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Jimmy123
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Joined: 29. Dec 2010, 22:37
Primary OS: MS Windows Vista
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capture keyboard

Post by Jimmy123 »

hi guys,
i have another question. For some reason i have created a VM when "capture keyboard" in de GUI off VB was unchecked (probably because i ended up with
it works OK, but off course i cannot use alt+tab within the VM
my question is: can it hurt if i enable "capture keyboard" in the GUI ?
will my VM's still work ?
thanks in advance
Jimmy
Jimmy123
Posts: 54
Joined: 29. Dec 2010, 22:37
Primary OS: MS Windows Vista
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows XP

Re: capture keyboard

Post by Jimmy123 »

no reaction ?
from anyone ?
Jimmy
Perryg
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Re: capture keyboard

Post by Perryg »

Go ahead and try it. The only thing that I can think of that would cause issues with the keyboard is if you try to set a USB filter for it. the mouse and keyboard are shared resources and not meant to be dedicated to the guest.
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