Companies spend thousands on software licenses (CAD, Audio Editing, Medical Imaging) that use physical USB dongles. Instead of buying one dongle per employee, you plug the dongle into a central server in the server room. All employees connect via USB Redirector 1.97 to "borrow" the license. This is 100% legal as long as the software license permits network sharing.
Even today, this software version solves real-world problems that modern Windows networking cannot. Usb Redirector 1.97
Even stable software has quirks. Here are fixes for known 1.97 issues: Companies spend thousands on software licenses (CAD, Audio
Issue: "Device driver not installed" on Windows 10. Issue: The connection drops after 30 minutes
Issue: The connection drops after 30 minutes.
Issue: The server cannot see the USB device.
Within seconds, the remote PC will play the "USB device connected" sound, and the device will appear in Device Manager as if it were local.