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I converted a virtual machine from Virtual PC to VMWare, and now my mouse isn working correctly. How can I fix it?

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I converted a virtual machine from Virtual PC to VMWare, and now my mouse isn working correctly. How can I fix it?

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This bug can occur if you’ve installed the Virtual PC (or Virtual Server) additions before installing the VMWare Tools. After installing the VMWare Tools, your mouse cursor will bury itself in the lower right corner of the screen, and will refuse to move. A discussion of this problem (and a few different solutions) can be found at http://geekswithblogs.net/ZarkBlog/archive/2008/01/14/vpc-to-vmware-mouse-problems.aspx. The best solution (i.e., the simplest) is to edit the registry in the virtual machine. Browse to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and remove msvmmouf from the UpperFilters Regvalue. The reboot the VM. My Hyper-V server is unable to manage its virtual machines, and displays a message saying, “The operation on computer ‘localhost’ failed.” However, all of my virtual machines are still working. How can I fix the problem? I can’t explain precisely what causes this problem, but it’s generally easy to fix.