RDP to VMware host running an XP guest: Invisible Mouse Cursor on Text Editors
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/06
Scenario is this;
- RDP into a host running VMware
- Use the VMware client to run XP as guest
- Hover the mouse over a text editor
- The mouse cursor becomes invisible
I have seen it happen under these circumstances:
- RDP guest is Vista x86 or Windows 7 x64
- RDP host is the VMware host
- The RDP/VMware host OS is Windows 7 x64
- VMware is either retail or player
- Guest is Windows XP x86
It might happen under a broader set of circumstances, but the above is what I have seen happening.
This VMware Communities: Invisible Mouse Cursor on Text Editors … thread (that has a different host configuration: Vista) comes up with 2 different solutions that both work:
- Make your Windows XP mouse scheme the “Windows Black (system scheme)”
- Put the Windowx XP video hardware acceleration one position below maximum
I’ve opted for 1. because 2. impacts speed too much.
–jeroen
via: VMware Communities: Invisible Mouse Cursor on Text Editors ….
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Thomas said
Great info mate. This one’s been bugging me for quite a while now. I too have gone with the black mouse system scheme.
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Josef said
Same problem with Windows 7 guest system. Solution works here as wll :-) Thank you!
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