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Backstory: I have an ancient Thinkpad T42 running Windows XP. I have only two uses for Window; backing up/sycning my iPhone, and VPNing into work. The Thinkpad's Windows install is broken, and it BSOD's seconds after booting. I may or may not reinstall Windows on it. I found an XP image I made in VirtualBox a while ago on an external USB hard drive. I installed VirtualBox on my main laptop (Dell D830 Centrino dual core duo). I tried it for VPNing into work, and that worked pretty well. However, I can't find any way of seeing USB devices (like my iPhone) in the VM. I see all sorts of tutorials online that refer to there being a button/icon that lists USB devices that I can choose to take control of, but I don't see one. This is what I have installed: $ dpkg-query -l '*virtualbox*' | grep ii ii virtualbox-guest-additions 3.2.8-1~lucid1 guest additions iso image for VirtualBox ii virtualbox-ose 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1~lucid1 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries ii virtualbox-ose-dkms 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1~lucid1 x86 virtualization solution - kernel module ii virtualbox-ose-qt 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1~lucid1 x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user $ uname -a Linux lexa 2.6.32-27-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 1 23:52:12 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS PS I'm willing to go with a different VM solution. I just chose VirtualBox because I already had a VirtualBox VM image and most of the articles I found on using a Windows VM to talk to an iPhone used VirtualBox.
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