Non-integrated mouse under Virtual Server 2005

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A while ago I told you about using the non-integrated mouse feature under Virtual PC (here https://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/03/14/395625.aspx). Now it turns out that there is no easy way for a user to turn this feature on or off under Virtual Server. But never fear - Virtual Server does indeed support this feature just like Virtual PC does. If you need to turn off the mouse integration under Virtual Server - what you will need to do is to:

  1. Backup your current .VMC file (just to be safe)
  2. Open up the .VMC file in a friendly editor (I usually use notepad)
  3. Add the following data to the <integration/microsoft> section:

    <integration>
<microsoft>
<mouse>
<allow type="boolean">false</allow>
</mouse>
</microsoft>
</integration>

N.B. You need to add the mouse data to the *existing* <integration/microsoft> section - do not create a new <integration/microsoft> section.

And to re-enable mouse integration you should set the mouse value to 'true'.

Cheers,
Ben