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corkypa
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VMware Player makes my USB KVM switch machines randomly

I have a Trendnet TK-409 4 port USB KVM attached to several computers, one of which has VMWare Player 1.0.3 on Windows XP. When I am running the player, and only when I am running the player, the kvm, at seemingly random times, suddenly switches to the next machine. It is as if I hit scroll-lock twice to go to the next machine, but I didn't.

It seems to happen more frequently when the cursor is near the edge of the VWware player window. If fact, I had a frustrating experience where I tried to close the player because the kvm was switching machines too often, but when the cursor neared the close box, the kvm switched, thwarting my efforts.

Any suggestions?

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JoeFrigginShmo
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I found that having scroll and num locks both on or both off stopped the issue. if one or the other was on, the issue occurs.

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