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  • 1.  No mouse cursor inside virtual machine

    Posted Apr 26, 2018 04:31 PM

    I have setup vmware lab at home on my computer.

    I have vmware workstation 14 installed inside which i have

    1. esxi 6
    2. server 2k12 ad
    3. another 2k12 srvr. for Vcenter

    Everything woks good until this.

    In vcenter i created a Cluster and inside that created a new virtual machine Win XP 32 bit. (i dont have much ram to either install win 7 or 10)

    The installation etc of win xp went good but whenever i'm on its desktop only my keyboard works and mouse cursor is absent.

    I somehow tried peeping into its device manager and it does show mouse is installed and working good.

    How to make enable mouse work properly inside virtual machines??

    Installing vmtools also didnt make any changes.



  • 2.  RE: No mouse cursor inside virtual machine

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Apr 26, 2018 05:18 PM

    You should be able to get the option to use the Mouse once the latest VMware tools is installed and rebooted.

    If the mouse is not visible or unable to be used.

    Download the latest VMRC, which is a stand alone remote console to access virtual machine.

    VMware Knowledge Base



  • 3.  RE: No mouse cursor inside virtual machine
    Best Answer

    Posted Apr 26, 2018 05:21 PM

    I already have the latest VMRC and tried it but same issue.

    Is it so that win xp is no more supported or something?



  • 4.  RE: No mouse cursor inside virtual machine

    Posted Apr 27, 2018 03:40 AM

    see below vmware KB for mouse issue . Hope it will help you to resolve the problem

    VMware Knowledge Base