parallel device 0 cannot attach to host driver

[Electron-John]

Hello, While I am an engineer, I am moderate on windows computers and a noob to using virtualbox. I have chosen virtualbox to install Windos 2000 and some very expensive software that uses a parallel port dongle. I have gotten Windows 2000 installed and running. I found and followed the instructions on the post titled "Enabling and Configuring Parallel (LPTx) Ports". (I made sure the Windows 2000 vbox was shut down before making the VBoxManage changes.) The following is now inside the Windows 2000.vbox:

<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="true" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7" path="LPT1:"/>
</LPT>

My first attempt at running Windows 2000 results in the following error (Windows 2000 is the name of my machine:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows 2000.

HostParallel#0: Could not get direct access to the host parallel port!! (rc=VERR_INTERNAL_ERROR_3) (VERR_INTERNAL_ERROR_3).

Parallel device 0 cannot attach to host driver (VERR_INTERNAL_ERROR_3).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

I am using VirtualBox 5.1.4r110228 (Qt5.5.1)

The host is Windows 7 service pack 1. 64-bit. 16GB RAM. The Motherboard has the parallel port enabled, Microsoft labels it as LTP1, never uses an interrupt, legacy plug-and-play detection is disabled, driver working properly, I/O range 0378-037F (hex). I am logged on as a user with administrative privileges.

The log file and hardening file are attached.

As I don't know what else to add to this post, please tell me where to find the info and I will locate it.

Thanks in advance.

EJ

[eherstad]

Hi.

I have the issue using Virtualbox running Windows XP , trying to add a parallell dongle to an old software which we need for some old data