Use the normal application and system accelerator key sequences when the Note: If you select Grab keyboard and mouse input on key press, you cannot The first keystroke is sent to the virtual machine.

Check Grab keyboard and mouse input on key press if you want VMware Server to grab the keyboard and mouse input on the first keystroke in the virtual machine display.

The first click in the display is not sent to the virtual machine.

Check Grab keyboard and mouse input on mouse click if you want VMware Server to grab input the first time you click your mouse cursor in the virtual machine display.

To change the way VMware Server starts grabbing input: If you encounter problems with grabbing and ungrabbing input, see Issues When

Enabling Copy and Paste To and From the Virtual Machine.

How VMware Server Releases Input Back to the Host and How Your Cursor Behaves.

How VMware Server Starts Grabbing Input.

You can change the following using the preferences editor:

Ctrl-Alt releases input from the virtual machine and returns it to window mode.

Ctrl-Alt-Enter sends input to the virtual machine and places it in full-screen mode.

To direct input to the virtual machine, VMware Server grabs input from the keyboardĪnd the mouse so all keystrokes, mouse moves and button clicks go to the virtual

Turn off auto capture keyboard