P6+Win7+LiveMeeting+SmartMouse not working

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by magikmanpro, Sep 29, 2010.

  1. magikmanpro

    magikmanpro Member

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    I have found an issue with the SmartMouse function on Parallels 6. I am seeing this behavior with Windows7, but do not know if it applies to other operating systems...

    If you have SmartMouse set to Auto and you start an MS LiveMeeting, your CPU will become pegged at 100% and your VM will effectively be unusable. I have tried to Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Force Quit, etc. Sometimes Parallels will actually crash and alert me to a recovery upon restart.

    If you turn SmartMouse to Off, none of the above happens.

    I have also found that SmartMouse is generally not LiveMeeting friendly, as LiveMeeting can't keep track of where the mouse is and I often find it jumping back in the path. So, while previously I chose to turn SmartMouse off for better control, I MUST turn it off now or the machine won't function.

    So, with all of the above in place, might I also request an enhancement to turn SmartMouse on/off while the VM is running? I hate to trigger a shutdown, configure, start just to toggle this item.

    -Dan
     

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