issues, ...