The vmware support article usb 3.0 support for windows 7 virtual machine in vmware workstation and vmware fusion (2128105) lists the following conditions: the guest vm must be defined with at least vmware workstation 12 compatibility; in settings, usb controller, the usb compatibility needs to be set to 3.0. in the virtual machine, download and install the usb3 drivers from the intel download. Windows 7 forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for microsoft windows 7 computers such as dell, hp, acer, asus or a custom build. hi all, sorry if i post my question in incorrect place, i thought that is a problem with vmware workstation program.. We recently heard some complaints about how vmware workstation behaves when using usb 3.0 devices. one tweet said: “dear @vmware, why do you suck so much at handling usb 3.0 devices with workstation? using usb 3.0 devices in workstation on a windows host (1025956) and should be able to provide a driver update to solve this.
Usb 3.0 driver: intel
