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| | Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? In Virtual PC, my TAB and Escape keys no longer work. Tried rebooting both the Virtual PC and the host but no effect. Has anyone seen this problem or found a way to fix it? TIA, Andomar |
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| | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? "Andomar" <nothing@xxxxxx> wrote in message news p.unwxqgebcq0pnc@xxxxxxQuote: > In Virtual PC, my TAB and Escape keys no longer work. Tried rebooting > both the Virtual PC and the host but no effect. 1) What is the host OS? 2) What is the guest OS? 3) Assuming it's Windows of some sort, have you re-installed the Additions...? 4) How much RAM does the host have? 5) How much of it have you assigned to the guest? 6) Does this happen in all virtual machines or only one? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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| | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? Host OS = Windows 7 Guest OS = Windows XP Additions removed and reinstalled, didn't help Host has 4GB RAM, guest has 512MB RAM and a big pagefile I have only one virtual machine, and the problem appeared recently Tab and escape work fine on the host Any tips appreciated ![]() -Andomar On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:58:56 +0100, Mark Rae [MVP] <mark@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > "Andomar" <nothing@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news p.unwxqgebcq0pnc@xxxxxx> Quote: >> In Virtual PC, my TAB and Escape keys no longer work. Tried rebooting >> both the Virtual PC and the host but no effect. > Presumably, by "Virtual PC" you mean one of your virtual machines...? > > 1) What is the host OS? > > 2) What is the guest OS? > > 3) Assuming it's Windows of some sort, have you re-installed the > Additions...? > > 4) How much RAM does the host have? > > 5) How much of it have you assigned to the guest? > > 6) Does this happen in all virtual machines or only one? > > |
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| | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? "Andomar" <nothing@xxxxxx> wrote in message news p.unxf7vyncq0pnc@xxxxxx[please don't top-post] Quote: Quote: Quote: >>> In Virtual PC, my TAB and Escape keys no longer work. Tried rebooting >>> both the Virtual PC and the host but no effect. >> Presumably, by "Virtual PC" you mean one of your virtual machines...? >> >> 1) What is the host OS? >> >> 2) What is the guest OS? >> >> 3) Assuming it's Windows of some sort, have you re-installed the >> Additions...? >> >> 4) How much RAM does the host have? >> >> 5) How much of it have you assigned to the guest? >> >> 6) Does this happen in all virtual machines or only one? > Host OS = Windows 7 > Guest OS = Windows XP > Additions removed and reinstalled, didn't help > Host has 4GB RAM, guest has 512MB RAM and a big pagefile > I have only one virtual machine, and the problem appeared recently > Tab and escape work fine on the host the host? 2) Launch Notepad in the guest, hold down the left Alt key and (on the number pad) type 0009 - does that produce a tab in Notepad...? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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| | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? > 1) When the guest is running, do the Tab and Escape keys continue to Quote: > work in the host? > Quote: > 2) Launch Notepad in the guest, hold down the left Alt key and (on the > number pad) type 0009 - does that produce a tab in Notepad...? > work. Thanks for your reply, I'll post back when it reoccurs! =Andoamr |
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| | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? Hi, I've got exactly the same problem here too - Windows 7 x64 host, Windows XP 32bit guest. Host is 8gb and guest is 2gb. Mike "Andomar" wrote: Quote: Quote: > > 1) When the guest is running, do the Tab and Escape keys continue to > > work in the host? > > > Quote: > > 2) Launch Notepad in the guest, hold down the left Alt key and (on the > > number pad) type 0009 - does that produce a tab in Notepad...? > > > work. > > Thanks for your reply, I'll post back when it reoccurs! > > =Andoamr > |
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| | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? Same problem here. Windows 7 @ Host, Windows 2003 and W XP @ guest Any tips ?? -- Erick Gonzales |
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| | RE: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? Quote: > In Virtual PC, my TAB and Escape keys no longer work. Tried rebooting > both the Virtual PC and the host but no effect. > > Has anyone seen this problem or found a way to fix it? > > TIA, > Andomar If the variable doesn't work, try using an explicit path i.e. c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\microsoft\virtualpc\vpckeyboard.dll Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com |
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| Windows 7 RC | Re: Tab and escape not working in Virtual PC? Thanks that worked perfectly. Hopefully others will find this easily like I did. I'm indifferent to (as opposed to proud of) the fact that I found this thread via Bing. Hey, it's fun to try new things. |
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