I didn't receive the screenshot, but I suspect there is a specific VMware driver for the keyboard that is not being loaded. Did it install VMware Tools as part of the conversion?
I vaguely remember this being an issue at one point, if I had multiple keyboard profiles installed on the host: https://geek-university.com/vmware-player/enhanced-virtual-keyboard-feature/ On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:06 AM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the rebound, Clayton. The screen shot I should capture is > from Device Manager that shows the PS/2 Keyboard with a yellow triangle > and an exclamation point. I am aware of the capture key sequence and > probably need to try that again just to make sure. > > Detail I may have missed at the start of this tale - the Windows 10 > instance is a physical to virtual conversion by way of VMWare Converter > (just downloaded from VMWare). Converter ran on the local machine to an > attached USB drive for transfer. I suspect there is a "hold your tongue > right" aspect to the P2V of which I am unaware. > > Howard > > On 7/22/19 10:49 AM, Clayton Davis wrote: > > Are you sure that VMware has "captured" the keyboard? Usually this > > happens when the mouse is active within the VM, but there might be a key > > combo or button that tells VMware to accept input from the keyboard. > > Can you post a screenshot? > > > > On Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 8:04:56 PM UTC-5, Howard wrote: > > > > Remember getting this head-scratcher of a Windows (or is it BIOS?) > > error > > message? I have a similar situation. > > > > My "project" has been to get a laptop with Ubuntu as the primary > > operating system with Windows 10 running under VMWare Player. I've > > goofed around with this for quite a while (many calendar days, not > many > > hours of effort) to the point that I now have this very combination > up > > and running. > > > > Kind of. > > > > Windows 10 doesn't recognize the laptop keyboard. I have not yet > tried > > plugging in an external USB keyboard for a look see. I did try going > > into Device Manager (I can get there by glide pad only) and deleted > the > > reference to PS/2 Keyboard. First observation - pointing and > clicking > > device works fine, no keyboard. Second observation - PS/2??? > Anyway, > > one of the "happy talk" how-to's said "delete the keyboard and > reboot." > > PS/2 came back, no type. > > > > Any number of other "happy talk how-to's" said that you could press > > whatever key combination to solve the problem. Really? Key presses > > not > > received by Windows 10. > > > > Not even F1. > > > > Howard > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/5fb1660c-199b-4d8c-8c7b-2167e6f282de%40googlegroups.com > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/5fb1660c-199b-4d8c-8c7b-2167e6f282de%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > >. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/d2bf86c2-9bfb-b979-9398-2561ec2874a6%40vcch.com > . > -- __________________ Clayton Davis [email protected] -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CADaCfqXC%3DgkJfysAxkvAXWXDz_B6QtvYW8ixjhXKo7ObezHyyw%40mail.gmail.com.
