Keyboard does not work in windows 10 guest

[vivek310]

Hello,

A newbie to mac but a long time windows user, so please feel free to be as technical as possible. After more than 10 years on windows, finally decided to pull the plug and switch over completely to a mac. Since I had to give away my old windows PC (running windows 10 64-bit), I used the free vcenter coverter to do a P2V conversion of my windows PC. The resultant virtual machine was created as a VMware fusion 8 compatible virtual machine.

The windows VM boots up fine on my macbook running fusion 8 pro (running El Capitan) however, the keyboard does not register in the windows VM itself. Been browsing thru the community, but haven't got any good leads.

Appreciate any quick assistance if possible

Thanks in advance!

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Your old laptop was a Lenovo by any chance?

See here:

Win10 guest desn't take keyboard input

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Wil

[vivek310]

Spot on! The old pc was a thinkpad with the full suite of think vantage drivers. Uninstalled them, and the keyboard started working perfectly in the virtual machine.

Hard to believe that google did not lead in here directly. Thanks for all the help.

[wila]

Hi,

You are welcome, glad to hear the problem is resolved!

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Wil

[josefin1]

Here is how to Fix Keyboard Not Working Issue In Windows 10

1 – Do a Right Click on Start Button.

2 – Click on Device manager from the Menu.

3 – Once the Device manager Opens up, just uninstall Keyboard driver software.

4 – Now, Click on Action and then click on scan for hardware changes.

Source:- https://merabheja.com/fix-keyboard-not-working-issue-windows-10/