Connecting a second mouse or keyboard directly to a Fusion virtual machine

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Connecting a second mouse or keyboard directly to a Fusion virtual machine

Details

This article provides steps to connect a second mouse and/or keyboard directly to a virtual machine.

 

If your mouse or keyboard is not working in your virtual machine, see Fixing a mouse or keyboard that is not working or is slow to respond in a Fusion virtual machine (1027805).

Solution

Mice
and keyboards belong to a special class of USB devices known as Human
Interface Devices, or HID. Fusion does not allow these to be connected
to the virtual machine by default, due to the risk of removing all human
interface from the Mac. It is possible to instruct Fusion to make it
possible to connect these devices by modifying the virtual machine
settings.

 

Caution: You require access to a second keyboard
and/or mouse for these steps. Do not follow these steps if you only have
one mouse and/or keyboard, as you will not be able to use the device(s)
with your Mac while Fusion is running.

 

To connect an external keyboard and/or mouse directly to your virtual machine:

1. Shut down the virtual machine that needs the mouse/keyboard.
   
2. Plug the second mouse/keyboard into your Mac.
   
3. Edit your virtual machine's .vmx file using a text editor to include these lines:
   
   usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"
   usb.generic.allowLastHID = "TRUE"
   
   
   
   Note: For more information about editing the .vmx file, see Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine (1014782).
   
   
   
   
4. Power on your virtual machine.
   
5. Go to Virtual Machine > USB and select Connect <your mouse or keyboard>.

Tags

how-to

Update History

06/16/2010 - Expanded article to include disabling third-party
drivers/extensions, the need for a second keyboard/mouse, and the
allowLastHID switch.

06/21/2010 - Added steps to check for a wireless mouse/keyboard
connected via Bluetooth or USB.

11/22/2010 - Added link to general troubleshooting article and clarified
steps.

12/07/2010 - Added explanation of HID.

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SQL Management Studio Keyboard Shortcut

SQL Management Studio Keyboard Shortcut
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174205.aspx

Action	Standard	SQL Server 2000
Close the current MDI child window	CTRL+F4	CTRL+F4
Print	CTRL+P	CTRL+P
Exit	ALT+F4	ALT+F4
Toggle full screen mode	SHIFT+ALT+ENTER	SHIFT+ALT+ENTER
Close the current tool window	SHIFT+ESC	SHIFT+ESC
Cycle through the next MDI child windows	CTRL+TAB	CTRL+TAB
Cycle through the previous MDI child windows	CTRL+SHIFT+TAB	CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Move to the current tool window toolbar	SHIFT+ALT	No equivalent
Move to the next tool window	ALT+F6	ALT+F6
Move to the previously selected window	SHIFT+ALT+F6	SHIFT+ALT+F6
Opens a new query editor window	No equivalent	CTRL+O
Display Object Explorer	F8	F8
Display Registered Servers	CTRL+ALT+G	No equivalent
Display Template Explorer	CTRL+ALT+T	CTRL+ALT+T
Display Solution Explorer	CTRL+ALT+L	CTRL+ALT+L
Display the Summary Window	F7	F7
Display the Properties Window	F4	F4
Toggle between Object Explorer Details list view and Object Explorer Details property pane.	F6	No equivalent
Control the splitter bar that separates the Object Explorer Details list view and Object Explorer Details property pane to adjust the size of the display pane.	TAB, then UP arrow or DOWN arrow	No equivalent
Display the Toolbox	CTRL+ALT+X	CTRL+ALT+X
Display the Bookmarks Window	CTRL+K, CTRL+W	No equivalent
Display the Browser Window	CTRL+ALT+R	CTRL+ALT+R
Display the Error List Window (Transact-SQL Editor only)	CRTL+\, CTRL+E	CRTL+\, CTRL+E