VMware Communities
awilson10
Contributor
Contributor
Jump to solution

Laptop keyboard and mouse not working in Virtual Machines

Hi All!

I'm a total VMWare noob so please be gentle! I am trying to configure a new windows 10 laptop. Windows 10 does not play well with some of the older generations of Rockwell programming software that I use on a regular basis. Because of this I am faced with a couple of choices; Carry two laptops or configure one laptop to run all the software I need. I prefer the second option because two laptops get heavy after a while. I have created a couple of virtual machines with windows 7 and windows 10 but I have run into an issue in both with keyboard and mouse functionality. I have not been able to get the laptop keyboard to work in either vm. Both vms were created by virtualizing the physical laptop. I received the laptop with windows 7 pro; created a VM of the physical laptop using the standalone converter and then upgraded the os to windows 10. I then created a new VM of the physical laptop using the the converter. Both VMs load and run but I can't get the keyboard to work. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Best regards

1 Solution

Accepted Solutions
wila
Immortal
Immortal
Jump to solution

Hello,

Welcome at the VMware Community forum.

This issue comes up quite often and it is pretty much always because of the same reason.

The old laptop has software installed from Synaptic for its touch pad and that sofware interferes with the virtual keyboard and virtual mouse.

If you are unable to use any keyboard or mouse in the VM then the way to resolve is to uninstall ANY and all synaptic software before you run the physical to virtual process.

If you are able to navigate the VM via remote desktop or navigate at any way then just uninstall the synaptic software from the VM and reboot.

--

Wil

| Author of Vimalin. The virtual machine Backup app for VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation and Player |
| More info at vimalin.com | Twitter @wilva

View solution in original post

2 Replies
wila
Immortal
Immortal
Jump to solution

Hello,

Welcome at the VMware Community forum.

This issue comes up quite often and it is pretty much always because of the same reason.

The old laptop has software installed from Synaptic for its touch pad and that sofware interferes with the virtual keyboard and virtual mouse.

If you are unable to use any keyboard or mouse in the VM then the way to resolve is to uninstall ANY and all synaptic software before you run the physical to virtual process.

If you are able to navigate the VM via remote desktop or navigate at any way then just uninstall the synaptic software from the VM and reboot.

--

Wil

| Author of Vimalin. The virtual machine Backup app for VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation and Player |
| More info at vimalin.com | Twitter @wilva
awilson10
Contributor
Contributor
Jump to solution

Thanks for your assistance! I uninstalled all those evil synaptics drivers and everthing functions normally now!

Best regards,

Reply
0 Kudos