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Keyboard stops working

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 10/11/2004
From: Jack Jackson <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have just installed VPC 2004 on a Dell D505 notebook running WinXP
SP2, and created a virtual machine running WinXP SP1.

After running for a few minutes (usually between 5 and 10 mins) the
keyboard in the virtual machine stops working. I can use VPC's Edit
-> Paste to enter data, but no keyboard keys (except the Host key) has
any effect.

The only way I have found to fix it is to shut down the virtual
machine, exit and restart VPC and reboot. Just rebooting the virtual
machine has no effect.

I found a couple other threads here about this problem but it doesn't
look like anyone has found a solution.

A few months ago I did a similar installation on another machine that
was running WinXP SP1 and never saw this problem.

Any ideas?

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Re: Keyboard stops working

Sent: 10/13/2004
From: Jack Jackson <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Thanks, I will try that. Now that I have been using VPC for a couple
of days, it's not quite as bad as it seemed at the beginning. It's
only happening every few hours now.

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:03:01 +0200, Kim Oppalfens
<(email address - cut out)am> wrote:

Show quoted text

>
>It's a bug, should be fixed in SP1.
>If it happens again press control twice. (Don't ask why)
>
>Kim Oppalfens
>In article <(email address - cut out)>,
>(email address - cut out) says...
>> I have just installed VPC 2004 on a Dell D505 notebook running WinXP
>> SP2, and created a virtual machine running WinXP SP1.
>>
>> After running for a few minutes (usually between 5 and 10 mins) the
>> keyboard in the virtual machine stops working. I can use VPC's Edit
>> -> Paste to enter data, but no keyboard keys (except the Host key) has
>> any effect.
>>
>> The only way I have found to fix it is to shut down the virtual
>> machine, exit and restart VPC and reboot. Just rebooting the virtual
>> machine has no effect.
>>
>> I found a couple other threads here about this problem but it doesn't
>> look like anyone has found a solution.
>>
>> A few months ago I did a similar installation on another machine that
>> was running WinXP SP1 and never saw this problem.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>

Re: Keyboard stops working

Sent: 10/13/2004
From: Kim Oppalfens <(email address - cut out)am>
Message:

It's a bug, should be fixed in SP1.
If it happens again press control twice. (Don't ask why)

Kim Oppalfens
In article <(email address - cut out)>,
(email address - cut out) says...

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> I have just installed VPC 2004 on a Dell D505 notebook running WinXP
> SP2, and created a virtual machine running WinXP SP1.
>
> After running for a few minutes (usually between 5 and 10 mins) the
> keyboard in the virtual machine stops working. I can use VPC's Edit
> -> Paste to enter data, but no keyboard keys (except the Host key) has
> any effect.
>
> The only way I have found to fix it is to shut down the virtual
> machine, exit and restart VPC and reboot. Just rebooting the virtual
> machine has no effect.
>
> I found a couple other threads here about this problem but it doesn't
> look like anyone has found a solution.
>
> A few months ago I did a similar installation on another machine that
> was running WinXP SP1 and never saw this problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Re: Keyboard stops working

Sent: 10/14/2004
From: MSHowell
Message:

I had the same problem and found that it happened whenever I used the Dell
QuickSet keys (like volumn control). If I avoided using them, them problem
doesn't happen..

"Jack Jackson" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Thanks, I will try that. Now that I have been using VPC for a couple
> of days, it's not quite as bad as it seemed at the beginning. It's
> only happening every few hours now.
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:03:01 +0200, Kim Oppalfens
> <(email address - cut out)am> wrote:
>
> >
> >It's a bug, should be fixed in SP1.
> >If it happens again press control twice. (Don't ask why)
> >
> >Kim Oppalfens
> >In article <(email address - cut out)>,
> >(email address - cut out) says...
> >> I have just installed VPC 2004 on a Dell D505 notebook running WinXP
> >> SP2, and created a virtual machine running WinXP SP1.
> >>
> >> After running for a few minutes (usually between 5 and 10 mins) the
> >> keyboard in the virtual machine stops working. I can use VPC's Edit
> >> -> Paste to enter data, but no keyboard keys (except the Host key) has
> >> any effect.
> >>
> >> The only way I have found to fix it is to shut down the virtual
> >> machine, exit and restart VPC and reboot. Just rebooting the virtual
> >> machine has no effect.
> >>
> >> I found a couple other threads here about this problem but it doesn't
> >> look like anyone has found a solution.
> >>
> >> A few months ago I did a similar installation on another machine that
> >> was running WinXP SP1 and never saw this problem.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
>
>

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