Parallels Bootcamp Keyboard Brightness

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by falven, Feb 23, 2014.

  1. falven

    falven Bit poster

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    Hello,
    I have a MacBook Pro Retina Late 2013
    When I installed parallels for my bootcamp partition, it made my keyboard brightness keys stop functioning (F5-F6).
    The on screen display still shows up but it won't let me change the brightness. Yes I did try reinstalling the driver. It doesn't seem like that's the issue. How can I get that capability back so when I bootcamp into my partition (not through parallels) I can still change my keyboard brightness?
    -Falven
     
    Last edited: Feb 23, 2014
  2. falven

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    Parallels Tools:
    It appears that after installing the Parallels Tools under Parallels, the Boot Camp drivers for Windows no longer function correctly under Boot Camp. For example, the keyboards back-light no longer works, nor do any of the shortcuts shared by the function keys. (If you find that this issue does not actually apply to your installation under Boot Camp, please ignore the fix I have listed below.)

    The only way you can get around this issue (since you cannot uninstall the Parallels Tools unless your are running Windows under Parallels) is to: change the Parallels Services (in the Windows Services Manager) from Automatic to Manual, stop the running service(s), disable the Parallels "startup" options (using Windows Defender or MSCONFIG), and reboot. After completing this, in addition to everything else, there should be no problem with using Windows under Parallels or Boot Camp.
     

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