Vista - RE: Mouse hesitations with VirtualPC 2007

12-23-2008

Quote:

> I recently upgraded from VirtualPC 2004 to VirtualPC 2007. The virtual
> machines I had defined before all seem to work with the exception of one
> quirk. In one of my machines, I get a lot of hesitations when I move the
> mouse. It's a significant enough problem to make the mouse borderline
> unusable. I didn't get this problem with VirtualPC 2004 (using a
> different host system).
>
> The session in question is running the QNX operating system
> (http://www.qnx.com) and there are no virtual machine additions for that
> system. Despite that I'm wondering if there is some other setting or
> adjustment I could make that would reduce or eliminate my problem. I
> understand the root issue might be related to QNX and thus not something
> I can really address. However, as I said, this wasn't a problem on my
> old configuration.
>
> Interestingly I notice that if I set the session to some intensive task,
> (for example, indexing all the QNX help files) the mouse runs much more
> smoothly while that task is going on. It seems like that means
> something, but I'm not sure exactly what.
>
> My new host is a dual core (32 bit Intel) system with 2 Gbytes of RAM
> running Windows XP. My old host was a single core (hyperthreaded) system
> with 512 Mbytes of RAM also running Windows XP.
>
> My other two virtual machines are running just fine. One is a Debian
> Linux system in text mode only (so I can't tell if there is a mouse
> issue or not). The other is running eComStation (aka OS/2) but it has
> the OS/2 virtual machine additions installed and the mouse is as smooth
> as silk. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the OS/2 virtual
> machine additions from VirtualPC 2004 seem to get along fine with
> VirtualPC 2007.
>
> Peter

Bingo on the hardware acceleration settings. Running as host Vista64, as vm Server2003.

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12-28-2008

Am also getting mouse hesitatin on my Sony VIAO VGN-AW125/J. Of course I
went outside the boundries and installed VPC 2007 SP1 within Vista HP/64bit
(on advice of multiple users on a video editing forum who claim great success
with V HP 64).

Quote:

>

12-28-2008

If you've installed the VPC additions in the VM, then try this, it
helped my HP laptop IMMENSLY.

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...n-laptops.aspx

(Read the comments too, as there's a correction)

--
Bob Comer

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:22:00 -0800, skyml
<skyml@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>Am also getting mouse hesitatin on my Sony VIAO VGN-AW125/J. Of course I
>went outside the boundries and installed VPC 2007 SP1 within Vista HP/64bit
>(on advice of multiple users on a video editing forum who claim great success
>with V HP 64).
>
>

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03-02-2009

Quote:

> I recently upgraded from VirtualPC 2004 to VirtualPC 2007. The virtual
> machines I had defined before all seem to work with the exception of one
> quirk. In one of my machines, I get a lot of hesitations when I move the
> mouse. It's a significant enough problem to make the mouse borderline
> unusable. I didn't get this problem with VirtualPC 2004 (using a
> different host system).
>
> The session in question is running the QNX operating system
> (http://www.qnx.com) and there are no virtual machine additions for that
> system. Despite that I'm wondering if there is some other setting or
> adjustment I could make that would reduce or eliminate my problem. I
> understand the root issue might be related to QNX and thus not something
> I can really address. However, as I said, this wasn't a problem on my
> old configuration.
>
> Interestingly I notice that if I set the session to some intensive task,
> (for example, indexing all the QNX help files) the mouse runs much more
> smoothly while that task is going on. It seems like that means
> something, but I'm not sure exactly what.
>
> My new host is a dual core (32 bit Intel) system with 2 Gbytes of RAM
> running Windows XP. My old host was a single core (hyperthreaded) system
> with 512 Mbytes of RAM also running Windows XP.
>
> My other two virtual machines are running just fine. One is a Debian
> Linux system in text mode only (so I can't tell if there is a mouse
> issue or not). The other is running eComStation (aka OS/2) but it has
> the OS/2 virtual machine additions installed and the mouse is as smooth
> as silk. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the OS/2 virtual
> machine additions from VirtualPC 2004 seem to get along fine with
> VirtualPC 2007.
>
> Peter

Thanks, by moving the hardware acceleration to full helped.

