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Vmware 7 and Windows 8, msp430 not showing under com ports

I have a mac book pro running the latest osx, vmware 7.0, ccs 6.0.1.00040 and a fully up to date windows 8.  The msp430 works fine when connected to other windows native computers, so i know the device works.  The problem I am having is I get  "Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found" whenever I try to debug my program.  

So after reading some other forums I looked into my device manager.  I do see the msp430 under usb composite id with hardware id "USB\VID_0451&PID_F432&REV_0105, USB\VID_0451&PID_F432".  But it does not show under com ports, until I unplug it then it flashes msp430 under a random com number for a second.  

I have rebooted, windows, vmware and the entire osx.  I have also tried reinstalling ccs and the drivers for the msp430.  I have also tried multiple usb cables and both usb ports on my computer.  Under windows device remover it does give me the option to safely remove the "MSP-FET430UIF"

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