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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Why not just run XP natively instead of in some emulated system that may or may not work. And one problem is you CANNOT use an emulated Windows to upgrade the firmware of ANY device that uses the USB port as you cannot guarantee that you'll have the proper timing needed for the USB port when you do update the firmware.
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I've been lucky enough with upgrading the firmware on my prs-505 using virtualbox. You have to have the version of virtualbox with usb support -- it is non-opensource, but still free to use for individuals. You have to plug in the fully-charged reader. Mount the usb (right click on the usb symbol at the bottom of the screen) and start your upgrade. At a certain point, the device switches itself off and the usb unmounts itself. When the device comes back on, it is up to you to mount it again. Otherwise it could hang there forever...
On the other hand, I'm in exactly the same boat as everybody else re: getting the software to work. The cpu has a few seconds of activity and that's it. Nothing happens. It won't work with wine under linux either.