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12-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
Scott Garner n/a posts	RE: Mouse hesitations with VirtualPC 2007 Quote: > I recently upgraded from VirtualPC 2004 to VirtualPC 2007. The virtual > machines I had defined before all seem to work with the exception of one > quirk. In one of my machines, I get a lot of hesitations when I move the > mouse. It's a significant enough problem to make the mouse borderline > unusable. I didn't get this problem with VirtualPC 2004 (using a > different host system). > > The session in question is running the QNX operating system > (http://www.qnx.com) and there are no virtual machine additions for that > system. Despite that I'm wondering if there is some other setting or > adjustment I could make that would reduce or eliminate my problem. I > understand the root issue might be related to QNX and thus not something > I can really address. However, as I said, this wasn't a problem on my > old configuration. > > Interestingly I notice that if I set the session to some intensive task, > (for example, indexing all the QNX help files) the mouse runs much more > smoothly while that task is going on. It seems like that means > something, but I'm not sure exactly what. > > My new host is a dual core (32 bit Intel) system with 2 Gbytes of RAM > running Windows XP. My old host was a single core (hyperthreaded) system > with 512 Mbytes of RAM also running Windows XP. > > My other two virtual machines are running just fine. One is a Debian > Linux system in text mode only (so I can't tell if there is a mouse > issue or not). The other is running eComStation (aka OS/2) but it has > the OS/2 virtual machine additions installed and the mouse is as smooth > as silk. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the OS/2 virtual > machine additions from VirtualPC 2004 seem to get along fine with > VirtualPC 2007. > > Peter Bingo on the hardware acceleration settings. Running as host Vista64, as vm Server2003. Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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12-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
skyml n/a posts	RE: Mouse hesitations with VirtualPC 2007 Am also getting mouse hesitatin on my Sony VIAO VGN-AW125/J. Of course I went outside the boundries and installed VPC 2007 SP1 within Vista HP/64bit (on advice of multiple users on a video editing forum who claim great success with V HP 64). Quote: >
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12-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
Robert Comer n/a posts	Re: Mouse hesitations with VirtualPC 2007 If you've installed the VPC additions in the VM, then try this, it helped my HP laptop IMMENSLY. http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...n-laptops.aspx (Read the comments too, as there's a correction) -- Bob Comer On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:22:00 -0800, skyml <skyml@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Am also getting mouse hesitatin on my Sony VIAO VGN-AW125/J. Of course I >went outside the boundries and installed VPC 2007 SP1 within Vista HP/64bit >(on advice of multiple users on a video editing forum who claim great success >with V HP 64). > > Quote: >>
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03-02-2009	#4 (permalink)
Patrick n/a posts	RE: Mouse hesitations with VirtualPC 2007 Quote: > I recently upgraded from VirtualPC 2004 to VirtualPC 2007. The virtual > machines I had defined before all seem to work with the exception of one > quirk. In one of my machines, I get a lot of hesitations when I move the > mouse. It's a significant enough problem to make the mouse borderline > unusable. I didn't get this problem with VirtualPC 2004 (using a > different host system). > > The session in question is running the QNX operating system > (http://www.qnx.com) and there are no virtual machine additions for that > system. Despite that I'm wondering if there is some other setting or > adjustment I could make that would reduce or eliminate my problem. I > understand the root issue might be related to QNX and thus not something > I can really address. However, as I said, this wasn't a problem on my > old configuration. > > Interestingly I notice that if I set the session to some intensive task, > (for example, indexing all the QNX help files) the mouse runs much more > smoothly while that task is going on. It seems like that means > something, but I'm not sure exactly what. > > My new host is a dual core (32 bit Intel) system with 2 Gbytes of RAM > running Windows XP. My old host was a single core (hyperthreaded) system > with 512 Mbytes of RAM also running Windows XP. > > My other two virtual machines are running just fine. One is a Debian > Linux system in text mode only (so I can't tell if there is a mouse > issue or not). The other is running eComStation (aka OS/2) but it has > the OS/2 virtual machine additions installed and the mouse is as smooth > as silk. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the OS/2 virtual > machine additions from VirtualPC 2004 seem to get along fine with > VirtualPC 2007. > > Peter Thanks, by moving the hardware acceleration to full helped. Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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