Furthermore, the rise of 64-bit computing complicates matters. Wilcom 2006 was designed for 32-bit systems. While 64-bit Windows can run 32-bit applications via WoW64 (Windows on Windows 64-bit), the hardware drivers for the dongle must match the "bitness" of the operating system's kernel. Because the original drivers for Wilcom 2006 were 32-bit, they cannot run on a pure 64-bit system kernel without significant modification or specific 64-bit driver updates that were rarely issued for software of that age.
The VM must see the dongle before you launch Wilcom. You may need to install VMware USB arbitration service. security device not found wilcom 2006
: Some users need to disable this via Windows Startup Settings to allow the legacy driver to load. security device not found wilcom 2006