Garmin USB Data Card Programmer Does Not Work Correctly on a Virtual Machine

When you try to transfer data (read or write) by using the Garmin USB Data Card Programmer with a Garmin Global Positioning System (GPS) unit on a Windows-based virtual machine, you receive the following error message: This problem occurs even when you successfully installed the driver for the Garmin USB Data Card Programmer.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.