>I am using VPC 2004 SP1 for programming in an VM win98 environment on a
>WinXP
> Pro SP2 host.
>
> In the last couple of weeks my keyboard has stopped responding in VPC
> whenever a popup occured.
> So I exited Outlook Express before starting VPC.
> My keyboard still stops responding.
> When I print, I receive a popup message that the print job is sent to the
> printer.
> I can't disable this popup message, but I loose the keyboard anyhow even
> thoug I can't see any popups.
>
> I should mention that my host key combinations does work and so does the
> mouse.
> My host key is currently "Alt Gr", but I have tried other combinations.
>
> Before XP SP2 and before VPC 2004 SP1 there was never keyboard problems.
>
> Then I installed SP2 on my host and a couple of months later the problems
> began.
> I found VPC SP1 on the Internet and installed it.
>
> Then my VPC was ok for about 3 weeks.
> Now I loose keyboard support in VPC after approx. 5 min.
>
> I have tried to reset the VPC but it does not solve the problem.
> There is only one useful solution I have found, and it is to save state on
> my VPC and shut down my host PC and turn off the power.
>
> As mentioned in "VPC 2004 - Keyboard Locks Up Frequently" I think it is a
> bug.
>
> I would like to know how I can get my VPC running again with keyboard
> support. ?

> It sounds like popups on the host are putting the guest out of focus. Do
> you regain the keyboard when you mouseclick in the guest window?
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "Jesper" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >I am using VPC 2004 SP1 for programming in an VM win98 environment on a
> >WinXP
> > Pro SP2 host.
> >
> > In the last couple of weeks my keyboard has stopped responding in VPC
> > whenever a popup occured.
> > So I exited Outlook Express before starting VPC.
> > My keyboard still stops responding.
> > When I print, I receive a popup message that the print job is sent to the
> > printer.
> > I can't disable this popup message, but I loose the keyboard anyhow even
> > thoug I can't see any popups.
> >
> > I should mention that my host key combinations does work and so does the
> > mouse.
> > My host key is currently "Alt Gr", but I have tried other combinations.
> >
> > Before XP SP2 and before VPC 2004 SP1 there was never keyboard problems.
> >
> > Then I installed SP2 on my host and a couple of months later the problems
> > began.
> > I found VPC SP1 on the Internet and installed it.
> >
> > Then my VPC was ok for about 3 weeks.
> > Now I loose keyboard support in VPC after approx. 5 min.
> >
> > I have tried to reset the VPC but it does not solve the problem.
> > There is only one useful solution I have found, and it is to save state on
> > my VPC and shut down my host PC and turn off the power.
> >
> > As mentioned in "VPC 2004 - Keyboard Locks Up Frequently" I think it is a
> > bug.
> >
> > I would like to know how I can get my VPC running again with keyboard
> > support. ?
>
>
>

> I tried many times just before I posted here, and I could not regain the
> keyboard.
> However when I and had to allow popups form this site in IE, I regained the
> keyboard.
> I came to think that the problem maybe in the popup blocking function in XP
> SP2 !
> I never had the problem before SP2 an this popup blocking function.
> Before I used Google popup blocker.
>
> I will try this tomorrow.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
> > It sounds like popups on the host are putting the guest out of focus. Do
> > you regain the keyboard when you mouseclick in the guest window?
> >
> > --
> > Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> > (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> > "Jesper" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > news:(email address - cut out)...
> > >I am using VPC 2004 SP1 for programming in an VM win98 environment on a
> > >WinXP
> > > Pro SP2 host.
> > >
> > > In the last couple of weeks my keyboard has stopped responding in VPC
> > > whenever a popup occured.
> > > So I exited Outlook Express before starting VPC.
> > > My keyboard still stops responding.
> > > When I print, I receive a popup message that the print job is sent to the
> > > printer.
> > > I can't disable this popup message, but I loose the keyboard anyhow even
> > > thoug I can't see any popups.
> > >
> > > I should mention that my host key combinations does work and so does the
> > > mouse.
> > > My host key is currently "Alt Gr", but I have tried other combinations.
> > >
> > > Before XP SP2 and before VPC 2004 SP1 there was never keyboard problems.
> > >
> > > Then I installed SP2 on my host and a couple of months later the problems
> > > began.
> > > I found VPC SP1 on the Internet and installed it.
> > >
> > > Then my VPC was ok for about 3 weeks.
> > > Now I loose keyboard support in VPC after approx. 5 min.
> > >
> > > I have tried to reset the VPC but it does not solve the problem.
> > > There is only one useful solution I have found, and it is to save state on
> > > my VPC and shut down my host PC and turn off the power.
> > >
> > > As mentioned in "VPC 2004 - Keyboard Locks Up Frequently" I think it is a
> > > bug.
> > >
> > > I would like to know how I can get my VPC running again with keyboard
> > > support. ?
> >
> >
> >