I was copying Windows-based machines from VMWare and Hyper-V to proxmox – only the mouse stopped working after I would finish copying. It would get “stuck” in the bottom right hand corner of the screen – I could right-click and get a menu option to pop up, but other than that it was completely useless.
Now I’m a big fan of the command line, but on my windows hosts it’s a ton easier to have mouse control.
So I found this guy’s blog:
Basically do the following:
Open Regedit
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Find the registry key “UpperFilters”
Remove the word msvmmouf – keep all other entries in there, but tidy up the spaces/returns if necessary
Under this 4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 key, see if the other 01, 02, 03 etc folders have any mention of vmware. Delete the entire key if they do (example: highlight 02 and hit delete).
Reboot.
Profit.
I also had to remove a few vmware entries:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1001354
Delete the following:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.
I also got a Processr.sys issue (fix found here http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Processr.sys):
DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS
processr.sys
Edit the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Processor
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Intelppm
Find the “Start” key
Change it from the default value (mine was 3) to a “4”