Hyper-V "Mouse input not captured"
I've installed hyper-v on windows 8, downloaded and added virtual machine from ms site "Windows 7 IE 8". But I can't use mouse, see message in bottom of window "Mouse input not captured". "Action->Insert Integration Service Setup Disk" and reboot doesn't help, "ctrl+alt+left arrow" doesn't help. What's the problem?
upd: I tried this http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dau-blog/archive/2012/02/28/mouse-not-captured-in-remote-desktop-session-when-virtual-pc-vhd-file-runs-in-hyper-v.aspx but after 'starting windows' mouse goes away.
Solution 1:
Steps to resolve this problem:
- go to virtual machine
- go to control panel-> programs and features
- remove "Virtual PC Integration Components"
- shut down and turn on virtual machine
You have to do all these steps using keyboard. Tab is your best friend here.
Solution 2:
In case anyone comes across this:
On Windows Server 2008 32bit you need to install SP2 for Hyper-V connectivity (You won't have mouse integration or networking upon base install, and you can't install the Hyper-V integration CD without SP2) Installing SP2 via mounting a CD ISO is easiest (the ISO is named mu_windows_vista_sp2_x86_x64_ia64_dvd_x15-39754.iso on MSDN) Note: Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit does not have this problem, but I couldn't find R2 32bit on MSDN.
If you don't have MSDN I imagine you could get an offline install for SP2 and "burn" it to a virtual drive to create an ISO.
PS - It was fun trying to do things in the virtual console without keyboard shortcuts like Alt+Tab